I love that The Dream Machine is meant to be "viewed" with the eyes closed. Always been a fan of Gysin. He made a lot of interesting and beautiful work. Wish I could visit this show. An association I never made before seeing this video is that many of Gysin's paintings remind me of Richmond Burton's work.
Thanks for your trouble making and posting this video. Gyson is a technician of the archaic mind...he stood with one foot outside the silly art world and devised some important maps and pointers to a much deeper reality than his contemporaries grasped. There has been a lot of talk about techno-shamanism in the last 40 or so years...but few people have ventured into the place where the hypnagagic, geometric and political dimensions of reality intersect, and returned with anything meaningful.
Nice to see Canadian artists get their due! Though born in Britain, Brion Gysin was raised in my hometown, Edmonton, Alberta. I saw the Edmonton Art Gallery's exhibition of Gysin's work and was blown away by its beauty, complexity, vast range of styles, techniques and media... and, of course, I experienced the "Dream Machine"!!! That was awesome! I saw the show several times. That's a real good indicator of how well an artists' work impresses upon you as a viewer, if you keep going back to it, it must be good. If it haunts your brain, it must be good! Thank you for this video, although I wish you could have lingered a little longer on some of the artwork pieces instead of the short swoops past and the rapid pans/tilts.
Can't thank you enough for posting this! I am out of the country for a while and wouldn't have been able to make it to the show! Truly, truly, truly appreciate your posting!
For any of you interested in more information on this artist or exhibition, I'd I highly recommend the article "The Ghost in the Dreamachine" by Valery Oisteanu which appears in the September Brooklyn Rail. He's the cat who suggests I get some psychedelics to really understand the work.
dream machine was designed to induce "hallucinations" w/o drugs (built by ian sommerville). wish i could see this show. gysin is a personal inspiration...this show looks amazing! the anti-thesis to empty art (e.g. warhol). language is a virus...i'm for a post-literate society...hieroglyphics!
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO YOU ARE RIGHT FEW MY AGE KNOW OF GYSIN THEY WOULD IF THEY READ BURROUGHS OR THE BEATS MOST DON'T READ JUST HEAR THE NAMES PPL DON'T DO THE RESEARCH THAT IS NEEDED FOR A PRECIOUS ARTIST AND CREATOR THAT HE WAS AND IT MADE ME SAD THE WAY HE DIED I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
Well, in his natal chart his North Node was in the 1st house of Self in Pisces so he had to go towards that. He signed up for it before he incarnated here, but they wipe our memories clean before we come into our present lifetimes.
Depends on your feeling of meaning. John C Lilly has shared many great insights venturing into these states of mind. Most of this stuff is known anyway and has been for thousands of years. Shamans/Mystics/Seers etc don't effect the political arena directly really, its more subtle because were talking about the transformation of the individual. You cant walk people threw these dimensions using words, graphs, pictures, because thes experiences depend on stillness of mind in most cases.
I mean listen to the music today!!!!! everything is the cut up in art!!!! especially hip hop. not to mention his occult symbolism and ritual magick influencing. these days magick and crowley style thinking is everywhere in pop culture.
haha...pitty he didnt have any psychedelics for you james! it would made a nice new angle for your videos....not that you need one, but it would have been very interesting just the same ; ) i loved this one tho.... everything from the introduction to his last works. thanx again mate cheers!
I love that The Dream Machine is meant to be "viewed" with the eyes closed. Always been a fan of Gysin. He made a lot of interesting and beautiful work. Wish I could visit this show. An association I never made before seeing this video is that many of Gysin's paintings remind me of Richmond Burton's work.
Thanks for your trouble making and posting this video. Gyson is a technician of the archaic mind...he stood with one foot outside the silly art world and devised some important maps and pointers to a much deeper reality than his contemporaries grasped. There has been a lot of talk about techno-shamanism in the last 40 or so years...but few people have ventured into the place where the hypnagagic, geometric and political dimensions of reality intersect, and returned with anything meaningful.
Nice to see Canadian artists get their due! Though born in Britain, Brion Gysin was raised in my hometown, Edmonton, Alberta. I saw the Edmonton Art Gallery's exhibition of Gysin's work and was blown away by its beauty, complexity, vast range of styles, techniques and media... and, of course, I experienced the "Dream Machine"!!! That was awesome! I saw the show several times. That's a real good indicator of how well an artists' work impresses upon you as a viewer, if you keep going back to it, it must be good. If it haunts your brain, it must be good! Thank you for this video, although I wish you could have lingered a little longer on some of the artwork pieces instead of the short swoops past and the rapid pans/tilts.
Can't thank you enough for posting this! I am out of the country for a while and wouldn't have been able to make it to the show! Truly, truly, truly appreciate your posting!
For any of you interested in more information on this artist or exhibition, I'd I highly recommend the article "The Ghost in the Dreamachine" by Valery Oisteanu which appears in the September Brooklyn Rail. He's the cat who suggests I get some psychedelics to really understand the work.
Fantastic. I appreciate the tour and information.
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dream machine was designed to induce "hallucinations" w/o drugs (built by ian sommerville). wish i could see this show. gysin is a personal inspiration...this show looks amazing! the anti-thesis to empty art (e.g. warhol).
language is a virus...i'm for a post-literate society...hieroglyphics!
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME. I'm going next week! Thanks!
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO YOU ARE RIGHT FEW MY AGE KNOW OF GYSIN THEY WOULD IF THEY READ BURROUGHS OR THE BEATS MOST DON'T READ JUST HEAR THE NAMES PPL DON'T DO THE RESEARCH THAT IS NEEDED FOR A PRECIOUS ARTIST AND CREATOR THAT HE WAS AND IT MADE ME SAD THE WAY HE DIED I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
Well, in his natal chart his North Node was in the 1st house of Self in Pisces so he had to go towards that. He signed up for it before he incarnated here, but they wipe our memories clean before we come into our present lifetimes.
Depends on your feeling of meaning. John C Lilly has shared many great insights venturing into these states of mind. Most of this stuff is known anyway and has been for thousands of years. Shamans/Mystics/Seers etc don't effect the political arena directly really, its more subtle because were talking about the transformation of the individual. You cant walk people threw these dimensions using words, graphs, pictures, because thes experiences depend on stillness of mind in most cases.
1:45--love the bored-looking assistant drinking coffee. :)
I mean listen to the music today!!!!! everything is the cut up in art!!!! especially hip hop. not to mention his occult symbolism and ritual magick influencing. these days magick and crowley style thinking is everywhere in pop culture.
Where is Bowery?
I think this might help: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowery
haha...pitty he didnt have any psychedelics for you james!
it would made a nice new angle for your videos....not that you need one, but it would have been very interesting just the same ; )
i loved this one tho.... everything from the introduction to his last works.
thanx again mate
cheers!
haha whats with the girl rolling her eyes during the speech?
1:46 that girl is not happy hahahaha
hypnagogic, that is.