Giger Bar
Published January 31st, 2008 in UncategorizedA Giger Bar is a bar themed and modelled by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger. There are two Giger Bars: the first, the Museum HR Giger Bar, is located in Château St. Germain, Gruyères, Switzerland, which opened on April 12, 2003; and the second is the H.R. Giger Bar, in Chur, Switzerland. There was a third Giger Bar, located at The Limelight in New York City, but when the Limelight was closed, the Giger Bar was shut down. In a bit of urban myth it has been told when the Giger bar closed in New York, an employee stole one of the $30,000 chairs and the chair has never been recovered. Another was located in Shiroganeidai, Tokyo, in the late 1980s.
The interior of the bars are themed along the lines of his famous biomechanical style as shown in the Alien films. The roof, walls, fittings and chairs are all modelled by the artist and fit into the same designs as seen in Alien, and are intended to invoke the experience of sitting on the set of the Alien movies.
External links
- Museum HR Giger Official Museum Website
- HR Giger’s official site
- Official site for the documentary “H.R. Giger’s Sanctuary”
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