Mos Def versus Mario Troise: Mathematics
by Even though it’s all just text, I think this video is real dope. This is an animation created by Mario Troise for the song Mathematics by Mos Def, which was released in 1999. There are 361 animated words and tons of layers, but the visual is minimal.
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