Space Invader Postcard Set
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Space Invader Postcards Postcard Set of 15 HELLO MY GAME IS Paris Repetition
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Space Invader Postcards Postcard Set of 15 HELLO MY GAME IS Paris Repetition, Hand stamped by the artist “Invader”.
Invader is a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts, a Paris art school.[3] Invader initially derived inspiration for his creations from video games from the late 1970s to early 1980s that he played when he was growing up, particularly characters from Space Invaders, from which he derived his name.[4] Games of the era were made with 8-bit graphics, and so lend themselves well to his method of each tile representing one pixel.[5][6]Invader began making mosaics in Paris in the 1990s[7][3][4] and then in 31 other cities in France.
Invader has made mosaics in New York City five times,[4] and Hong Kong on three separate occasions.[1] He has tagged historic buildings and other locations.[6] On 31 December 1999 he placed a mosaic on the letter D of the Hollywood Sign[6] to mark the Y2K bug. During subsequent trips to Los Angeles he placed mosaics on the eight other letters of the sign.[8]
In June 2011, Invader marked the installation of his 1000th work in Paris with an exhibition at La Générale entitled 1000.[9] Since 2000, he has installed more than 70 pieces of work around Hong Kong.[1][10] By June 2011, Invader had created mosaics in 77 cities with 2,692 Space Invaders placed comprising some 1.5 million ceramic tiles; 19 “invasion maps” have been published.[11]
In 2012, Invader made a short film Art4Space documenting his attempt to launch one of his aliens into space on a modified weather balloon.[4]Invader also makes QR code works.[3][5] Created using regular black and white tiles, the patterns can be decoded using apps installed on smartphones. One decoded message reads “This is an invasion”.[5]
Installations have become desirable collectors’ pieces, with reports that some have been illicitly removed to be sold.
Invader works incognito, often masked and largely at night.[8][13] To guard his anonymity on camera during interviews, he pixellates his own image or wears a mask as a disguise.[3][9][14] He claims that only a few people know his real name and his face.[5][6][9] and that his parents think he works as a tiler in the construction industry.[15]
