Kookoo

ARTWORK BY HR GIGER

PHOTOS BY CHRIS STEIN

In 1981, shortly after winning the Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on "Alien" (1979), HR Giger collaborated with Debbie Harry to create the cover art for her first solo album "KooKoo" (Chrysalis, 1981).

Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein spent several weeks at HR Giger's home and studio in Zurich to shoot videos for two of the album's singles, "Backfired", released in July 1981, and "Now I Know You Know", released later that year. During their stay, Chris Stein documented the hundreds of photos that captured the creative process behind the scenes and Debbie Harry and HR Giger in candid moments.

Many of these photos have never been presented to the public before.

The HR Giger Museum is proud to display HR Giger's original artwork for the album cover as well as an extensive collection of Chris Stein's original artwork.