Brion Gysin

Brion Gysin grew up in a home of a single mother. His father died not too long after he was born in the war. Gysin was drawn to the art movement of surrealism and worked with it for sometime. However, he was kicked out by Andre Breton on the day of his first exhibition. He later went to join the cause and fight in the War. When the War ended he had his major break through producing the art of cut-ups by accident. He was cutting newspaper and found that when jumbled up the strips made interesting combinations of words. His method began to be used by many artists in the Beat generation. However, this wasn't his biggest contribution. That came with the production of the Dream Machine. The dream machine was in a sense a way to hallucinate without actually getting high. The Dream Machine became  to be what Gysin would be known for. The dream machine really change the context of art because it was meant to be viewed with closed eyes. It became less about beauty and looks and more about the experience itself.