Burroughs's short essay on the cut-up technique he developed with Brion Gysin in 1959: take written text, cut it apart, rearrange the pieces. A direct technical influence on chaos magic sigil practice and on the later work of Genesis P-Orridge and Grant Morrison. Hosted by UbuWeb.
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William S. Burroughs
American writer and co-developer with Brion Gysin of the cut-up technique. A direct technical influence on chaos magic sigil practice.
Burroughs extends the cut-up method from the page to tape recorders and mass media, treating recorded sound as a tool for scrambling and disrupting systems of control. A 1970 companion to the cut-up work that influenced chaos magic sigil practice. Full PDF hosted by UbuWeb.