(8 Aug 2024)
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Paris – 7 August 2024
1. Police horse patrol rides past new mosaic artwork by mystery French street artist “Invader”
2. Admirer takes photos of artwork
3. Artwork on wall
4. SOUNDBITE (English) André Lavigne, 64, retired chemical engineer and fan of Invader: ++STARTS ON SHOT 2 AND PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS 5-6++
“He has put (up) this mosaic and let’s say it has been seen at around half-past two, three p.m. today, and at five, at four o’clock he has put a story on his Instagram showing the mosaic with somebody running and then kind of a video starting from here going this way and showing the mosaic. And he has done it very quickly, meaning to inform everybody."
5. Artwork on wall with people walking past
6. Admirer uses artist’s downloadable app to take photo of new work
7. SOUNDBITE (English) André Lavigne, fan of Invader:
++PART OVERLAID WITH SHOT 8-9++
“I’m here since half-past five, something like this, half an hour, maybe one hour, and I’ve seen many people coming and flashing and asking, ‘It’s a new one?’ And I say, ‘Yes, it has been put (up) last night.’ (They reply) ‘Oh, well, that’s extraordinary.’”
8. Various of fans admiring artwork
9. Fan taking photo
STORYLINE:
The mystery French street artist known only as “Invader” has struck again – this time to celebrate the Paris Olympics.
Invader has been cementing mosaics to Paris walls since the 1990s, usually at night and without permission.
His works now dot all corners of the City of Light and his fans have a lot of fun hunting them down.
Admirers can download the artist’s app, called “Flash Invaders,” and then use it to take photos of any of his works that they find.
When they do, the app awards them points.
The more they find and “flash,” the more points they get.
It’s addictive: The app has nearly 400,000 players.
The new mosaic is the 1,512th that Invader has glued up in Paris.
It shows one of his signature Space Invader figures running – very apt as thousands of athletes from more than 200 countries and territories are in the French capital to compete at the Olympic Games that end Sunday.
The work’s colors are roughly the same shades of blue that Paris Games organizers have used to decorate the city for the Olympics.
On Instagram, the artist posted a photo Wednesday of the work and “Special Olympic Games Paris 2024,” with a jogger running past.
That and a video post by the artist alerted some of his avid admirers that there was a new work for them to flash and earn points from.
A small group of them quickly gathered to take its photo with the app, get their reward, and spend time admiring the work.
AP video shot by John Leicester
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