[rickyc]

Hey all

I was on the Space Invader website and really really want one of these: www.space-invaders.com/shop/index.php?page=shop/flypage&product_id=153&

I was wondering if anyone knew where to get any in or around London? Or is the website my best bet?

Thanks
Rick

[nipper]

I just got mine from Invader's website. It's fab. A couple of nice stickers included too.

[gm]

Let me get this right - you send him €75 and get back 80 small ceramic tiles, with which to make up something of his design and stick up on a wall "under his name"?


You pay Space Invader for the privilege of advertising on his behalf.


If you like the moaics concept, why not go somewhere like
www.mosaics.co.uk/acatalog/Craft_Mix_Box_1.html
and get 2250 small ceramic tiles for £28.92 (+ VAT)
then use your own imagination?

[notitle]

the concept always confused me too

[andrewd]

It's a signed and numbered piece. You don't have to put it up on a wall.
Reminds me of the days when I used to think, umm that Banksy canvas is £450 for a small picture with a bit of spray paint on it, anyone could do that!

[rodlarock]

I have three of these and they sit proudly on my lounge shelves..

I really want to put them up but I rent and I want to take them with me when I leave!

They look great!

[rickyc]

THe only wall this would see would be the one in my lounge room.

They are numbered, and they look awesome.

But, sadly, its going to have to wait until after christmas so that i can afford it.

sigh.

[mcnuts]

gm said:

Let me get this right - you send him €75 and get back 80 small ceramic tiles, with which to make up something of his design and stick up on a wall "under his name"?


You pay Space Invader for the privilege of advertising on his behalf.


If you like the moaics concept, why not go somewhere like
www.mosaics.co.uk/acatalog/Craft_Mix_Box_1.html
and get 2250 small ceramic tiles for £28.92 (+ VAT)
then use your own imagination?

must say I agree with you on this one. a great idea but i'd do it myself and save the premium on the numbered tiles just my £0.02

[corblimeylimey]

Is this an Invader? I took the photo in Barcelona nearly two years ago. Check out all the photos in the Street Art Gallery under Barcelona, it seems hardly anyone looks there, only 10 views in nearly two weeks!

[ratpack]

corblimeylimey said:

Is this an Invader? I took the photo in Barcelona nearly two years ago. Check out all the photos in the Street Art Gallery under Barcelona, it seems hardly anyone looks there, only 10 views in nearly two weeks!

You'll be pleased to know that it is still there!

[rolyateel]

mcnuts said:

must say I agree with you on this one. a great idea but i'd do it myself and save the premium on the numbered tiles just my £0.02

i agree too...whilst i think they are a really cool idea & i am a fan of his work, the fact that you really could do it yourself removes any value from it...the same goes for the art he makes with the rubiks cubes.
both a very cool to look at either on the street or in a gallery, but I can't see the point in owning it.

anything thats painted or sprayed adds value in my eyes as I'd not be able to do it myself...or at least not with the same effect!

[skyplanck]

Hoping you guys can help

Got a signed Alex on the way I am not sure I want.

More interested in Mode2 (Stolen Kisses) and the Kelsey Brookes work.

Anyone out there with an offer?


btw. These chat are really opening my eyes.

[skyplanck]

I know you don't like r'freshers but thats the only way to learn.

Sit back and listen, use your ears and eyes. There are a lot of teachers out there. Quite a fewe Yoda's but also too many muppets.

So sorry for the r'freshing but I hope I am now able to offer something to the conversation.

[gm]

andrewd said:

It's a signed and numbered piece. You don't have to put it up on a wall.
Reminds me of the days when I used to think, umm that Banksy canvas is £450 for a small picture with a bit of spray paint on it, anyone could do that!

I have no problems with pictures, cos I'm crap at drawing/painting and couldn't do it myself. I am willing and happy to pay for an image that says something meaningful to me.

However, I don't see the point of paying other people for stuff that I can do myself, whether it's little bits of tile or haircuts.

I was making space invader murals for my bedroom from sheets of origami paper in 1979, when I saw my first SI machines and got addicted to the bloody things.

[rolyateel]

gm said:

I was making space invader murals for my bedroom from sheets of origami paper in 1979, when I saw my first SI machines and got addicted to the bloody things.

you should start again...u could make a killing...£150 for a signed print!!!

[andrewd]

gm said:

andrewd said:

It's a signed and numbered piece. You don't have to put it up on a wall.
Reminds me of the days when I used to think, umm that Banksy canvas is £450 for a small picture with a bit of spray paint on it, anyone could do that!

I have no problems with pictures, cos I'm crap at drawing/painting and couldn't do it myself. I am willing and happy to pay for an image that says something meaningful to me.

However, I don't see the point of paying other people for stuff that I can do myself, whether it's little bits of tile or haircuts.

I was making space invader murals for my bedroom from sheets of origami paper in 1979, when I saw my first SI machines and got addicted to the bloody things.

