1916-01-19 ( 109 years old ) in None
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 the eyes closed. It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by cursive Japanese "grass" script and Arabic script. Burroughs later stated that "Brion Gysin was the only man I ever respected."
Movies
FLicKeR
2009-07-14
Destroy All Rational Thought
1998-01-01
Ornette: Made in America
1986-02-21
The Dream Machine
1986-01-01
The Final Academy Documents
1984-08-16
Burroughs: The Movie
1984-02-10
Ghost at No. 9
1982-01-11
Psychic TV: First Transmission
1982-01-01
The Cut-Ups
1966-01-01
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