Understanding Vaporwave

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  (1),  
seapunk  (2),  or  else    
from  the  imitation  of  
Helios  from  the  
Colossus  of  Rhodes.  
This  sculpture  is  
featured  onthe
the  album  cover  of  
"Floral  Shoppe"  (201),  
by  Macintosh  Plus
(also  known  as  Vektroid,  
a  Portland,  Oregon  
based  producer).  (3)  
"Floral  Shoppe"  is  
universally  considered  
to  be  the  most  
famous  vaporwave  
release  and  to  some  
fans,  it's  also  
the  best.



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

Unicode  Characters

These  themes  stem  
from  the  late
1980s  and  early  
1990s  Western  
preoccupation  
with  Japan  as  
an emerging  superpower  
that  would
overtake  the  West.  

Unicode  text  is  
used  to  represent  
the  Western  
alphabet  on  Japanese
computers.

Early    2000s    Computer    Graphics

Computers    in    Foliage    and    Water

Bodies  of  Water

​Offices    with    Plants

Textual    nteraction    with    Windows    GUI    and    Google    Predictive    Search

Corporate    Logos    

Shopping  Malls

Pastels

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