Cast aluminum plates, H.R. Giger (1940-2014)

Since November 2015, the square at the junction of Vazerolgasse and Storchengasse has been called Gigerplatz. This is in honor of Hans-Ruedi Giger, who was born at Storchengasse 17 in 1940 and later achieved worldwide fame under his artist name H.R. Giger. A simple plaque on Giger's birthplace there commemorates the Oscar-winning creator of the alien monster. To mark the seventh anniversary of his death, the city of Chur dedicated the former Stork Fountain to him in 2021. This fountain, dating from 1880, is, along with the St. Martin's Fountain, the oldest natural stone fountain in Chur's old town that has been largely preserved in its original state. As part of this project, the fountain was framed with black natural stones and the artist's logo was embedded in the natural stone base plate. The highlight of this intervention, however, is in the bottom of the fountain. The impressive fountain, with its large octagonal water basin, is lined with 21 aluminum plates cast in a finely chiseled "biomechanical" pattern based on the original 1991 casting. The same plates already adorn the Giger Bar in Chur West. The project is rounded off with a touchscreen console where visitors can find out about the life and work of HR Giger in five languages.


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