Brion Gysin

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collagist human painter performance artist poet sound poet

Brion Gysin was a British-Canadian painter, writer, and sound poet best known for co-inventing the cut-up technique and influencing the Beat Generation and experimental art.

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instanceOf collagist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
performance artist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
sound poet ⓘ
associatedWith Beat Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tangier artistic community NERFINISHED ⓘ
William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1916-01-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Taplow NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
coAuthored The Third Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
coAuthoredWith William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ
coInvented cut-up technique ⓘ
coInventedWith William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ
created Dreamachine NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdWith Ian Sommerville NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1986-07-13 ⓘ
familyName Gysin NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork calligraphy ⓘ
collage ⓘ
experimental literature ⓘ
painting ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
sound poetry ⓘ
genre avant-garde art ⓘ
experimental literature ⓘ
sound poetry ⓘ
givenName Brion NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Genesis P-Orridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Throbbing Gristle NERFINISHED ⓘ
William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
industrial music ⓘ
sound art ⓘ
knownFor Dreamachine NERFINISHED ⓘ
cut-up technique ⓘ
experimental art ⓘ
influence on the Beat Generation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lettrism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
cut-up movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Brion Gysin NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
Canadian ⓘ
notableWork The Process NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Third Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
performance artist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
sound poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
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sexOrGender male ⓘ

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