Libby Heaney, Art Night Open, Art Night London, 2019, Photo: Ashley Zhang @a_yuqi_z.
Top of the Bots, 2019, live deepfake AI participatory performance, bespoke code, webcam, microphone, (PC, LED screen and TV screen, speakers), duration variable.
Top of the Bots: Resurrection is a performance and installation by artist Libby Heaney centred around an artificial intelligence-based karaoke. It is a participatory experience exploring alternative expressions of individual and collective identity, voice and labour by resurrecting the spirits of western pop music legends. One budding karaoke singer performs a classic hit while appearing on screen as ghostly effigies of the original musician.
Supported by Arts Council England
Exhibited at Art Night London, 2019; Science Gallery, Dublin; Tate Modern, London, 2019; Bow Arts, London.
Libby Heaney, ‘Higher Resolution with Hyphen-Labs’, Tate Modern, London, 27 September, 2019.