CLR_39, Street art mosaic in Clermont-Ferrand, France
CLR_39 is a street art mosaic by the artist Invader, installed on a wall in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It is made of small ceramic tiles arranged to form a pixel-style image of a Space Invaders character.
Invader started placing ceramic tile mosaics on city walls in Paris in the late 1990s, drawing inspiration from early video game graphics. Over time, he expanded the project to cities across the world, and Clermont-Ferrand became one of his stops.
The work is fixed to a wall somewhere in the streets of Clermont-Ferrand and can be spotted while walking through the city. Invader's mosaics are usually placed at eye level or slightly above, so looking at building walls as you pass is the best approach.
Invader assigns each piece a code that identifies the city and the number of the work, so CLR_39 marks the 39th piece placed in Clermont-Ferrand. Fans of the artist use a dedicated app called Flash Invaders to photograph the mosaics and collect points, turning the search into a kind of city game.
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