Engraved-plate video essay apologizing for French Theory
617.5K views·2K likes·969 saves·381 reposts·Posted 27 Sept 2026 · 5:32 · Explainers
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Engraving-style plates walk through the creator's viral French essay on Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze, here setting 'Rhizome' over 'Tree'; he simply asked Opus 5.5 to turn the text into a video.
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I gave Opus 5.5 one of my french theory analysis that got 80 million views and simply asked it to turn it into a video. This is what it came up with. 🤯🤯🤯 A lot of new stuff to illustrate, this is amazing.
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