Brion Gysin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Brion Gysin

Canadian artist

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1916

Place of Birth: Taplow, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Jul-1986

Profession: writer, poet, painter, choreographer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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."

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Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
Authority control	: Q312851 VIAF: 5056030 ISNI: 0000 0001 1558 7789 ULAN: 500058409 LCCN: n78095475 NLA: 35576955 WorldCat

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Library of Congress

License: PD Van Vechten

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