Invader

My colleague also told me about and artist called 'Invader' he is a French urban artist who pastes up characters from and inspired by the Space Invaders game, made up of small coloured square tiles that form a mosaic. He does this in cities across the world, then documents this as an "Invasion", with books and maps of where to find each invader. There are even some in manchester!!!

I thought this was a great way to bring gaming to life ... it is literally placed into the real world like anything else! It is a part of us and who we are. It is also interesting that they are placed in different cultures which is very like a video game ... they are played but all kinds of people with different backgrounds and stories.