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VAPORWAVE is a music and art
movement that represents
the leisurely use of the internet.
Appreciating VAPORWAVE depends
on being aware of internet
subcultures that rely on the
unrestricted sharing of
content for reasons other
than monetary profit.
unrestricted sharing of
content for reasons other
than monetary profit.
In this way VAPORWAVE continues
the tradition of remediation
of new media.
VAPORWAVE’s remediation juxtaposes
the new with the old in user
created and user shared
art on sites like Tumblr
and Reddit.
the tradition of remediation
of new media.
VAPORWAVE’s remediation juxtaposes
the new with the old in user
created and user shared
art on sites like Tumblr
and Reddit.
VAPORWAVE represents the
internet’s potential for
randomness thanks to the
internet’s potential for
randomness thanks to the
efficiency of Google, with
its billions of indexed websites
comprising both text and image.
its billions of indexed websites
comprising both text and image.
VAPORWAVE is also a nostalgic
movement that attempts to recreate
the disappointment of comparing
modern media with media that was considered
cutting edge and state of the art in
the 1980s and 1990s. It is no
coincidence that the vast majority
of VAPORWAVE music samples tracks
from those decades. Indeed, almost all
VAPORWAVE music is produced on a
computer by means of
sampling and messing with
preexisting music or sounds.
movement that attempts to recreate
the disappointment of comparing
modern media with media that was considered
cutting edge and state of the art in
the 1980s and 1990s. It is no
coincidence that the vast majority
of VAPORWAVE music samples tracks
from those decades. Indeed, almost all
VAPORWAVE music is produced on a
computer by means of
sampling and messing with
preexisting music or sounds.