The Dreamachine, invented in 1959 by Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville, is a stroboscopic flickering light art device that produces eidetic visual stimuli.
William S. Burroughs and David Woodard with a Brion Gysin Dreamachine (1997)
Man during a Dreamachine session
Brion Gysin was a British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices.
Brion Gysin
Rue Gît-le-Cœur, Paris; site of Beat Hotel
Plaque commemorating site of Beat Hotel
David Woodard and William S. Burroughs stand behind Dreamachine, circa 1997