System of Touch

MV Brown ‘System of Touch’
3D Assistance & Lighting: Saturn Akin
Sound Production & Engineering: Craig Mulholland
Costume Design: Morag Seaton digitised by Fashion Interrupted (Emma Clifton, Gillian Martin, and Ciorstaidh Monk)

System of Touch is an uncanny CGI karaoke performance. It features a video of an avatar of the artist performing a mashup of popular karaoke tracks that resonate with the artist's queerness, with vocals generated using AI to clone their voice. Accompanied by a rotating 3D-printed disco ball head, the work reflects on the intersections of technology, gender identity, and embodiment.

Comissioned by Jerwood Survey III 2023-25

Touring Exhibition: Southwark Park Galleries (London), g39 (Cardiff), Site Gallery (Sheffield), Collective (Edinburgh)

Documentation by Rita Silva, Dan Weil, and Jules Lister.

Video available to view upon request

Catalogue Text by Susan Finlay