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.
Travel with Intent 
The title reminds me of ALien movies 🙂
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Best “I” post of the batch! I have a friend who has an Invader on her home in California, so awesome…art is everywhere!
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On her home, wow! Did she commission it?
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Yes, it was a commission over 10 years ago. Recently it was removed for structural work to the home. It should reappear somewhere though!
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How wonderful!
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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The geek in me loves it! 😀
Day One Photography
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It DOES look a bit like Space Invaders, now that I think on it.
ROG, ABCW
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Just very large pixels 🙂
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Goodmorning
Sometimes there are to much ‘ínvasions’ in ones life aren’t there.
Making choices about what to let in or what to keep out is not that bad at all 😉
Have a nice day!
♫ Mel☺dy ♫ (abc-w-team)
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A very good point
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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What a great and interesting article! Nice pictures too! Would love to find some of the Invader’s work.
Greetings, Hilde
Visiting from ABC Wednesday
http://stapjesonderweg.blogspot.be/2015/09/icecream.html
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Check out the app next time you’re in a big city – and do let me know what you find.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Very clever post about the Invader. He certainly has been busy. (:0)
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How whimsical. They made me smile. Thanks.
My ABC WEDNESDAY
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I’ve never seen anything like that, how interesting.
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Wow. This is incredibly neat!
I’ve never seen anything like this before but it’s interesting and very cool!
Thanks for sharing for the letter I.
A+
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Cool.
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Neat! Hurrah for Invader!
The View from the Top of the Ladder
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Much better than graffiti♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/inspiration/
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So cool!
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That’s a beautiful artwork !
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Good for him to dress up so blah places as long as he doesn’t do this to cathedrals I say good for him. I know of a bridge near where I live that he could create his work on:)
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What a fun way to show your art. Great finds.
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Who would ever remove Space Invaders? I dig the Star Wars one. I’d wish someone would do it here (not me though – I’d miscount and it Princess Leia would look like Jabba the Hutt.
Glad I found you through the A to Z Challenge.
Eli @ Coach Daddy (#1202)
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This is so cool! I would LOVE it if I saw something like this on the streets.
Good luck with the 2015 A to Z Challenge!
A to Z Co-Host S. L. Hennessy
http://pensuasion.blogspot.com
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Fun isn’t it!
Such a cool idea 🙂
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What a cute idea!
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There used to be many Invaders in Barcelona… but almost all of them were destroyed or removed 😦
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Well, I’ve never seen any of these in London, must get looking! 😀
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What fun! 🙂
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