Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Dream Machine. Video

Description

The 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.

Alan Govenar directed this short video showing the Dream Machine in operation.

Creator

Govenar, Alan B., 1952-

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

Gysin, Brion

Sommerville, Ian

Date

2009

Language

English

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

[New York]

MODS

Key Date

2009

Type of Date

exact

Form/Genre

video recordings

objects

Repository Name

Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Language of Cataloging

English

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Moving Image Item Type Metadata

Duration

00:03:08

Producer

Documentary Arts

Director

Govenar, Alan B., 1952-

Citation

Govenar, Alan B., 1952- et al., “Dream Machine. Video,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/1072.