Space-Invaders
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A tribute to Serge Gainsbourg, a smoker and above that a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor, and director...
Locations: Rue Serge Gainsbourg, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France.
Coordinates: 45°47'20" N 3°5'55" E
Reason: Made a three day roadtrip to the city of Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne to capture all 31 new space invaders made during the second invasion wave in January 2016. And of course flash all 34 'flashable' invaders in the game FlashInvaders from which 4 from the first invasion wave in 2001 (1 is not flashable due to vandalism with a paintball).
CLR_14: This huge space invader in the Northern outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand is worth 100 points and dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg. Invader must be a fan of Serge as PA_801 in Paris (7ème) was a tribute to Gainsbourg as well. Date of invasion must be around 24 to 26 January 2016.
Other photos of CLR_14 CLR_14 (Zoom-in, April 2016)
Serge Gainsbourg: Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave, and funk. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
His lyrical work incorporated a vast amount of clever word play to hoodwink the listener, often for humorous, provocative, satirical or subversive reasons. Common types of word play in his songs include mondegreen, onomatopoeia, rhyme, spoonerism, dysphemism, paraprosdokian and pun. Through the course of his career, Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than a thousand times by a wide range of artists. Since his death, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. He has also gained a cult following in the English-speaking world, with numerous artists influenced by his arrangements. [ Wikipedia | Serge Gainsbourg (français) ]
Weather: Sunny, some fluffy clouds, 21° C
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod mounted on a street pole, selftimer on 10 seconds.
Random shot from top deck of Edinburgh bus on South Bridge. I think the Space Invaders are reflections of the bus ceiling lights but maybe not...........🤔
i had to climb up the roof-ladder of the building two doors down-- entrance is through the alley south of melrose. not that hard to get up-- basically a scamper up one story, then a short climb over the roof to get a clear shot. sadly, the great obey piece across the street is much harder to get access to-- i cased a couple of buildings but got yelled at by people inside, and the alley ladders were totally latched off.
Mosaic art installed at ESA’s spacecraft operations centre ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, on the grey building on the right. French artist Invader is installing his iconic art at ESA establishments all over Europe and even on the International Space Station.
The European Space Operations Centre ensures the smooth working of spacecraft in orbit. Its control rooms, linked to ground stations all over the world, track and control satellites, and carry out payload operations and routine systems monitoring.
After ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti found a space invader called ‘Space2’ in the Columbus space laboratory, the space-themed art has appeared at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany and at ESA’s Redu Centre in Belgium, where satellites are controlled and tested as part of ESA’s ground station network.
Mission control believes Invader will organise more invasions and activate aliens at other ESA establishments throughout the year. Follow their progress on Twitter via #space2iss and #SpaceInvader.
Credit: ESA