I think the French graffiti artist, Invader deserves a mention for doing it first with mosaic tiles. Either way that is a pretty awesome installment, and arguably a period piece.
My father did it as a hobby when I was a kid. It’s really not all that difficult these days. You need a few basic tools, a soldering iron and a dremel and you’re pretty much set. Just watch a bunch of youtube videos.
If you’re really interested, we put this piece in for a few reasons.
- We grew up with these video games as a child and they shaped who we are today.
- We’re very familiar with the French artist and spent some time traveling around Paris searching for his work. His idea was to “invade the space” where people travel to comment on how we are all bombarded with billboards and ads and this was a way of bringing art back to that common area.
- We wanted to find a way to pay respect to where we came from, the space we live in today and to carry on the tradition of San Francisco’s unique sense of mashup between what is antique and still bizarre/unique in its own way. If you take a closer look at some of the older Victorians around the city, you’ll notice they have their own sense of whimsical design. They were just done with a sense of humor before most of our times.
It’s awesome. I dunno what’s wrong with the various naysayers. Possibly they have suffered minor strokes that have damaged the portion of their brains responsible for aesthetics.
Wait, is space invader a real guy or was he just one more detail in that Banksy movie to make “Mr. Brainwash” seem real? Frankly, I’m still confused about whether that movie was real, a hoax, or some bizarre mix of the two.
“I love rich people, I love nerds” should really be the credo for the New SF. It’s uncanny how the old ‘eat the rich!’ pseudo-science of San Francisco ideology has evolved into a glorification of wealth.
I’ve been here long enough to see ‘four legs good two legs bad’ turn into ‘four legs good, two legs better.’ It’s fascinating to see how ideology gets coopted.
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gag me.
Gag all you like, but that is awesome. Hurrah for vintage games / glass art crossover!
I think the French graffiti artist, Invader deserves a mention for doing it first with mosaic tiles. Either way that is a pretty awesome installment, and arguably a period piece.
someone saw exit through the gift shop
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I first saw these in Paris in the late 90s. Then the bloggers picked up on it, then the media, then the Hipsters. In that order.
I have never wanted to take a stained glass class as much as I do right this second.
Another confirmation of your awful taste in everything.
Uh-huh. Sure thing.
My father did it as a hobby when I was a kid. It’s really not all that difficult these days. You need a few basic tools, a soldering iron and a dremel and you’re pretty much set. Just watch a bunch of youtube videos.
I’ll check that out, thanks. I was under the impression it required significantly more leading than soldering would provide.
If you’re really interested, we put this piece in for a few reasons.
- We grew up with these video games as a child and they shaped who we are today.
- We’re very familiar with the French artist and spent some time traveling around Paris searching for his work. His idea was to “invade the space” where people travel to comment on how we are all bombarded with billboards and ads and this was a way of bringing art back to that common area.
- We wanted to find a way to pay respect to where we came from, the space we live in today and to carry on the tradition of San Francisco’s unique sense of mashup between what is antique and still bizarre/unique in its own way. If you take a closer look at some of the older Victorians around the city, you’ll notice they have their own sense of whimsical design. They were just done with a sense of humor before most of our times.
It’s awesome. I dunno what’s wrong with the various naysayers. Possibly they have suffered minor strokes that have damaged the portion of their brains responsible for aesthetics.
Or maybe they were just born with bad taste.
Either way, that window fucking rules.
Curious: is it installed at a residence?
Yes, it is our home.
Wait, is space invader a real guy or was he just one more detail in that Banksy movie to make “Mr. Brainwash” seem real? Frankly, I’m still confused about whether that movie was real, a hoax, or some bizarre mix of the two.
lol ok bro
would love to see your ‘innovative business presentations’ some time
this blog sucks more than that stained glass
Sooo…. this blog is not as good as a globally renowned millennia-old classical form of artwork?
Yeah, I guess that’s true, but that seems like a pretty high bar, dude.
What do you do all day?
if it were in any other neighborhood you probably would have praised it instead of mocking its owners.
Who’s mocking? I love rich people, I love nerds.
THIS IS TRUE
Noe Valley contains much Space Invadering if you know where to look.
What? You didn’t commission Invader to do this?
“I love rich people, I love nerds” should really be the credo for the New SF. It’s uncanny how the old ‘eat the rich!’ pseudo-science of San Francisco ideology has evolved into a glorification of wealth.
I’ve been here long enough to see ‘four legs good two legs bad’ turn into ‘four legs good, two legs better.’ It’s fascinating to see how ideology gets coopted.