VAPORWAVE Topoi
VAPORWAVE art tends to be repetitive
and relies on certain elements
that provide the right aesthetic
for the viewer.
Each common topic of VAPORWAVE
art hearkens the viewer back
to the 1980s , 1990s and early 2000s,
when widespread computer
usage and virtual reality
grew in popularity and
Japanese technology
threatened to take over
the Western world.
Palm Trees
Greco-Roman Statues
The use of these statues and busts either
comes from late 1980s interior design
kitsch, or else
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vaporwave/comments/33w9uw/use_of_grecoroman_statues/
1980s and 1990s Anime
Sega and Nintendo Game Consoles
Japanese Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana
These themes stem from the late
1980s and early 1990s Western
preoccupation with Japan as an
emerging superpower that would
overtake the US.
Early 2000s Computer Graphics
Computers in Foliage and Water
Bodies of Water
Shopping Malls
Offices with Plants
Textual interaction with Windows GUI and Google Predictive Search
Corporate Logos
Pastels
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