There has been an invasion of little, and sometimes not so little, pixellated men across the globe, starting in Paris in 1998.
They seem friendly enough so if you want to meet some of them you can track them all on Invader’s website. You can even score points for each one you find – The London Star Wars piece above scores 100 points.
These pieces of mosaic art are the work of a street artist known by his chosen pseudonym of Invader. He calls himself a ULA, an unidentified living artist, and always works behind a mask. He is still very active, with new and repeat invasion waves still happening around the world.
His most well known pieces are, needless to say, his space invaders, but Invader does other work too, including exhibitions, commissions, sculptures, books and films.
Invaded bridge, Vienna
This bridge in the MuseumsQuartier of Vienna was bedecked in pixel tiles in 2008 when Invader was resident artist at Quartier21.
Part of the April A to Z Challenge.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 April 2015![aDSC_0636_pp]()
