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Alicia Frankovich

ALICIA FRANKOVICH

Bio Techno Imaginations 1301SW 11 April–16 May 2026 Melbourne
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Presented concurrently with her inclusion in the 2026 iteration of the TarraWarra International, Bio Techno Imaginations is Alicia Frankovich’s second solo exhibition with 1301SW, and continues her interest in the potential for new modes of imagining both human and non-human form and behaviour.

Made up of numerous drawings — composed in paint, biro, and ink — Frankovich see these works functioning as individual performances. With a machine-like quality, she responds to ideas and images onto paper, back through her own body. Reimagining the genre of botanical drawing, these works evoke underwater sea creatures, exploring the rhythmic movement that invertebrates make in the depths of the ocean, while linking with futuristic explorations of the galaxy. Through this duality of exploration, Frankovich’s speculative convergence of the technological apparatus with organic life expands possibilities for being and knowing.

These drawings are observations of the rhythms of the biosphere and it’s co-becoming with the technosphere.

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Installation Views

Exhibition view: Alicia Frankovich, Bio Techno Imaginations, 1301SW, Melbourne (11 April–16 May 2026). Courtesy 1301SW.
Exhibition view: Alicia Frankovich, Bio Techno Imaginations, 1301SW, Melbourne (11 April–16 May 2026). Courtesy 1301SW.
Exhibition view: Alicia Frankovich, Bio Techno Imaginations, 1301SW, Melbourne (11 April–16 May 2026). Courtesy 1301SW.
Exhibition view: Alicia Frankovich, Bio Techno Imaginations, 1301SW, Melbourne (11 April–16 May 2026). Courtesy 1301SW.
Exhibition view: Alicia Frankovich, Bio Techno Imaginations, 1301SW, Melbourne (11 April–16 May 2026). Courtesy 1301SW.
Exhibition view: Alicia Frankovich, Bio Techno Imaginations, 1301SW, Melbourne (11 April–16 May 2026). Courtesy 1301SW.
About the Artist

Alicia Frankovich has long explored the equivalency between physical forms and the potential for new modes of imagining both human and non-human form and behaviour. The all-encompassing phenomenon of the body — its insides, outsides, material and immaterial ways— could be considered the underlying fascination of Frankovich’s work. A multi-dimensional practice at the intersection of sculpture, video, performance and installation, Frankovich’s work pits the design and impulses of our primal bodies against radical changes in technology, thought, society and the ecosystem. Her practice investigates how the physicality and behaviour of a body operates within social settings and constructs – including plays of dominance and re-negotiating the audience/performer relationship.

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About the Gallery
1301SW was founded in 2022 in Naarm/Melbourne’s inner-south, embracing the region while having strong roots internationally. Extending from its Melbourne base, the gallery expanded its unique and ambitious exhibition program to Gadigal/Sydney with the opening of a second gallery space in late 2024.
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4 George St, South Melbourne
Melbourne
Australia
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Tuesday–Friday 11am–5pm, Saturday 11am–3pm
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Melbourne 4 George St, South Melbourne
1301SW contemporary art gallery in Melbourne Australia
1301SW
4 George St, South Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
+61 414 229 278
http://www.1301sw.com

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Tuesday–Friday 11am–5pm, Saturday 11am–3pm
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