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Invader’ s Invasion of Djerba
After having left his mark in more than 70 cities around the world, this winter, Invader puts down his suitcases on the island of Djerba to deliver a new performance. Worldrenowned French artist has unleashed about fifty mosaics across the island for an exceptional hunting party.
Invader’ s work is modelled on the crude pixellation of video games. His distinctive creations can be seen in many highly visible locations in several cities around the world and to date invader has installed an impressive 3,858 art pieces! The invasion of Djerba adds 58 new mosaics and 2,610 Points to the total score of his smartphone app‘ Flash Invaders’. Fans accumulate points by shooting photographs of his work, submit pictures to Invader’ s website and receive points for the photos. Space invader, the anonymous street artist who installs hidden mosaic artworks around the world, marks his 79th‘ territory hit’ at the island of Djerba. Known for its sandy beaches and white, dome-shaped houses, the
1. L’ artiste Invader fait un clin d’ œil à la célèbre saga Star Wars dont une partie du tournage a eu lieu à quelques kilomètres de Tozeur. I Invader installs‘ Star Wars’ mosaics across the Island of Djerba I يقدم الفنّان انفايدر لمحة على ملحمة حرب النجوم الشهيرة التي تمّ
تصوير جزء منها على بعد كيلومترات من توزر
2. Des mosaïques reprenant les symboles de la culture tunisienne ont été soigneusement disséminés sur des devantures de maisons et boutiques de Djerba. I Mosaics depicting the symbols of Tunisian culture have been carefully scattered on the fronts of houses and shops in Djerba فسيفساء لرموز الثقافة التونسية ، منتشرةI
بعناية على واجهات المحلات التجارية والمنازل بجربة
Tunisian island is also recognized for being featured in the first ever start wars movie‘ a new hope’, which aired in 1977. In tribute, Space Invader dedicated three out of the 58 total artworks to reference the iconic movie. I www. space-invaders. com
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