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Gysin, Brion, 1916-1986

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1916-01-19 - 1986-07-13

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A Prayer Wheel for Brion Gysin - I Am That I Am / Brion Gysin., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-52184-73305
Scope and Contents

Produced by endwar, "this object is modeled on the prayer wheels used in Tibetan Buddism. When spun, the device reads a potentially endless recursive variant of the divine tautology "I AM THAT I AM" used in one on Brion Gysin's permutation poems from 1960. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

A Prayer Wheel for Brion Gysin - I Am That I Am / Brion Gysin., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-52184-73305
Scope and Contents

Produced by endwar, "this object is modeled on the prayer wheels used in Tibetan Buddism. When spun, the device reads a potentially endless recursive variant of the divine tautology "I AM THAT I AM" used in one on Brion Gysin's permutation poems from 1960. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

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