This is the first post in a series on Postwave: That which lies beyond Vaporwave.
Postwave 001: Walking thru Vaporwave
Enter the empty mall lobby and lets look around. What do you see?
Its convenience. That magic comfort crystal reflecting weathered perfection like a digital dreamcatcher. Its pure perfection. Its complete success. Its a dream. I'm way up in the clouds sippin on crystal culture and I'm never coming down. This is Virtual Love for Macintosh Plus.
Is Vaporwave really the ghost of an abandoned shopping mall, whose years of enterprise are fading fast? Is this a reflection of a dead dream of economic success and ready-made relaxation?
OR IS IT THE ETERNAL MEME LAUGHING AT YOU?
Maybe. Maybe I dont even know what that means. But seriously this meme is ridiculous.
Its the comforts of culture that we have grown used to.
Vaporwave is a certain smooth, throwback style of music paired with a similar A E S T H E T I C . . .
80s Fashion. Cutting edge Technology. THE INFORMATION SUPER-HIGHWAY. Brought to you by Convenience Corporation.
Still living artifacts of 80's culture. Disposeable comforts. Arizona Ice Tea cans, Crystal Pepsi, Fiji Bottles. Sky Mall.
Vaporwave is a virtual vortex.
Art and music longing for a feeling of perfection and comfort, driven by inspiration, pass thru that vortex and leave a bit of themselves behind. What fills the vortex are fleeting feelings of safety brought to you by the convenience of corporate control.
The future is in your hands. Step out of the Vapor.
Beyond the vapor, you are the one creating the culture and success.
Postwave is what lies after you let go of the past.
What will lie beyond the vapors?
What kind of art and music comes when you return from a fantasy, inspired to make your world ideal again?