HR Giger Making of Species

HR Giger is best known for his alien creature which were brought to life in the Alien films franchise, though for almost 50 years Giger has been producing artwork and has established himself as one of the world’s best bio-mechanical contemporary artists. Accompanying Oscar winner Giger for 1 year while working on “ Sil “ for the film “ Species “ In 1994 Giger created the magnificent female creature, Sil, for this film. His design featured both erotic elegance and powerful lethality. The design was of a seminal nature, with only the Maria robot from Fritz Lang’s memorable Metropolis rising to such a level of unique beauty and mystery. Unfortunately, only some of Giger’s breakthrough conceptual work was realized in the film, primarily due to time and budget constraints, as well as creative differences. Giger, with the on-the-set help of James Cowan of Morpheus, did manage to have his Ghost Train included in the final cut. Sil was designed by Swiss artist Giger, who also created the iconic star creature in Ri