Dream Machine

The Dream Machine was revolutionary invention by artist Brion Gysin. It features a lighted cylander with holes cut in it, placed on a turntable to make it spin. It produces a hallucinogenic and hypnotic effect without the use of drugs. It turned out to be an important tool, inspiring artists like David Bowie, Iggy Pop Paul McCartney, Marilyn Manson, Floria Sigismondi, Bruce Labruce, Nick Zinner , Beck and DJ Spooky. source



Here's a video showing how the Dream Machine is built and how it works...

Gysin and William Burroughs are also famous for pioneering the cutups method of contextualizing and reassembling poetry. The best example I could find of this is in the video below. I've also included a photo of a piece by Burroughs showing that the order of disassembling of words is completely up to the author.