The Works of the Grand Engineer

Here is a post from my previous blog: The Art of Science.

In the film Prometheus; beings known as the "Engineers" are (believed to be) responsible for the creation of the Xenomorphs (the Alien creatures) and the human race on Earth. Although the film answers some of the questions about the Aliens, it also induces of tons of more questions into our minds. Such as: Where did the Engineers come from? and Is there a "Grand" Engineer responsible for the creation of the Engineers? and so on.

Today, I found the answer for the latter of the two, during a visit to the museum of the Swiss Surrealist artist H.R. Giger.

The art of H.R. Giger formed the basis of the famous Alien creatures and won him an Oscar award in 1980. Some of his earlier artworks and designs of the Alien creatures, a couple of sized replicas and his works for other films like Species can be found at his museum along with his Oscar award.

In the Aliens part of the museum, visitors can see some of his paintings, models and earlier designs of the Xenomorphs, the engineers, the Facehuggers, the space ships and much more. You can even come face to face with some Xenemorphs if you wonder away...

Visitors can also see some of H.R. Giger's works and designs he has worked on for the Species series (designs for Sil and Eve as well as a model of the Ghost Train which Sil sees in her nightmare...) and other films.

H.R. Giger designed and inspired the Engineers and the Xenomorphs which in a way makes him the Grand Engineer (at least until the sequel of Prometheus)...

Getting a chance to view his museum (again) at Gruyere Switzerland was a great honor for me (being a hardcore fan of science fiction). I advise everyone interested in the Alien franchise, science fiction or Surrealism to visit the museum. It will definitely be your time.

For those who are planning to visit, mind your head in the Alien exhibit. You never know what is hiding above you in the shadows...