Aside from a 5 year college stint in San Luis Obispo, CA, I’ve called San Diego home since 1989. Well, scratch that. I loved SLO and everything, but I still called SD home then too; it was only a matter of time before I made it back. Its mostly been suburb life until recently; I moved to Bankers Hill just outside of Downtown earlier this Summer. I’ve had a great time rediscovering DTSD, as what used to be a part of town about a 20 minute car ride away, is now a short walk or bike ride to get to.
On my way to the 24 hour fitness in Horton Plaza I pass by a vacated building on 4th street with this mural:
Had it not been for all of the Exit Through the Gift Shop Oscar noise earlier this year, I would not have recognized it
It’s Invader! I mean, I have some what of a working knowledge of street art (origins of Shepard Fairey’s Obey movement can be traced back to SD), but Exit introduced me to the game like Scratch introduced me to the DJ culture. Anyhoo, I digress; Here’s another one on the corner of Grape and State St.
I just found out recently that these are part of an installment that the artist was doing for the MCASD exhibition entitled – Viva la Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape, that began last Summer and ran through the beginning of this year. There are 21 pieces strategically installed throughout DTSD that when walked, outline a city-sized space invader alien. Take a look:
THE SPACE INVADER WALK (TRAILER) by extermitent
How many have you found?
