Antinous was a sort of mascot that appeared in much of the "Vaporwave" aesthetic - an internet based music genre that started around 2012. I just googled vaporwave + chicken + lover and on the front page was a track on bandcamp called chickenlover. The track starts with a sample of dialogue from a movie or TV show that mentions someone being "around children" in a panicked voice.
It was actually Helios, not Antonius. At least, that was the one who appeared on Floral Shoppe, and became iconic.
There is a lot of speculation as to why Vektroid used the Helios statue, from the fall of Rome and the fall of capitalism, to mockery of 80s "fine art," to poking fun at encyclopedia CD ROM covers.
Vaporwave comes from seapunk, which itself was a pastiche of early 90s references; Lisa Frank, early 90s web design, etc.
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IIJOSEPHXII ago
Antinous was a sort of mascot that appeared in much of the "Vaporwave" aesthetic - an internet based music genre that started around 2012. I just googled vaporwave + chicken + lover and on the front page was a track on bandcamp called chickenlover. The track starts with a sample of dialogue from a movie or TV show that mentions someone being "around children" in a panicked voice.
https://mastersamplechallenge.bandcamp.com/track/chickenlover
mrohm ago
It was actually Helios, not Antonius. At least, that was the one who appeared on Floral Shoppe, and became iconic.
There is a lot of speculation as to why Vektroid used the Helios statue, from the fall of Rome and the fall of capitalism, to mockery of 80s "fine art," to poking fun at encyclopedia CD ROM covers.
Vaporwave comes from seapunk, which itself was a pastiche of early 90s references; Lisa Frank, early 90s web design, etc.