Reality Game
Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - Tuesday, April 8, 2003
For some time mosaics have appeared in big cities around the world. They represent the aliens we know from the old videogame : SPACE INVADERS.
This invasion is led by an anonymous Parisian (AKA: Invader), who wants his virus to infect the world.
After successful invasions of Melbourne and Perth and with more than 2000 Space Invaders now spread around the globe racking up some serious points, Invader presents surveillance photography from 4 of the 25 already invaded cities at Centre Place : Paris / Tokyo / NYC and Melbourne.
Q/A with Invader
Who are you ?
I'm Invader (that's my alias). I always appear masked in public, so no one knows my face. Some people call me a polluter, others say I'm an artist. I prefer to think of myself as an invader !
What's the Space Invaders project about?
The idea is to "invade" cities all over the world with characters inspired by first-generation arcade games, and especially the now classic Space Invaders. I make them out of tiles, meaning I can cement them to walls and keep the ultra-pixelated appearance.
How many people are involved?
Just me. In the eight years I've been working on this project, I've traveled to 35 cities on all five continents with the sole intention of "invading" them!
What made you choose Space Invaders as the main character for the project?
Lots of reasons. I see them as a symbol of our era and the birth of modern technology, with video games, computers, the Internet, mobile phones, hackers and viruses.
And "space invader" is a pretty good definition of what I'm doing... invading spaces!
How do you choose your spots?
I go everywhere in the city, and I watch carrefuly. A spot is like a revelation... it jumps out at you.