That's cool, I tried the same with Carl Andre's bricks. My first venture into the art market was when Joy Division's Closer L.P. came out I saw a framed print in my local Oxfam and bought it for a fiver 'cos it looked like the LP cover. The print was an original signed ecthing of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's the death of Beatrice

[irf2112]

People are missing the point here - it's about originality. Go to the Tate Modern and you'd probably be able to recreate most of the stuff. Invader was original enough to use rubiks cubes as art. He was also very original with his maps. Looking at POWs stuff quite alot could be 'recreated'. I rate Invader's Alex as one of my favourite prints (couldnt quite afford the real thing but this is good enough for me).

As for something that's easier to do - Look at Hirst's "Quene 1am" print - its just 9 circles in different colours - quite easy to recreate if one wanted.... Or you could pay £10,000 for one (ed of 100).

[gm]

People are missing the point here - it's about originality. Go to the Tate Modern and you'd probably be able to recreate most of the stuff. Invader was original enough to use rubiks cubes as art. He was also very original with his maps. Looking at POWs stuff quite alot could be 'recreated'. I rate Invader's Alex as one of my favourite prints (couldnt quite afford the real thing but this is good enough for me).

I'm not on about the prints, and I'm not on about the street pieces - have a look in the Space Invaders London thread - I bloody love em. It's the "invasion kits" idea that I don't get - is it "an original" if you have to assemble it yourself? Original would be the guy who designed Space Invaders in the first place, and I'm pretty sure that wasn't the guy who gets €75 for 80 small square pieces of china.

As for something that's easier to do - Look at Hirst's "Quene 1am" print - its just 9 circles in different colours - quite easy to recreate if one wanted.... Or you could pay £10,000 for one (ed of 100).

I wouldn't pay 10p for one cos (a) I know I could do it myself if I wanted to (we're starting to talk in circles here, and not just very expensive designer-label circles), and (b) I think they're a load of bollocks.

[RBK]

A friend of mine in the art world told me a valuable thing a long time ago. When people say "Oh I could have done that" The answer is: "Maybe so... but you didn't!"

[RetroCanvas]

I might start using that one.

Quite a few say that about my work and it really gets at me.

Here I am spending more time than people think on designing and painting stuff for people to just say "Thats easy" and "I could do that for £50" or "£300! F OFF!"

DIY art is great, but you are in fact appreciating an artists work by buying his/her own artwork.

Retro

rklimek said:

A friend of mine in the art world told me a valuable thing a long time ago. When people say "Oh I could have done that" The answer is: "Maybe so... but you didn't!"

[gm]

A friend of mine in the art world told me a valuable thing a long time ago. When people say "Oh I could have done that" The answer is: "Maybe so... but you didn't!"

Ah, but I did... along with pretty much every kid/teen who had access to biros and graph paper in 79/80. We were doing exactly the same as what sold for several hundred quids in Laz recently. It was usually in our maths exercise books.

Also see my further up post about the origami paper.

I have no need to do it any more.


Is it only art if somebody pays money for it?

Is it art at all if nobody ever sees it?

[gm]

DIY art is great, but you are in fact appreciating an artists work by buying his/her own artwork.

Which I do, quite often, and not only artists with well known names...

[alvington89]

gm said:

andrewd said:

It's a signed and numbered piece. You don't have to put it up on a wall.
Reminds me of the days when I used to think, umm that Banksy canvas is £450 for a small picture with a bit of spray paint on it, anyone could do that!

I have no problems with pictures, cos I'm crap at drawing/painting and couldn't do it myself. I am willing and happy to pay for an image that says something meaningful to me.

However, I don't see the point of paying other people for stuff that I can do myself, whether it's little bits of tile or haircuts.

I was making space invader murals for my bedroom from sheets of origami paper in 1979, when I saw my first SI machines and got addicted to the bloody things.

Know what you mean. Even now SI is a great game.
A couple of years ago I managed to source both an original b&w table top Invader and an original Taito standup machine (not the nasty Midway licensed copy) in top condition.

[gm]

Ah, I wasted far too many hours and ruined my eyesight on those Taito machines ;D

www.djgallagher.com/games/classics/spaceinvaders/index.php

[alvington89]

... and a 'DEFENDER' as well.

[irf2112]

I think the kits are original - the artist is allowing you to 'participate' which I think is quite cool.

[Hoops]

about 6 months ago I bought a table top Defender and a stand alone Defender .was always the best game IMO

[gm]

irf2112 said:

I think the kits are original - the artist is allowing you to 'participate' which I think is quite cool.

Fair enough, sensible answer, helps me understand how people other than myself see it. Thanks.

Galaxians was always my favourite to play on a tabletop.

[alvington89]

www.arcadetraders.com/index2.html

'Game on' exhibition currently running at Science Museum

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/gameon/abouttheexhibition.asp

[graeme501]

hey all

just got my new invader invasion kit 2day, it looks brill but what should i do with it ?

put in on my wall raw ?
frame it ?
perspect box it ?

what say you forum people ?