Imagine stepping through the frame into a sepia-tinted haze, where you could sit on the side of the road and watch the locals passing by. Who lived and died before any of us arrived here, who sleep in some of the same houses we do, who look up at the same moon, who breathe the same air, feel the same blood in their veins - and live in a completely different world.
Vaporwave is inherently about a time that never existed, as it’s a re-interpretation of very specific parts of a time period into an aesthetic. A nostalgia for dial-up modems, corporate ad jingles, and hold music all rolled up in that one pattern every paper cup had in the 90s with classical era statues, southern California palm trees in the sunset, and dolphins. A tourist’s view of the nascent internet and the corporate tech world of the time.
Is this c/fascistaeathetics now
Not sure where that’s coming from, I’m an anti fascist and interpreted this as more about how nostalgia twists our memory
My first thought had been along the same lines. I thought of the word anemoia from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows:
youtube.com/watch?v=wH6ZClRjl14
Vaporwave is inherently about a time that never existed, as it’s a re-interpretation of very specific parts of a time period into an aesthetic. A nostalgia for dial-up modems, corporate ad jingles, and hold music all rolled up in that one pattern every paper cup had in the 90s with classical era statues, southern California palm trees in the sunset, and dolphins. A tourist’s view of the nascent internet and the corporate tech world of the time.
“going back to a past that never existed” is a pretty common internet esoteric fasho thing
I know where you’re getting that from but I think it’s a stretch.
What’s the context for that comment?
Well, there is such a thing as “Fashwave” for some damn fool reason.
You should probably go for a walk outside more often.
No, you should stay inside more
According to who?
I only know it from the fascist vision quest in Disco Elysium.
The my little dark age posters I guess?