Person

Brion Gysin

Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) was a British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices.

He is best known for his use of the cut-up technique, alongside his close friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he also invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United Kingdom
Born
January 19th, 1916
Died
July 13th, 1986
Genres
Labels
Sub Rosa
Alga Marghen
Made to Measure
Perdition Plastics
Last updated: March 9th, 2017

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