The work of H.R. Giger is metal. So metal that he will be featuring in the second part of my "Art for Art's Sake" series of articles when I finally get around to finishing it. So Metal that it remains Metal despite his original output for Metal albums being well, very small. The darkness and the horror of his work; the mutilation of the human form into a nihilistic, mechanical coldness is Metal enough on its own without it needing to be bespoke created for the genre.
The Swiss artist sadly passed away in 2014 with the mysterious shroud surrounding his personal life intact. The summation of what most people know about H.R.Giger is genitalia, Alien and weird fetishes, but with Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World, all that will change.
Belinda Sallin’s documentary will take its audience into Giger's decaying Zurich home to look at the man behind the Robopenises... and will also look at why referring to him as "the man behind the Robopenises" is perhaps a little belittling to the impact Giger had on art and art philosophy.
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World will open beginning May 15th, and available through VOD August 18th with a DVD release to come later.
