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Choice quote from an interview with Invader: "Initially there was the discovery of a relationship between pixelation and the mosaic, then the introduction of a video game into reality, and finally an invasion on a planetary scale." What I find striking is he has made the same connection I did between the pixel and earlier visual media.



Here's the full Interview with Invader and his website is called Space-Invaders. You can also look on Artsy.






 
 

 
 
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