Optics Issue 2 - Vaporwave

OPTICS Perceptive Aesthetics

Basics of

Vaporwave Aesthetics A Short Tour of S a d P l a n e t V i r t u a l Vaporwave’s Origins and History

Art Tips Featured Art Issue 2 - Vaporwave Cover Image - Eric Weidner (Seth Startix)

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CONTENTS A Letter From Bliss - 3

Featured Articles The Basics of Vaporwave Aesthetics - 7 A Short Tour of SadPlanet Virtual - 20 The History of Vaporwave - 26

Miscellaneous Floral Shoppe Still Life - 5 nietr - 15 Holycrow - 16 Lo-fi Future - 17 P r o j e c t • C o l l a g e - 19 Private Suite Magazine - 23 Void Vaporwave - 29

Community Works Featured Art - 31 Image Credits - 34

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Wedged between Piazza Publica and Shenzhen Pink in Cryptovoxels' Origin City, sits a true ode to vaporwave. SadPlanet Virtual may be a baffling piece of eye candy that stands out compared to the more modern, single coloured buildings at first.

Looking inside, though, the plaza gives an in-depth look at modern and past vaporwave themes alike. Its design and colours are reminiscent of the visuals seen on vaporwave discs, vinyl records, cassettes, and designs alike. Audio files from artists like Vektroid, ２８１４, and James Ferraro are posted onto the parcels along with surreal, vaporwave-like

pieces of CryptoArt. The plaza and its art are made and curated mostly by RobNess, run off an Etherium blockchain currency system that allows its upkeep Cryptovoxels. Alongside its vast collection of popular vaporwave tracks and its gallery of art, the plaza holds stories behind the book Memphis Megahertz and the Kansas City Fractal, videos on what vaporwave is, and even a parcel displaying “Music of the Day”. Cryovoxels supports both browser and VR viewing, so whether you'd just like to chill with a headset on or admire it on your laptop, this small guide can help you navigate SadPlanet Virtual.

Wandering around the building, it can be hard to find a proper entry. There are several, but the most direct-looking one is on the north face of the plaza. A set of two tunnels stacked atop each other. Inside these tunnels are arguably vaporwave's most influential albums and most popular track. Sitting at the end of the tunnel is a transparent portal gif, giving you a solid entrance to the world of vaporwave.

The parcel contains some of vaporwave’s best music, along with stories behind some of the artwork placed above it. Beside it is an ETH donation code. On the backside of the parcel, there is a story based around the creation of GrounBEEFtaxi’s music and more playbars for vaporwave music.

This parcel changes frequently to showcase a different track and its album’s art. Vaporwave artists of all types and dedicated sub-genres get their works posted on this parcel sometimes.

On the East wall of the plaza, several images and GIFs are plastered on display to everyone who walks in. Just as the plaza’s blocks and land are, these pieces function off the blockchain currency Ethereum. It allows the builders of the plaza to purchase the licences and rights to use the images. Peices made by Cryptovoxel artists like Robness litter not only the gallery but the walls of the plaza. One could call the whole plaza a gallery.

With new technological advancements, fashion trends, and music genres being created at a blistering pace, the past has become an amalgam of what we want it to be. The past is forgotten and shall always be remembered to be forgotten. It exists only as a reminder of the fact that we exist. Anyone can tell stories of the past, but only a few can hear them. Private Suite Magazine is for those who want to to remember the past, whether it be their own or someone else’s.

Private Suite is a community project. Our magazine consists of all things vaporwave — reviews, art, interviews, articles and discussions.

Private Suite dives deep into the never-ending ocean of vaporwave content to bring the highest quality work to our readers.

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NEWS REVIEWS FICTION FEATURES INTERVIEWS

THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL THINGS VAPORWAVE

ISSUE 12: AESTHETICS IS OUT NOW FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!

Vaporwave’s Origins and History Vaporwave first originated from the hypnagogic pop movement starting in the early 2000s.

Based around the combination of the psychedelic visuals of hypnagogic pop and surrealistic nostalgia of the late 1990s/early 2000s built both the vaporwave aesthetic and sound of vaporwave tracks. Alongside the origins, there was also a throwback on the restrictions of copyright, causing vaporwave to be a chopped-up, slowed down, apropriated remix. Most of these were claimed by the copyrighters, so bandcamp became a casual place for artists to make money.

Chuck Person or Oneohtrix Point Never began his musical career making an anti-music called noise music. Person was not new to the meta style of music meant to redefine what was actually music. In 2010 Person released the first vaporwave album, Eccojams Vol. 1, even before the genre got its name from the term vaporware (meaning unreleased software). From there, the idea of appropriating remixes and posting them online around the theme of 90s pop and slow beats was popularized. Many people saw Person’s tactic of making music and soon followed suit.

