Mombasa street art?

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I came across this street art (?) in Mombasa and was wondering about it. Anyone with an explanation for these symbols?

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5 Responses to Mombasa street art?

  1. Francis says:

    the symbol looks like it is from the classic arcade game “Space invaders”.

    here is some street art that involve space invaders http://nezumi.dumousseau.free.fr/wordpress/wp-content/img/invaders2.jpg

  2. krusty says:

    hi juergen,

    are you in africa, yet? when do you expect to return? iam back in moscow. this year the russian people have seen, that the winter is gone. fuck this wheater. its warmer then in germany

    cu, armin

  3. davehat says:

    Hey kikuyumoja, This sort of tile work was originally the worl of a street artist known as “Invader” though there are quite a few imitators now. Looks like this could have been up since January 2006:

    http://www.space-invaders.com/mobasa

    (Click around for more pics)

    There’s a world map of “invasions” here:

    space-invaders.com/map

    (In a former life, I worked for a company that ran street art festivals and we tried to get hold of Invader for an event…)

  4. davehat says:

    Hmm, I mis-spelled Mombasa, but the link should still be groovy…

  5. kikuyumoja says:

    http://www.space-invaders.com/mombasa2.html

    THENGIU MUNO Dave, thanks for that great link!! Style.