The Invaders! art exhibition that shows twin waves of Space Invaders taking down the Twin Towers was created by French-American artist Douglas Edric Stanely for the 30 year celebration of Space Invaders, the artist says on his site.

Stanely says that the exhibit is an update of one he created in September 2001. This time the exhibit is much larger, includes multiplayer support, improved tracking, high and low scores leader boards and a “stronger tie-in to the historical narrative that originally inspired me to make this version in the first place”.

Stanely writes that Andreas Lange of the Computer Spiele Museum offered to include him in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Space Invaders with his “somewhat ambiguous juxtaposition of this mythical game and the historical events of September 11th”.

Hit the jump for the press release found on the artists site. We’ve contacted Taito for comment and they said they would be in touch with their European counter-parts and get back to us. I’ll make sure to update.