CHAT: Giger (wasRe: this is what I got in the mail)

In a message dated 2003:03:16 02.43.07 PM, scaves@FRONTIERNET.NET writes:

>To what extent has Giger put a "copyright" on
>his STYLE of painting?  I wondered about that; if some science fiction
>film producer were to hire someone who was NOT Giger to design a space ship
>or a monster--the metallic and the organic meshing, the long-headed aliens,
>the sexual/mechanical imagery, the joints that look like backbones, the same
>coloring and painterly techniques--could Giger sue?  Perhaps it's a matter
>of how well-known you are, and how much opprobrium accrues to the obvious
>plagiarist.
In a message dated 2003:03:16 03.24.31 PM, cowan@MERCURY.CCIL.ORG writes:

>He can't.  Style is not fixed in a tangible medium, even though the
>paintings that express that style are.
    Being quite familiar with the "body modification" subculture, I have seen
many "BioMech(anical)"-style tattoos that are totally inspired by Giger (and,
to a lesser extent, French comicbook artist Moebius).
    I have also seen a well-done combination of tattooing and subdermal
implanting based on Giger (the subdermal implants accenting the 3D-ness of
the tattooing).

    Hehe, I believe you may literally see more than you reaaallly ever want
to by simply using Google's advance search option using the keyphrase "body
modification" and keywords "Giger," "BioMech," "implants," etc..
    CAUTION: if you have a weak stomach, easily have nightmares &/or have
children nearby, please exercise extreme discretion.

Hanuman Zhang, _Gomi no sensei_ [Master of junk]
& Gatherer of Extremely Enlightening Knowledge (or GEEK, for short ;)
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