Li Tobler

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Li Tobler (* 1948 ; † May 19, 1975 in Zurich ) was a Swiss actress , model and partner of HR Giger and gallery owner .

Life

Li Tobler was born in Switzerland in 1948. Little is known about her early life. During her acting studies at Felix Rellstab's stage studio with François Simon in Zurich, she met HR Giger in 1966 , who lived with the actor Paul Weibel on the “Rindermarkt”. In 1967 Li Tobler and Giger moved into an empty attic apartment in a neighboring demolished building. After finishing her studies, she spent a while at the Theater am Neumarkt in Zurich . In 1969 she got an engagement at the Stadttheater St. Gallen . In 1970 she returned to Zurich and lived with Eveline Bühler in the Seefeld district , close to Giger, who now lived in a shared apartment on Alte Feldeggstrasse. In April of that year Tobler and Giger moved into a small terraced house with a garden in Zurich- Oerlikon , which Giger was able to buy with the help of an inheritance. A few evenings then Tobler performed in Baden's Kornhauskeller with the theater company Die Claque .

In 1971 Tobler and Giger traveled to London , where they both shot scenes from the documentary Passages in Docklands with Fredi M. Murer , who lived in London for over a year . It was a film about Giger's eponymous series of pictures, Passages, and included interviews with Giger and Li Tobler. It was completed in 1972. In 1972 and 1973 she toured across Switzerland with the play Meine Frau, mein Führer . After 130 performances, she took a break from theater life.

In 1974 she left Giger and traveled to San Francisco with an American friend , but after thirty days she returned to Giger. After this incident, she became more and more depressed. She made a suicide attempt. Giger created the pictures Li I and Li II . But these weren't the only images that Li Tobler had an influence on through Giger. She herself has also served as a living canvas .

Li Tobler Gallery

Also in 1974 Jörg Stummer persuaded Li Tobler to open his own gallery in his Zurich gallery, which she did with the Li Tobler gallery . Solo exhibitions followed in the same year, for example by Walter Pfeiffer and Manon with their installation The salmon-colored boudoir . In 1975 a solo exhibition by Jürgen Klauke and the exhibition Schuhwerk followed , at the vernissage of which Giger filmed the guests for his documentary Giger's Necronomicon with loaves of bread on their feet .

Early death

The initial enthusiasm for the gallery turned into lethargy and depression. On Whit Monday , May 19, 1975, she committed suicide by shooting herself. Immediately after her death, Giger created a bronze bust that adorned her grave. A polyester version of this bust hung in the entrance area of ​​his house.

Homage

In 1976 a happening took place in Ueli Steinle's Ugly Club in Richterswil with chairs and tables designed by Giger, which was also the inauguration and was to serve as a souvenir of Li Tobler. Only friends of Giger were invited. Steinle was among other things manager and publisher of Giger. The result was a five-minute film fragment from the happening called Giger's The Second Celebration of the Four , which was released in 1977.

In 2013, the English artist Robert Priseman also created a portrait of Li Tobler for his Fame project . For this he painted over an old icon with oil and acrylic paints . This was based on a photo by Li Tobler from 1973.

family

Li Tobler's brother is the doctor Paul ("Baul") Tobler (* 1943). He met Giger through his sister in the late 1960s and was his family doctor and a good friend for around 40 years.

Web links

Commons : Li Tobler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on the website of the HR Giger Museum (English)
  2. ^ Li Tobler in Relazioni by Günther Berger (Google Books)
  3. ↑ to The Claque
  4. ↑ Living canvas Li Tobler
  5. ↑ Manon on the 3sat website .
  6. ↑ Pirmin Meier : Pirmin Meier pays tribute to HR Giger. on lu-wahlen.ch , May 15, 2014 ( Memento from August 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Source HR Giger Museum
  8. ↑ Biography on the website of the HR Giger Museum
  9. ^ Entry Giger's The Second Celebration of the Four in the filmography on the website of the German Film Institute .
  10. ^ Fame on the artist's website
  11. ↑ Li Tobler ( memento from June 9, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) by Robert Priseman at Pixels.com (page version from June 9, 2014, at archive.is )
  12. ↑ Photo from 1973
  13. ↑ Paul Tobler on the film website Dark Star - HR Giger's World
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personal data
SURNAME Tobler, Li
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actress, model and gallery owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1975
Place of death Zurich