Adieu Space Invaders, hello Space Invaders

It already happened in the first week. Whilst on a little shopping trip on Tottenham Court Road (I bought a new graphic tablet - a WACOM Bamboo Fun - which is great by the way), I discovered my first London Space Invader. "Yipiiieee" was my first thought and a broad smile appeared on my face, combined with the feeling of suddenly being at home in a foreign city.

Some might ask now: "What the **** are you talking about?", others might smile knowingly. I am talking about these little colorful creatures, made out if mini-tiles, sticked to walls, stairs, monuments, pillars and other structures in urban space.

The person doing this is a Paris based artist who calls himself Space Invader. I first got introduced to his little creature in 2003 when I did my internship in Paris. A friend showed me "my first one", somewhere around Bastille. Since then I loved keeping my eyes open to enlarge "my collection".

In Paris there are around 700 (I didn't find them all yet...hey, another reason to go back!!)... in London apparently 101. I already found 3... unfortunately, my camera was out of battery, so I couldn't take picture (which I will certainly do later!). The photos above are some of the Parisian invaders I hunted down earlier.

I love the fact of being able to continue this little hobby of mine to disturb daily routines.