Tuesday 22 September 2009

Doll Face (Andy Huang)




Concept
The main concept of Andy Huang's "Doll Face" is the idea that people are heavily influenced by the media.
We first see the robot extend from within the box toward the television. Once the robot can see the television, it is bombarded by random flashing images, and cuts to a woman wearing make-up. The robot sees this woman and imitates her by also applying make up.
This could be compared to how people see celebrities on television and try to be like them. Another interesting interpretation could be how the robot is trying to be human; a lot of people try to be something they're not. That goal, however, is unattainable.
After the robot has copied the woman from the television, the television retracts further away from the robot. Again, it displays random flashing images and cuts to the same woman as before. This time, her skin is clearly toned and she is wearing more make-up. As before, the robot imitates. The television retracts again, but this time the robot cannot reach. The robot pushes all boundaries to get to where it wants to be. It fails, and breaks.

Craft
Doll face is a heavily animated piece. It is mainly, with the exception of the robot's "face" and the television images, computer generated. You can see that the person who's face is on the robot would have had to interact with non existent objects, such as the mechanical arm that inserts the robot's eyes. You can clearly see that this work would have taken a very long time to execute and get exactly right, especially the face in synchronization with the animation.

1 comment:

  1. Good stuff Tom, The only thing I want you to do is to go back and look at the Craft used to make the work. Great start!

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