The Digital Void Podcast Illusions of Control: Aesthetics, Nostalgia, and Meme Culture w/ Grafton Tanner
How can nostalgia inspire memes that motivate and mobilize communities?
Last week, Jamie and Josh discussed how the term “meme culture” is in jeopardy of being co-opted by extremists. This week, they welcome back Grafton Tanner to take a deeper dive into the topic.
What is vaporwave, and what characteristics of its aesthetic that afford itself to be used by these communities? How do aesthetics and fandoms intertwine? How can corporations grapple with feelings of nostalgia in intensely devoted fandoms?
About Grafton Tanner:
Grafton Tanner is the author of The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia (Repeater Books, 2021), The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech (Zer0 Books, 2020), and Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts (Zer0 Books, 2016).
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Show Notes:
Babbling Corpse - Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts - Grafton Tanner
Chord Progression of Boys of Summer
Persistent Storytelling - Kathleen Kennedy
Fauxtomation - Astra Taylor
Ghost Work - Mary L. Gray
The Hours Have Lost Their Clock - Grafton Tanner
Masters of the Userverse - Grafton Tanner, Real Life
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