One of our favorite street artists, Invader, came to LA from France recently and took a minute to explain his new Binary Code street art. This new media utilizes hi-tech Binary Code technology combined with his trademark lo-tech ceramic tile work as seen in urban centers all around the world. This style of artwork is among the most progressive and conceptually interesting in the world. Invader has definitely continued to take it to the next level with this latest development.

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Okay, my name is invader. My mission is to invade the planet with video game characters made with tiles that I put on walls in big cities all over the world. I have been in 40 different cities, in 30 different countries, but when I go and invade a new city I do not go and just put 2 or 3 pieces in the center of town. Like a mission I really stay at least 2 or 3 weeks in the cities and I try to spread the invasion all around the city. My style is to play with pixel aesthetic and I use tiles because it is a perfect material to be put outside. It is very permanent, it is made to be put outside. This piece is called this is not a QR code. The canvas itself is kind of an abstract binary code and the second picture is the message behind the code and you have to have a cell phone to decode the code. The name of this program on the phone is called imatrix. This one you have to take like a picture. And when you read it, it says… This is an invasion. It is in between something lo-tech and high-tech. High-tech because it is new media and it is a kind of door to the digital world, and at the same time I am just using some bathroom tiles, black and white, very simple common tiles. And that is crazy with common tiles you can create a digital code with a message. The first time I saw QR code I really thought it was totally my aesthetic. And I really reacted very positively. It is like this QR code was made for me. That is what when I discovered this Music By Aoriste – Video Gamin For more info www.jamendo.com