Vaporwave’s History Starting back in the early 2010s, vaporwave has grown and fluctuated as a community and popular music genre. Here is a timeline on vaporwave's most influential album releases, community foundings, and other miscellanies topics.

- July 7, 2012 The r/Vaporwave subreddit is opened showcasing quote “Music Optimized for Abandoned Malls”.

2015’s “Gr - December 9, 2011 Floral Shoppe by Vektroid is released, soon becoming the most well known album of the genre thanks to its iconic second track リサフランク420 - 現代のコンピュー.

- July, 2012 Bandcamp began to see widespread use for rising artists and remixes looking to profit. It soon became the go-to place for vaporwave artists.

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- August 8, 2010 Chuck Pearson’s Eccojams Vol. 1 is released as the first vaporwave album after working for years on noise music.

- June 2, 2014 Vaperror released Mana Pool, drawing many more people into the genre.

- November 27, 2014 Dream Catalogue is realesed on a music rating site showcasing the basics for the vaporwave genre.

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- June 15, 2018 Private Suite Mag begins realesing their magazines, posting them onto the magazine hosting site Issuu and on the r/Vaporwave sub-reddit.

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新しい日の誕生 (The Birth of a New Day) , the vaporwave community surges in size.

- February 29, 2016 Lucien Hughes’ S U N D A Y S C H O O L became popular and simpsonwave has since become a subjective subgenre with much controversy over it being a meme or not.

- October 31, 2018 S H U T U P, vaporwaves largest discord community and server is created.

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- February 10, 2016 Vapor95 began creating and selling aesthetically pleasing merch like hoodies, tees, jackets, and pins.

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IMAGE CREDITS Optics is a non-commercial magazine that tries to respect the copyrights of all artists with work featured. I’d like to give as much credit possible to the creators of the lovely images and designs used to put together this issue. Here is a list of each artist/designer/photographer in order of the page, from right to left and down on each (figure to the right). Please go and check out their work!

Also, if your work is featured in this issue and you feel that you prefer it not to be included or that your work is misrepresented, please email me at blissful.acc@gmail.com so I can fix my mistake. Thank you!

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Warakami - https://warakami-vaporwave.tumblr.com - https://www.instagram.com/warakami_vaporwave/

nietr - https://sourgout.bandcamp.com - https://soundcloud.com/sourgout

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Realmente Bravo - https://www.instagram.com/realmentebravo/ - https://www.behance.net/realmentebravo

Holycrow - https://www.redbubble.com/people/holycrow - https://www.instagram.com/holycrow_official/

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Ramona Xavier - https://vektroid.bandcamp.com - https://twitter.com/vektroid

Kaibin Liu - https://www.behance.net/MikLiu - https://www.pinterest.com/liukaibin/

Daniel Lopatin - https://twitter.com/0PN - http://www.pointnever.com

Page 10 Izzie DeLuca - https://picsart.com/u/i_delz - https://www.instagram.com/izziedeluca/ ミドリ 1017

- https://midori1017.tumblr.com - https://twitter.com/midori1017

Page 11 Sway Harner - https://www.behance.net/geppettosparadox - https://www.pinterest.com/mistersway/ Cecil Robert - https://raspberriesandrum.bandcamp.com - https://www.instagram.com/raspberries.and.rum/

Page 19 Eric Weidner - https://project-collage.tumblr.com - https://www.instagram.com/weidner_art/

Page 20, 21, & 22 RobNess - https://superrare.co/robness - https://twitter.com/robnessofficial

Page 23 & 24 Private Suite Magazine - https://privatesuitemag.com/ - https://twitter.com/privatesuitemag

Page 25 GASTAME LOS LABIOS Blog - https://simons.soup.io - https://twitter.com/vithren

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Eric Weidner - https://project-collage.tumblr.com - https://www.instagram.com/weidner_art/

Studio ANF - https://studioanf.com - https://www.instagram.com/studioanf/

Tiago Melo - https://wallhere.com/th/user_collections/1370451 - https://www.instagram.com/tiago0289/

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Page 13 Lucien Hughes - https://twitter.com/lucienhughes - https://www.instagram.com/lucienhughes/ Sour Gout - https://sourgout.bandcamp.com - https://soundcloud.com/sourgout

Page 14 GordoLaFlako - https://www.reddit.com/user/GordoLaFlako/ - https://onpastel.tumblr.com

Roxane Dulhoste - https://www.behance.net/roxanedulhoste - https://www.instagram.com/rx.dulhoste/

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Issue 2 - Vaporwave Designed and Written By Bliss

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