Andrew Huang’s techno-sentimental visualisation of one robot’s human aspirations, Doll Face, in spite of its short length, is somewhat touching - the interplay between live-acting and digital production drawing focus to the fembot’s (virtual) dilemma.
Drawing clear inspiration from Chris Cunningham’s promo for Bjork’s All is Full of Love, it touches on this notion of pseudo-human/cyborg sensuality but perhaps crosses the boundary into bolder territory. There’s an undercurrent of post-feminist commentary, as the Gynoid learns and rapidly becomes emotional, as overt as this is, it’s not clear if this was Huang’s intention.
Moving on from speculating, Huang’s production work is impressive - having written the story, filmed it and even scored the Plaid-esque sound-track. It brings to mind Defunktion-favourites Pleix too, with the cyberpunk-influenced theme and use of 3D production techniques. After watching Doll Face, we recommend (re)visiting Pleix’s E-Baby piece.
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