Space Invaders Avignon

One of the things I love doing when visiting cities (if available) is space invaders hunting. Avignon happens to be blessed as one of the cities that he has hit up.

For those of you who don't know Avignon it's on the boarder of Provence and the Cote d'Azur. Most of the notable landmarks around Avignon are a bunch of bridges or "Pont" in French.  Pont du Guard, the gigantic Roman Aqueduct bridge built in 19BC ,Pont de Langlois, a drawbridge that was one painted by Van Gogh and of course the Pont D'Avignon- the bridge that was never completed.

Pont D'Avignon

I noticed that Space Invader's color schemes were quite soft in comparison to the bold colors that he usually uses in London. I'm not sure if it is a maturation thing or if he was trying to blend in with the soft sandy colors of Provence.

As in most of my space invader pictures, I try to provide a reference point for those of you who want to track them down.  Happy invader hunting!

Space Invaders Blvd. de Perolles

One of the things that I enjoyed the most about living in Fribourg is the number of Space Invaders available to me.  I once researched that there were 6 Space Invaders in town but unfortunately, I have only been able to locate seven of them and of course, I'm missing a photo of two of the five...

On the Corner of Rue des Alpes and Rue de Lausanne

no location directions needed :

At the bottom of the Funiculaire de Fribourg

Stickers that no longer exist on Blvd. de Perolles

At the end of Blvd. de Perolles

My buddy who use to greets me every morning on my way to the train station (location self explanatory)

And sorry for the poopie picture! the Space Invader at the entrance to the Funicular

space invaders wardor street

Space Invaders Soho

Southbank Invader

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Leak Street Space Invader

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Brick Lane Space Invader #3

This one is across from the restaurant the root master- which is in an old school double decker bus.

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Brick Lane Space Invader

You can see that something has been ripped down between the statue and space invaders. It was another piece by the artist who does close ups of people's faces like the one in yesterday's post. The statues all use to have heads and legs as well....

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Brick lane

Also known as "Banglatown", brick lane is located in the Borough of Tower of Hamlets. The initial market first started in the 17th century as a place to buy produce. The Sunday Market also comes from this time. Nowadays, The Sunday Market is comprised of anyone- mostly students trying to sell off their belongings for some money. There are some pockets like the one off of this street (picture below- notice the writing in Bengali) which house independent artists selling their work.

Bricklane is also prolofic grounds for graffiti artists. This picture houses 2 different artists- the statue graffiti artists and this other artists who does close up of people's faces.

There are also numerous multicultural food stalls, and this great pizza place that has no plates and serves pizzas (with rocket or arugula) on big wooden squares. Everyone sits around huge rustic wooden tables on cardboard boxes.

Bricklane is also home to 93 East a bar that was the birthplace for the popularity of Tabla music and The Vibe Bar. It is also home to the Old Truman Brewery which has now been converted into a gallery and one can find very avant garde art there.

It's also home to a few space invaders!


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Shoreditch High Street and Curtain Road Space Invader

This one was huge! very prominent.
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Shoreditch

Shoreditch is in the Borough of Hackney located just east of the central london. Shoreditch is bordered by Old Street and Brick Lane. A previously very poor area of London, it is now one of the most expensive and hippest places to live. Bricklane had and still has a very high Bangledshi population.Evidently, its the curry mecca of London. Its also where you can be guaranteed to eat some curry that will keep you running to the pot in pain for the next few days. I found it interesting that the street names were written in more than one language.

Shoreditch became a haven for the creative- artists due to the cheap rent that it provided. Yuppies followed the artists and now shoreditch is one of the most fashionable places to live. On Friday and Saturday nights, you can find the streets stuffed with drunken british people dressed in really odd clothing which will find its way to america and be quite fashionable in about 3 years.
Shoreditch is also a prolific ground for graffitti artists. Besides the regular offenders, here are some more pieces that I enjoyed.



To better understand the last piece of art and the statement it is trying to make, Here is what the artist is taking a piss out of. The Oyster card is a travel card that enables you to travel on all transport systems within London. Its magentized so you simply need to touch it on a sensor to register it.


It took me 1 hour to go down two streets! Shoreditch will easily need 5-6 more visits!!