Dream Machine - Gysin - Vestax Handy Trax Accessory
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Dreamachine For Sale
This one of a two dreamachines I had professionally made for a scene in a short film I am making. Essentially i'm trying to recoup some money that will help finance props needed for another scene.
The machine is made from white acetate and secures with high quality magnetic tape. The kind of thing used to secure fridge magnets. Its portable and durable.... i'll ship the machine in a 150mm diameter postal tube with plastic caps. The machine also looks amazing when not in use... its a piece of art to be viewed with your eyes closed or open. Quite unique.
The CAD artwork I had produced is based on Brion Gysin's plans published by Temple Press. The final object is finished to a high standard. The suggested lightbulb wattage is from 60 to 100 watts.
Dimensions: Diameter: 26cm Height: 81cm
Description from Wikipedia:
The dreamachine (or dream machine) is a stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli. Artist Brion Gysin and William Burroughs's "systems adviser" Ian Sommerville created the dreamachine after reading William Grey Walter's book, The Living Brain.
In its original form, a dreamachine is made from a cylinder with slits cut in the sides. The cylinder is placed on a record turntable and rotated at 78 or 45 revolutions per minute. A light bulb is suspended in the center of the cylinder and the rotation speed allows the light to come out from the holes at a constant frequency, situated between 8 and 13 pulses per second. This frequency range corresponds to alpha waves, electrical oscillations normally present in the human brain while relaxing.
A dreamachine is "viewed" with the eyes closed: the pulsating light stimulates the optical nerve and alters the brain's electrical oscillations. The "viewer" experiences increasingly bright, complex patterns of color behind their closed eyelids. The patterns become shapes and symbols, swirling around, until the "viewer" feels surrounded by colors. It is claimed that viewing a dreamachine allows one to enter a hypnagogic state. This experience may sometimes be quite intense, but to escape from it, one needs only to open one's eyes.
I'll supply the machine with instructions.... but all you need to get up an running is a lightbulb on a long cord and a 78rpm turntable. I use it with a portable Vestax Handytrax.
Feel free to email any questions you have.
More info can be found here:
http://www.flickerflicker.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamachine
and a video showing the machine in my living room: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUf8zIsalfk
Pick up in person available. Cash, cheque or paypal accepted. International delivery available... send me an email with your location and i'll get back to you with a price.
A unique item not to be missed.
Turntable not included.
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