Frame still from Expression Portrait, we have six black and white photographs against a black background. Each photograph shows six different people with varying facial expressions, photographed from the shoulders up. The top left figure has long hair with their mouth open with their eyes slightly downward. The top center figure also has long hair, mouth closed, eyes gazing at the camera. The figure on the top right has short hair, head pulled back, forehead wrinkled from expression, face contorted in an open-mouthed frown with wide, open eyes, teeth visible. Bottom left figure has pulled back hair and is gazing directly at the camera with closed mouth, as is the bottom center person too. The bottom right individual has a short haircut with both eyes and mouth closed. Underneath the six photos reads a caption, 'However, many emotions impact our faces in culturally specific ways.'

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Video, Backstory: Expression Portrait

This is a Video. It was designed by R. Luke DuBois. It is a part of the department.

The machine learning algorithms used in A.I. seek patterns from large collections of images and videos. To calculate emotion for Expression Portrait, DuBois used the Ryerson Audio-Visual Database of Speech and Song (RAVDESS), which consists of video files of 24 young, mostly white, drama students, and AffectNet, which features many celebrity portraits and stock photos. To calculate age, DuBois used the IMDB-WIKI database, which relies heavily on photos of celebrities and other famous people. For race and gender, he used the Chicago Face Database, which adheres to a binary definition of gender (male/female), and a US-based defintion of race (white, black, Latinx, or Asian), which falls apart in our global, multiracial world. All these databases are biased, which explains the biased results.

It is credited Courtesy of R. Luke DuBois.

Interactive Installation, Expression Portrait

Interactive Installation, Expression Portrait
computer, camera, monitors, electronic components, and software (max/msp/jitter).
Courtesy of R. Luke DuBois.
s-e-3284

A sidewall of a large close-up portrait of Marilyn Monroe screen printed and painted on chrome Mylar. The portrait is composed of a range of pink tints accentuating the contours of the face known as a silhouette. Other than the contours, the majority of the face is the same light gray color as the ground. The portrait has fragmented repeats above and below the full facial silhouette and the photograph captures the same.

Object ID #404576209
screen printed and hand painted on chrome mylar, polyester diamond dust.
Gift of Flavor Paper.
2015-44-3

Portrait (France)
Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs in memory of Miss Edith....
1978-168-27

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Book Illustration, International Picture Language, Signs for the 5 groups of men, Picture 15

Book Illustration, International Picture Language, Signs for the 5 groups of...
H x W: 15 × 9.5 cm (5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.).
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088003375318

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Face Values: Exploring Artificial Intelligence.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUssW/
Accession Number s-e-3285
Object ID 2318800034