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[[File:Brion_Gysin.jpg|thumb|Brion Gysin.]]'''Brion Gysin''' (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. | [[File:Brion_Gysin.jpg|thumb|Brion Gysin.]]'''Brion Gysin''' (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. | ||
He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique, used by his friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed. | He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique, used by his friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he invented the [[Dreamachine (nonfiction)|Dreamachine]], a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed. | ||
It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by the cursive Japanese "grass" script and Arabic script. | It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by the cursive Japanese "grass" script and Arabic script. | ||
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File: | File:Brion Gysin scrying engine Dreamachine.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|Performance artist and crime-fighter [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to visualize [[Dreamachine (nonfiction)|Dreamachine]] technology. | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Dreamachine (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | External links: | ||
Latest revision as of 10:03, 18 December 2016
Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique, used by his friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed.
It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by the cursive Japanese "grass" script and Arabic script.
Burroughs later stated that "Brion Gysin was the only man I ever respected."
In the News
Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to visualize Dreamachine technology.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Brion Gysin @ Wikipedia