Abstract:The Catalogue of Touch offers a provocative and playful commentary on the commodification and commercialisation of touch and digital touch through a series of artistic responses. It imagines a menu of purchasable touch experiences facilitated by touch professionals -these respond to themes from my research on how people frame touch and digital touch in narratives of loneliness.
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