An animator spent months recreating the video for 'This is America' on an old computer.

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Pinot Ichwandardi recreated the dance at the beginning of the Childish Gambino video using an ancient Macintosh computer, and posted the results to Instagram- which received instant attention.

The Indonesian born animator spent two to three hours every night for months 'Pixel-knitting' the footage.

Speaking with VICE, he said: ''It's like riding a classic car.

''[The technology's] limitation becomes a new value, new art. All forgiven, every single flaw like 'not enough memory' is permissible... with this method, the process itself becomes more important than the result. The process is the story. ''


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