Space Invaders Take To The Streets
The French pioneer of Rubikcubism combines social exploration and art installation with 1970s Space Invaders.
Paranoid space invaders are following you? Whether you've travelled the world or stuck to your own quarters, chances are they are. Parisian street artist Invader is credited with the creation of Rubikubism, a form of art that utilises Rubik's Cube squares to form an image. And although his 8-bit characters have invaded over 40 cities worldwide, Invader prefers to keep incognito in style. His trademark characters inconspicuously sit above shop windows or lay low on a building wall. The tile based pixels combine art installation with social exploration where the world’s globe is at the mercy of Space Invader. These seemingly harmless creatures remind people of the Big Brother state we call home.
In Tokyo, Delhi, Amsterdam and L.A, the small characters depict those from the 1970s Space Invaders video games. With such low quality resolution the mosaic squares seem only fitting. One of the more prominent locations is on the Hollywood Sign.
But it’s not just mere walls that host his pieces, the French-born artist has also exhibited his art within the walls of Vienna’s Museumquartier as well as many other galleries around the world. Starting the project in 1996, Paris plays home to the majority of his works - so far 600 and counting. Rather than deliberately drawing attention to himself, the decorative element of the tiled images create a perfect harmony between many of the more architecturally flourishing buildings.
Now, Invader has published maps for some of the cities he has invaded, allowing intrigued viewers to scrawl the city on the lookout for these mosaic masterpieces. Simple yet effective.
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