Matematica Gameplay vs Lore
Matematica gameplay: 2+2=4 Matematica lore: and the incenter produced by Bruce and Katharine Cornell for International Film Bureau Inc.
A 45-second video contrasts the simple “Matematica gameplay” of 2+2=4 with increasingly elaborate, surreal geometric constructions labeled “Matematica lore,” culminating in a triangle and its incenter before old educational-film credits appear. Yoko Takahashi’s “The Cruel Angel’s Thesis” plays over the dramatic animation, making basic mathematics feel like an epic anime mystery; the joke is used as a reaction to overcomplicated lore behind something simple. EN: A 45-second video contrasts the simple “Matematica gameplay” of 2+2=4 with increasingly elaborate, surreal geometric constructions labeled “Matematica lore,” culminating in a triangle and its incenter before old educational-film credits appear. Yoko Takahashi’s “The Cruel Angel’s Thesis” plays over the dramatic animation, making basic mathematics feel like an epic anime mystery; the joke is used as a reaction to overcomplicated lore behind something simple.
- @ithueti / 5475 2022-01-17
- Type
- video, 0:45
- Size
- 512×480 · 5.1 MiB
- Mood
- absurd, dramatic
- Language
- en
- Added