Space Invader

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Invader is a french street artist, who's work consists of invading the streets with tile mosaics inspired by the video game of the late 70's.

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Invader translates the pixelized design of the video game into the real world in mosaic form. Since 1998 the invasion has spread to the whole world from Paris to New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles and as far as Mombasa, Kenya.

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Each mosaic or invasion is photographed and it's location plotted on a map for reference on the space invader website. The invasion sites are chosen for their symbolic or busy location or in the case of Montpellier, so that the invasion sites themselves depict an invader when plotted on a map.

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The artist remains anonymous, but has just given an interview for the opening of a new gallery exhibition.

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