Space Invader - www.space-invaders.com - has never invaded Zurich. Switzerland is however the second most visited country after France with 5 different locations: Anzere, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne but never Zurich although the next slides could create confusion! By the way the next most visited countries are - Belgium, Spain and the USA with 4 locations and - Germany, the Netherlands and the UK with 3 locations… - Australia, Italy, Morocco and Sweden have 2 locations.

1. Space Invaders - Zurich
Compiled by RVLEB in May 2018

2. References:
all the information is coming from the web (Google search)
as well as
- Instagram – a local fan (thanks!) www.instagram.com/pistoja
- the archive of a local gallery starkart.org
- www.space-invaders.ch
Space Invader - www.space-invaders.com - has never invaded Zurich.
Switzerland is however the second most visited country after France
with 5 different locations: Anzere, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne
but never Zurich although the next slides could create confusion!
By the way the next most visited countries are
Belgium, Spain and the USA with 4 locations and
Germany, the Netherlands and the UK with 3 locations…
Australia, Italy, Morocco and Sweden have 2 locations.

3. Why no invader in Zurich?
Apparently “in Zurich, street art is - thanks to a zero tolerance policy - wiped out within a
few weeks or even days.“
The answer may also come from this: “Meanwhile, a street art guide was even launched in
Basel. On tours you can explore the "wild art" on the walls. Baudepartementssprecher
Marc Keller recalls the history of the invaders to the yellow bananas of the Cologne Thomas
Baumgärtel, who also appeared to the kind on the facades of various galleries and was
perceived as a seal of approval for these showrooms. What is going on with the "Space
Invaders" today, was not yet enough for the stick figures of the Zurich Harald Nägeli: a
bounty of 3,000 francs was put on the "Sprayer of Zurich" in Zurich. And when the
authorities finally caught him, he had to pay a heavy fine and was put in prison for nine
months. But these times are over: There is simply no one in the building department who
wants to regulate these extraterrestrials.”
Badly/automatically translated from “Mittlerweile wurde in Basel sogar ein Street Art-Führer aus der Taufe gehoben. Auf Rundgängen kann man die
«wilde Kunst» an den Mauern erkunden. Baudepartementssprecher Marc Keller erinnert die Geschichte der Invasoren an die gelben Bananen des
Kölners Thomas Baumgärtel, die ebenfalls zur Art an den Fassaden verschiedener Galerien auftauchten und als Gütesiegel für diese
Ausstellungsräume empfunden wurde. Was mit den «Space Invaders» heute geht, ging für die Strichmännchen von des Zürichers Harald Nägeli noch
nicht: Auf den«Sprayer von Zürich» von Zürich wurde ein Kopfgeld von 3'000 Franken ausgesetzt. Und als ihn die Behörden endlich erwischten,
musste er eine hohe Geldstrafe in Kauf nehmen und wurde neun Monate in Haft gesteckt. Aber diese Zeiten sind vorbei: Beim Baudepartement gibt es
schlicht niemand, der diese Ausserirdischen regulieren will.“

5. starkart.org

6. www.instagram.com/p/bqle2XE5zv

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