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Touch To Play

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Touch To Play

2017

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An installation containing video files of the artist's persona, alongside a karaoke piece of her as she watches her viewership fall and two mirrors side by side of messages she received, from two different users online.

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Amalia Soto

Amalia Soto

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Directed by: Amalia Soto

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