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    Brion Gysin

    1916-01-19 (108 years old) in

    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."

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    FLicKeR
    68 %|Jul 14, 2009
    Documentary
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    Destroy All Rational Thought
    63 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Documentary
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    Ornette: Made in America
    63 %|Feb 21, 1986
    Documentary, Music
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    The Dream Machine
    44 %|Jan 1, 1986
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    The Final Academy Documents
    80 %|Aug 16, 1984
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    Burroughs: The Movie
    72 %|Feb 10, 1984
    Documentary
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    Ghost at No. 9
    80 %|Jan 11, 1982
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    Psychic TV: First Transmission
    68 %|Jan 1, 1982
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    The Cut-Ups
    68 %|Jan 1, 1966
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