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VIDEO: Brion Gysin at work

David Pescovitz at 10:06 am Wed, Jan 28, 2009

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Brion Gysin is one of my favorite artists, and his thinking and interests influenced me in myriad ways. Gysin is perhaps best known as the "discoverer" of the cut-up technique popularized by his best friend William S. Burroughs, and the co-inventor of the trance-inducing Dreamachine. Gysin was also a pioneer of sound poetry and multimedia collage that, in my mind, underpins remix culture, quick-cut video editing, and nonlinear Web experiences. Above is a video of the artist at work on his calligraphic and roller paintings.

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devophill

That’s pretty awesome stuff, there.
Phikus

Nice to hear a young Burroughs at the end as well. =D