Space Invaders in Amsterdam 002

This Space Invader found a nice spot, close to Nieuwmarkt and the Chinese district.
(2000- )

Space Invaders in Barcelona 001

This Space Invader landed Plaça del Pi in the Barrio Gotico.
(2002- )

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This specimen was waving at the other one across the street (and waving at him). The first one is gone. His twin keeps on waving at people passing by.
(Waving since December 1999? January 2000? 10 pts)

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Is this Space Invader running to Angela Davis (by Shepard Fairey)?
To get a golden crêpe!? Or to escape from somebody?
(2009- . 50 pts)

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This giant Space Invader was in a small street in the 6th arrondissement.
(2006-2007)

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This Space Invader is running on the wall of the SACD, which is (along with Sacem) the french RIAA.
(installed in August 1998 and still running. 10 pts)

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This Space Invader can be found on the road to Saint-Jacques de Compostelle. As he's been here for years, I'm starting to wonder whether he's really a pilgrim (and he doesn't even have a stick to walk!).
You will find in the same street a sundial made by Salvador Dali in 1968.

Space Invaders in Amsterdam 001

This Space Invader can be found in Amsterdam, close to a canal (in Korte Leidsedwarsstraat).
(2000- )

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This ghost knew he was already dead...
(2006-)

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(Hoping to catch a pacman in the métro since 2004)

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Some say the aliens arrived on earth centuries ago.Well, it's hard to say when this camouflaged Space Invader landed here. The wall was built in the 17th century. 15 years before the French revolution, the building hosted the first public library in Paris. And the writer Alphonse Daudet lived here in the 19th century.

(Camouflaged since may 2002. 20 pts)

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Photosh'up your city!
(2006- )

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This nice Rubik Invader was in Passage de la Bonne Graine, but is now almost totally destroyed.

(2006-2009)

Space Invaders in NYC 001

On September 2008, I found this colourful and not so easy to shoot Space Invader on Hudson St & Bowery. As you can see below, this corner looks like a real Street Art Hall of Fame: Invader, Obey Giant & a huge Keith Haring mural recreated to commemorate his 50th anniversary; across the street was a giant African woman lying on the side-walk, installed there by JR, a French photograph and street artist.

But when I came back last November, the corner was cleaned. No more Invader, Obey or JR and the KH mural was replaced by another one.
(November 2007-2009. 10 pts)

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Read: I Invade Paris. That's what Invader does, indeed. More than 850 creatures were installed across Paris and half is still there.
(2004- )

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This green Invader landed on the top of a house in Montmartre, a friendly neighborhood for the creatures coming from outta space.
(2007- )

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This ghost was waiting rue d'Amsterdam, behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, close to another ghost.
(2006-2007)

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Some Invaders may be toxic. This one was rue de Dunkerque, close to a pretty big one rue Lafayette.
(2007-2009)

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(sticked to the wall since spring 2010)

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This specimen in Paris 9th arrondissement is part of the brand new "Sprayed" Invaders set.
(spring 2010)

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Yep, some Space Invaders are Rasta, too!
(Wearing dreadlocks since September 2001. 10 pts)

And some no like Rastas and try to shoot 'dem! I tell you brotha'.
See that printed circuit board on the bottom/left corner of the spaceship?
It might have been blinking when it was just installed.

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This polite Invader was Quai de Valmy. I assume one couldn't deal with a stranger saying "Hello!"  in Paris (so weird!). It was destroyed.
(December 2000-2008. 30pts)

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This one can be found in Paris 11th arrondissement. On the other side is PA371.
(late 2009)

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Link was waiting at the top of the stairs in Passage Gauthier, close to the Buttes Chaumonts in Paris 19th arrondissement.
But now he's gone, probably a new adventure where he had to save Zelda.
(2007-2008)

Space Invaders in Paris 002

This one is close to the first one, running away from ZEVS.
(installed in  December 98 and still running. 30 pts)

Space Invaders in Paris 001

The first one to land on Earth. It was seen in a small street near Bastille, in Paris 11th arrondissement (where it all began).
(installed in May 96 but now destroyed. 10 pts)

A pixelized creature a day

A Space Invader a day, that's what this blog is about. The purpose is not to promote Invaders work (he does it well), but I shall thank him to help me see the city as a huge playground. His creatures made of pixels land here and there. Some were shot while walking in the streets, roller skating or riding a bike. Some were found late at night. Some are shot with a regular digital camera, others with a crap cellphone. In one word, these are not great pictures, the main thing is what is shot.

Hope you'll enjoy!