Very strange art?
June 2, 2007 4:42 PM Subscribe
What on earth is this thing?
I saw this one in London, at the top of the pedestrian subway on the south side of the Westminster Bridge. I also saw similar small mosaics in other parts of London, and also in Paris.
Are they just incredibly random graffiti, or do they actually relate to each other and/or mean something? They're pretty cool, either way, I'm just not sure what they are exactly...
I saw this one in London, at the top of the pedestrian subway on the south side of the Westminster Bridge. I also saw similar small mosaics in other parts of London, and also in Paris.
Are they just incredibly random graffiti, or do they actually relate to each other and/or mean something? They're pretty cool, either way, I'm just not sure what they are exactly...
Odd, I saw a couple of those in Paris last winter.
posted by lubujackson at 5:00 PM on June 2, 2007
posted by lubujackson at 5:00 PM on June 2, 2007
Seriously, it's not viral marketing. It's been going on for a while now.
posted by chrismear at 5:04 PM on June 2, 2007
posted by chrismear at 5:04 PM on June 2, 2007
They're all over the world, though usually identifiable (iconic) video game characters. Supposedly started many years ago by the graffiti artist "invader" people have started copying him/her.
Link to a few
posted by Ookseer at 5:14 PM on June 2, 2007
Link to a few
posted by Ookseer at 5:14 PM on June 2, 2007
That one ooks more Galaxian to me.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:02 PM on June 2, 2007
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:02 PM on June 2, 2007
Thanks for posting this. There's one in Montpéllier, not far from Place de la Comédie.
posted by jet_silver at 7:23 PM on June 2, 2007
posted by jet_silver at 7:23 PM on June 2, 2007
Response by poster: There's one in Montpéllier, not far from Place de la Comédie
That's one of the ones we saw, along with one in the archway of one of the entries to the Louvre. Thanks for the info, everybody...
posted by pdb at 8:02 PM on June 2, 2007
That's one of the ones we saw, along with one in the archway of one of the entries to the Louvre. Thanks for the info, everybody...
posted by pdb at 8:02 PM on June 2, 2007
I've seen a few here in L.A. also. In one place it even looks like they busted out the original 1/2" tiles on the side of the building and replaced them with an Invader.
posted by zengargoyle at 8:10 PM on June 2, 2007
posted by zengargoyle at 8:10 PM on June 2, 2007
There's one of these on Loop bar in Melbourne, Australia. For that reason, Loop has generally been known as 'Space Invader bar' among my group of friends.
posted by pompomtom at 12:48 AM on June 3, 2007
posted by pompomtom at 12:48 AM on June 3, 2007
Londonist has started mapping the London ones.
posted by greycap at 1:02 AM on June 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by greycap at 1:02 AM on June 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
There's one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Saw it just this week.
posted by reynir at 2:47 AM on June 3, 2007
posted by reynir at 2:47 AM on June 3, 2007
There's quite a few around Hoxton in London (naturally). I've also seen some on the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC, and an alleyway in Edinburgh.
posted by influx at 3:44 AM on June 3, 2007
posted by influx at 3:44 AM on June 3, 2007
In the June 4 New Yorker, there's a profile of Paul McCartney, which mentions him taking a picture of one of these in an alley in London.
posted by beagle at 6:50 AM on June 3, 2007
posted by beagle at 6:50 AM on June 3, 2007
Thanks for the Flickr pool link, nerdcore. I have a couple shots of them from Paris two years ago I can add!
Somehow I had heard of this (I think here on MeFi actually) before I went to Paris so when I came across them I knew what they were.
posted by dnash at 9:30 AM on June 3, 2007
Somehow I had heard of this (I think here on MeFi actually) before I went to Paris so when I came across them I knew what they were.
posted by dnash at 9:30 AM on June 3, 2007
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My guess: some sort of viral marketing.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 4:44 PM on June 2, 2007