

Neon Parallel 1996
2015-03-09 · 11 min · ★ 6.5
Part live-action footage, video game sequences, simulated chat, poetic voiceover and virtual landscape, Neon Parallel 1996 is in Rafman’s own words an attempt at creating a “lost vaporwave classic.”
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- Jon Rafman
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- United States of America
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- Released
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