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1995

Serfoezoe works with Giger on special projects. He develops the special gift of being able to decipher H.R.G.’s handwriting without wanting to change its content or put it in good German. "The Ghost Train" is transported to L.A.. One-man show as part of the "13ème festival du film fantastique" in Brussels. One-man show in Giessen Kunsthalle, "Konfrontationen" with S. Ruppert. Other exhibitions including "Le Train Fantôme" in the Maison D’Ailleurs, Yverdon; "Synaesthesia", Mary Anthony Galleries, N.Y.C., Psychedelic Lolution Gallery, N.Y.C.; "Abitare il Temo", Delirium Design, Verona. Continues work on "Species", the science-fiction film by R. Donaldson based on the screenplay by D. Feldman and produced by Frank Mancuso, Jr. for MGM, L.A.. For the film, H.R.G. designs and extraterrestrial beauty and a "minimalized" ghost train. The film is released in the USA in July and is MGM’s biggest success to date: box office take is US$ 17.1 million in one week alone. H.R.G.’s work on "Species" inspires him to build a garden train, which he creates as outdoor installation, constructing a 7 1/4-gauge railway in his garden. He is helped by Harry Omura, Florian, Andrè Margretiner, Stahl & Traum, Ball & Sohn, Robert Christoph Jr. , Marco Poleni, Fritz Rütimann, Andy Stutz and S. Beretta tackle several book projects, including the book accompanying the film "Species", published before the year is out, and another book on Giger’s Film designs. The editing and translating of both of these books is supervised by L. Barany. He launches his project, "H.R. Giger Under Your Skin" and begins to assemble photographs of tattoos featuring Giger motifs. H.R. Giger also works with Leslie Barany on a comprehensive book on his "Mystery of San Gottardo" project, to be published simultaneously in English and German. Together with computer graphics specialists Fabian Wicki in Berne and PanVision, H.R.G. creates 3-D images for a 1996 Benedikt Taschen calendar and begins on the book "www H.R. Giger com".



1996

Zurich, Kunsthaus: "Illusion, Emotion, Realität", a centennial exhibition celebrating 100 years of film, curated by Dr. H. Szeemann. Further exhibitions in Vienna, Venice and Barcelona. F. Alain Gegauf becomes a friend and advisor to H.R.G.. H.R.G. participates with four drawings "Sex Education Charts" in the Erotika exhibit at the Kunsthaus Zürich. Mia organizes a big retrospective in Milan, at the Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi, "H.R.Giger - Visioni di Fine Millennio, Arteutopia". Development of an idea for a new film project based on a story and sculpture by H.R.G.: "The Cross and the Blade". Experiments with holos, 100 x 100cm, in collaboration with Urs Fries and Fischers. In collaboration with Thomas Riehn, the official Giger Internet WebSite goes online on March 19 under the address "http://www.HRGiger.com". In the first year, over 200,000 visitors from over 100 countries log on. The site also offers membership to the only official Giger Fan Club. 

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