Space Invaders

[MadamInvader]

Yeah I do have the map, I'm actively doing the whole hunt thing. With that leederville one, is that the one on the overpass from the traino, right at the bottom of oxford where the roundabout is?

[Desmo]

So is this like a new age variation of letterboxing and trainspotting?

[MadamInvader]

I just saw a few of them and when I found one in a backstreet in freo i decided it might not just be some kid, so I looked it up and I may be a little obsessed with finding them all now. There are a couple of people in Perth who collect them and put the pics online, and my husband and I are going to go on holiday to Melbourne at some point to see how many we can get there.

[Orson]

I don't get it.

So far, I have this much...


Some guy who calls himself "Invader" cruises into town, spray paints Space Invaders on our stuff, draws a shiity map of where the vandalism is and then fucks off.

Then, people spend their time finding them, thinking it's all very cool.
How am I doing so far?

[Desmo]

I just saw a few of them and when I found one in a backstreet in freo i decided it might not just be some kid, so I looked it up and I may be a little obsessed with finding them all now. There are a couple of people in Perth who collect them and put the pics online, and my husband and I are going to go on holiday to Melbourne at some point to see how many we can get there.

Wow.
You go girl!

[Captain Starfish]

Not spray paint - tile mosaic.

[MadamInvader]

Orson: Not spraypaint, mosaic tiling. I do think it's very cool, it doesn't damage the surface underneath, and I just think it's got a bit of an underworld thing going. I dig it, personal opinion.
Desmogod: thankyou. :-)

[BigTim]

I don't get it.
So far, I have this much...
Some guy who calls himself "Invader" cruises into town, spray paints Space Invaders on our stuff, draws a shiity map of where the vandalism is and then fucks off.
Then, people spend their time finding them, thinking it's all very cool.
How am I doing so far?

It's something to brighten your otherwise dull existence, gramps. Some guy made a bunch of plaques with a pop culture reference on them, and stuck them in completely random and obscure places around Perth, and other cities.
I've seen a few by complete accident, and it made me smile to think that someone took the time and effort and stick them in the particular places, for no reason other than to make people wonder about them.

edit: my bad, mosaics, not plaques.

[MadamInvader]

Yeah I think it's the pop culture thing that really does it for me.
BigTim: any even loose descriptions of locations you've seen them in would be appreciated?

[Orson]

Oh, mosaics eh? That's better than spray paint I s'pose.

P.S. What the fuck would you know about my existence/how dull it is/what brightens it???

[BigTim]

The one I regularly see is on the freeway overpass, near Parliament House, when you're heading south.
Ben has covered a few others in his thread here.

Orson- educated guess, from your current attitude, and lame innuendo "jokes" at anything remotely sexual.

[Orson]

Yeah I think it's the pop culture thing that really does it for me.

Sorry, I've been too busy watching episodes of Bananaman and SuperTed and playing with my Etch-a-Sketch whilst wearing my Astro Boy T-shirt.

[MadamInvader]

I also love how inconspicuous some of them are. I spotte one in Mt Lawley first, then the freeway one, then one in a backstreet, then the next few I found were in locations I have been in regularly and just obviously never quite looked at the right spot. I used to live a couple of streets away from one and drive home under another one every day and never spotted either of them. And the Cott beach one.

[Orson]

The one I regularly see is on the freeway overpass, near Parliament House, when you're heading south.
Ben has covered a few others in his thread here.

Orson- educated guess, from your current attitude, and lame innuendo "jokes" at anything remotely sexual.

So by making jokes, I am dull?

As for the attitude thing. I assume you specifically mean in regards to this Space Invaders thread?

[MadamInvader]

I'm impressed Orson. Pop Culture knowledge obviously exceeding your years. You missed hula hoop.

[Dubs]

Bangkok

[Orson]

Exceeding my years? Hardly. I was around for all of the above

EDIT: Hey, he really gets the 80's pixelled look with the mosaic doesn't he?

[MadamInvader]

dubs: nice.

[MadamInvader]

Space Invaders - a set on Flickr this is my flickr page if anyone wants to see my pics.

[Dubs]

MI you may want to add the locations to your comments in flickr in case others want to go and looksy

Dubs