Look up and you might see some amazing street art – We’ve been invaded by French Street artist ‘Invader’
Meet the Artist
The works are all by Invader, a French street artist who likes to remain anonymous. He claims that only a few people know his real name and his face and that his parents think he works as a tiler in the construction industry
His first works appeared in the late 1990s when mosaic Space Invaders started to appear on the streets of Paris.
You can find his pixelated images created with ceramic tiles all over the walls of Paris, and other cities around the world. He calls this his ‘invasion strategy’, invading populated urban areas with his art.
Each invasion Strategy involves installing 20 to 50 pieces in each city. Invader has become an important figure in the modern street art scene.
The artist creates public artwork all around the globe, with the aim of creating at least 20 to 50 works in one city alone. Like the video games from which the characters originate, each creature is awarded a score based on location, intricacy and how difficult it was to install. Invader currently has 3960 murals across 79 cities and on 6 continents.
Smartphone users can also hunt for mosaics globally using the “FlashInvaders” app.
Or use this Map to begin your own hunt.
Invader’s Homepage
For today’s episode, we have the insights of Jay Swanson, a YouTuber in Paris, who is a “Flash Invader” – someone who goes around collecting photos of the art as part of a popular app by the same name. He tells us all there is to know about Invader.
And Jay is followed by a second guest, journalist David Chazan, who once found an Invader mosaic in his own home. Unfortunately, that one ends as a tale of woe – but it’s a great story.
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