Doll Face

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY



This short animated clip is "Doll Face", where a robot with a doll's face is shown a series of idealized human faces on a television, which the robot tries to imitate. I have the impression this is a rather well-known clip, so it's likely lots of the class already knows about it. It is a statement about the unrealistic ideals society instills upon people, especially those of the images of women, who are often unrealistically beautiful.

As an possible example of art, there is aesthetic value in the high-quality animation that can be seen in the clip. However, I would classify it as more of a Duchamp-type work, in that the meaning of it is more important than what it actually appears as.