Hans Ruedi Giger ( ; ; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his

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images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as " biomechanical". Giger later abandoned airbrush for

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s, markers and ink. He was part of the

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team that won an

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for the visual design of

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's 1979 sci-fi horror film ''

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'', and was responsible for creating the titular Alien itself. His work is on permanent display at the H.R. Giger Museum in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. His style has been adapted to many forms of media, including album covers, furniture,

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s and video games.

Early life

Giger was born in 1940 in

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, the capital city of Graubünden, the largest and easternmost

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. His father, a pharmacist, viewed art as a "breadless profession" and strongly encouraged him to enter

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. He moved to

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in 1962, where he studied architecture and

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at the School of Applied Arts until 1970.Hans Ruedi Giger, ''HR Giger ARh+'', translated by Karen Williams,

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, 1993. .

Career

Giger's first success was when H. H. Kunz, co-owner of Switzerland's first poster publishing company, printed and distributed Giger's first posters, beginning in 1969. Giger's style and thematic execution were influential. He was part of the special effects team that won an

for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for their design work on the film ''

''. His design for the

was inspired by his painting '' Necronom IV'' and earned him an

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in 1980. His books of paintings, particularly ''

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'' and ''Necronomicon II'' (1985) and the frequent appearance of his art in '' Omni'' magazine contributed to his rise to international prominence. Giger was admitted to the

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in 2013. He is also well known for artwork on several music recording albums including '' Danzig III: How The Gods Kill'' by Danzig, ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'' by

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, '' To Mega Therion'' by

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, '' Eparistera Daimones'' and '' Melana Chasmata'' by

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, Deborah Harry's '' KooKoo,'' and ''

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'', by

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. In 1998, Giger acquired the Saint-Germain Castle in

, Switzerland, which now houses the H.R. Giger Museum, a permanent repository of his work.

Personal life

Giger had a relationship with Swiss actress Li Tobler until she died by suicide in 1975. Tobler's image appears in many of his paintings. He married Mia Bonzanigo in 1979; they divorced a year and a half later. Giger lived and worked in Zürich with his second wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, who is the director of the H.R. Giger Museum. On 12 May 2014, Giger died in a Zürich hospital after suffering injuries from a fall.

Style

Giger started with small ink drawings before progressing to oil paintings. For most of his career, he worked predominantly in

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, creating monochromatic canvasses depicting surreal,

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dreamscapes. He also worked with pastels, markers and ink. Giger's most distinctive stylistic innovation was that of a representation of human bodies and machines in cold, interconnected relationships, which he described as "biomechanical". His main influences were painters Dado, Ernst Fuchs, and

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. He was introduced to Dali by painter

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. Giger was also influenced by Polish sculptor Stanislaw Szukalski, and by painters

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and

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, and was a personal friend of

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. He studied interior and industrial design at the School of Commercial Art in Zurich from 1962–1965, and made his first paintings as

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Other works

Giger directed a number of films, including ''Swiss Made'' (1968), ''Tagtraum'' (1973), ''Giger's Necronomicon'' (1975) and ''Giger's Alien'' (1979). Giger created furniture designs, particularly the

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for a film of the novel ''

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'' that was to be directed by

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. Many years later,

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directed the film, using only rough concepts by Giger. Giger had wished to work with Lynch, as he stated in one of his books that Lynch's film ''

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'' was closer than even Giger's own films to realizing his vision. Giger also applied his biomechanical style to interior design. One " Giger Bar" appeared in Tokyo, but the realization of his designs was a great disappointment to him, since the Japanese organization behind the venture did not wait for his final designs, and instead used Giger's rough preliminary sketches. For that reason Giger disowned the Tokyo bar.Cheers to the aliens: Sci-Fi Hotel, Giger Bar coming to US? Sci-Fi Hotel founder Andy Davies teams up with "Alien" artist H.R. Giger to open a hotel bar, yet where it will land is still unknown. by Bonnie Burton @bonniegrrl 7 January 2014 http://www.cnet.com/news/cheers-to-the-aliens-sci-fi-hotel-giger-bar-coming-to-us/ The two Giger Bars in his native Switzerland, in Gruyères and Chur, were built under Giger's close supervision and they accurately reflect his original concepts. At

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in Manhattan, Giger's artwork was licensed to decorate the VIP room, the uppermost chapel of the landmarked church, but it was never intended to be a permanent installation and bore no similarity to the bars in Switzerland. The arrangement was terminated after two years when the Limelight closed. Giger's art has greatly influenced tattooists and fetishists worldwide. Under a licensing deal

