I first noticed these little Space Invader mosaics when I was living in Paris for a couple of months. Most of them are fairly small, about 25cm wide, and stuck to walls, monuments, boulders, stairs,… The first one I saw was stuck onto the soccle of the monument in Place de la République. After that I started to notice more of them, always blending into their environment so they never look out of place. Which is quite remarkable – after all they are images from a videogame and have nothing to do with the urban environment.
After coming back to Belgium, I started to see them over there as well (there is one in the Grote Markt), and all over Europe: Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Barcelona… Quite often people don’t even realize they are there, that is how subtle they are.
I learnt later that the guy who does them is a French artist who calls himself ‘Invader’ (of course).
I now notice them everywhere I go – even in New York I saw some. What I like about it is that it is one of these things that ties the different world cities together, something that helps the urban travellers and global nomads to feel at home wherever they go.
Have a look at the website, and after that, have a look while you are out and about. Fat chance you’ll meet one of these when you’re walking around town.

http://www.sixspace.com/gallery/invader2005/