Exhibition: "Naked Lunch": the First Fifty Years
Item appears in the following exhibition pages"Naked Lunch": the First Fifty Years: The Dream Machine: Burroughs & the Dream Machine Item Information Dublin CoreTitleDream Machine
DescriptionThe Dream Machine, a device designed by Burroughs and Brion Gysin and constructed by Ian Sommerville, was designed to help stimulate brain activity and bring about a hallucinatory state.
CreatorBurroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Gysin, Brion
Sommerville, Ian
Date1960s
MODSKey Date1960 - 1969
Type of Dateapproximate
Form/Genreobjects
Repository NameRare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
NotesDate based on the earliest and latest dates of the William Seward Burroughs Papers collection.
Collection William Seward Burroughs Papers
CitationBurroughs, William S., 1914-1997 , Gysin, Brion, and Sommerville, Ian, “Dream Machine,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 20, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/nakedlunch/item/9569. |