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guitars released an H. R. Giger signature series: the Ibanez ICHRG2, an

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, features "NY City VI", the Ibanez RGTHRG1 has "NY City XI" printed on it, the S Series SHRG1Z has a metal-coated engraving of "Biomechanical Matrix" on it, and a 4-string SRX bass, SRXHRG1, has "N.Y. City X" on it. Giger is often referred to in popular culture, especially in science fiction and

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(who wrote an early script for ''

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'') seems particularly fascinated: A minor character in '' Virtual Light'', Lowell, is described as having ''New York XXIV'' tattooed across his back, and in '' Idoru'' a secondary character, Yamazaki, describes the buildings of

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Japan as Giger-esque.

Films

* ''Dune'' (designs for

's unproduced adaptation of

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; the separate movie ''

'' was later made in an adaptation by

) * ''

'' (designed, among other things, the

creature, "The Derelict" and the "Space Jockey") * ''

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'' (credited for the creation of the creature only) * ''

'' (designed the dog-like Alien bodyshape, plus a number of unused concepts, many mentioned on the special features disc of ''Alien 3'', despite not being credited in the movie theater version) * ''

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'' (credited for the creation of the creature only) * ''

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'' (credited for the creation of the creature only) * '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (credited for the creation of the creature only) * '' Poltergeist II: The Other Side'' * ''

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'' (creative consultant, set design) * ''

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'' (designed Sil, and the Ghost Train in a dream sequence) * '' Species II'' (the film includes Eve, based on creature Sil from the first ''Species'' film) * ''

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'' (unused design of a radically different

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) * ''

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'' (designed artwork for the movie poster) * '' Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis'' (creature designs) * ''

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'' (The film includes "The Derelict" spacecraft and the "Space Jockey" designs from the first ''Alien'' film, as well as a "Temple" design from the failed Jodorowsky ''Dune'' project and original extraterrestrial murals created exclusively for ''Prometheus'', based in conceptual art from ''Alien''. Unlike ''Alien Resurrection'', the ''Prometheus'' film credited H. R. Giger with the original designs.) * '' Alien: Covenant'' (the film includes the Alien creature, "The Derelict" spacecraft and the "Space Jockey" designs from the first ''Alien'' film)

Work for recording artists

: '' To Mega Therion'' *

: ''

'' *

: ''

'' * Floh de Cologne: ''Mumien'' *

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' ''

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'' * Deborah Harry, portraits for '' KooKoo'' album cover and videos "Backfired" and "Now I Know You Know" * hide: ''

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'' *

: ''

'' * Danzig: '' Danzig III: How the Gods Kill'' *

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' album ''

'', Poster insert of Landscape XX (which led to an obscenity trial) * Atrocity – ''

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'' *

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commissioned Giger to design and sculpt a microphone stand, with the requirement that it be biomechanical, erotic, and movable. The contract allowed for five aluminium microphone stands to be made, but Davis purchased only two of the three to which he was entitled. The design of the microphone stand was later adapted to Giger's ''Nubian Queen'', transforming it into a fine art sculpture. * Helped to design the first professional video clip of "

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" called "Dunkler Ort" (dark location) from their album ''Ein böses Märchen ... aus tausend finsteren Nächten'', which was released in 2000. *

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released a series of H. R. Giger Signature Models with artwork on the body. *

: '' Eparistera Daimones'' *

: '' Melana Chasmata''

Interior decoration

* Giger Bars in Switzerland's

and

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(House of Elsewhere) in Yverdon-les-Bains

Video games

* '' Dark Seed'' and its sequel, ''

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'', both

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s for the

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, Macintosh, and PC, were developed by

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and directly based on Giger's input. * The dark fantasy games '' Tormentum: Dark Sorrow'' and its sequel '' Tormentum II'' are both based heavily on the works of Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. * '' Scorn'', the sci-fi horror video game draws heavy inspiration from Giger's (and Zdzisław Beksiński's) work, frequently being compared with Giger's films ''

'' and ''

''.

Recognition

Giger was awarded the

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in 1979. In addition to his awards, Giger was recognized by a variety of festivals and institutions. On the one year anniversary of his death, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City staged the series ''The Unseen Cinema of HR Giger'' in May 2015. '' Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World'', a biographical documentary by Belinda Sallin, debuted 27 September 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. In July 2018, the asteroid 109712 Giger was named in his memory.

References

External links

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Museum HR Giger
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