Searching out Invader street art in Manchester.
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| MAN_16 - 10 points - my favourite |
As a fan of retro videogames, tickable lists and urban exploration it's been brilliant to go 'Invader Hunting' in Manchester over the last year.
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| A Super Mario Invader - MAN_17 - 30 points |
French street artist Invader visited the city in 2004 and put up 47 pieces of mosaic tile art with a total points value of 970. They look superb.
Yesterday I managed to find the last of the Invaders currently in place in Manchester.
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| Invader Hunter |
This was MAN_27 and a reactivation of a piece made by Invader in 2004. Unfortunately some of the Invaders have been destroyed or stolen, while some of the buildings the Invaders were on have been knocked down entirely!
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| The reactivated Invader MAN_27 |
To date I've managed to snap 37 Invaders on the Flash Invaders app - worth 770 points. I've also visited the locations of some of the destroyed / removed Invaders. Check out my Instagram profile to see more of them.
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| One of the large 50 pointers - MAN_45 |
I've seen some of the bootlegs / homages too.
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| Not an Invader. This is the work of _manic_ |
Looking for the Space Invaders has been brilliant fun. Along with Emily we've seen a lot of the city we wouldn't necessarily have explored if we weren't Invader Hunting. It's always nice to be on a leaderboard for something too.
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| I've got a way to go before I'll be troubling the top 100 |
The first Invader I spotted in Manchester that reminded me that they existed - and got me hooked on finding more - was MAN_08 on Withy Grove Stores on Dantzic Street.
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| A classic |
We've also snapped a few Invaders down in London and recently saw most of the Invaders in Newcastle.
To date Invader has invaded 77 cities around the world, putting up 3692 pieces. We're hoping to visit Paris where he's put up 1371 Invaders!
Check out the Invader website for more information.
Alex Ellison's Flickr page, Invader-Spotter and a whole host of people on Instagram have been very helpful in finding some of the more out of the way and hidden Invaders
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