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“For now, we live in the mall, but I think it's closing soon.”
― Grafton Tanner, Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts

As our collective consciousness copes with the ramifications of late consumer capitalism, these artists borrow imagery from the very consumerism that causes the disillusionment. Taking inspiration from retro graphics, they return to the comfort of a pre 9/11 era marked by consequence-free economic optimism. The nostalgia of these aesthetics mingles with the liminal tone of the compositions, pitting the loneliness of a “terminally online” consumer culture at odds with the familiar comfort it also provides. The duality of this message is striking, making it difficult to tell whether the tone is mocking or merely attempting to find the fleeting beauty within it. Whichever way you interpret it to be, we can take refuge in it for now but we cannot escape for long.


The Mall Is Closing: A Vaporwave Exhibition 

The Mall Is Closing: A Vaporwave Exhibition

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