Invader is a French urban artist who is inspired by the arcade game Space Invaders, that are made up of small colored square tiles forming a space invader character mural mosaic. He puts them up around the world, and documents this as an "Invasion", with books and maps of where to find them. He is inspired by several video games from the 1980s, which at the time did not have much resolution so could be replaced by mosaics which represent the pixels. He started his project in 1998 "invading" Paris where he lives and then moved on to more than 30 cities in france and more than 20 in Europe and he then invaded several capitals of the world including São Paulo, Los Angeles, Miami and others. He also rewards himself with points for every invasion he makes based on difficulty and placing, "This is the most addcitive game I have ever played." said the artist in 2011. He does not ask permission and does most of his work illegally so he has been arrested several times world wide, this including in Los Angeles and New York. His art makes the public think about how technology has advance and specialy how video games have grown since they first started to pop out, it bring outs emotions of childhood and fun. The bold colors and the strict shapes make them really appealing to the eye. It is impressive how many different pieces he can make out of mosaics.
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