Neil Harbisson

British artist and cyborg activist · United Kingdom · Artists · Born 1984 · age 42

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Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised British-Irish cyborg artist and cyborg rights advocate who has been described as the world's first legally recognised cyborg and as the world's first cyborg artist.

A life in dates

2015“Beware not to use the future as an excuse to ignore living in the present.”In their words22 June 2015As quoted in Serious Wonder (22 June 2015). "A conversation on cyborgism"Read the whole statement

2013“I don't feel that I'm using technology, I don't feel that I'm wearing technology, I feel that I am technology.”In their words26 July 2013As quoted in the Huffington Post (26 July 2013). "Hacking Our Senses"Read the whole statement

2012“Technology is made by humans. If we modify our body with human creations we become more human.”In their words15 May 2012As quoted in The Sun (15 May 2012). "Eye, Robot"Read the whole statement

“If salads sounded like Justin Bieber, children would eat more vegetables.”In their words8 February 2012As quoted in Folha (8 February 2012) "Na Campus Party, artista ciborgue conta como usa olho para ouvir cores"Read the whole statement

“When you're a little weird, you aspire to be normal; when you're very weird, you aspire to be recognised for it.”In their words15 January 2012As quoted in El Pais (15 January 2012). "El Cyborg del Tercer Ojo"Read the whole statement

2011“It's not the union between my head and the electronic eye what makes me feel 'cyborg', it's the union between the software and my brain.”In their words19 January 2011As quoted in Ara (19 January 2011). "No som blancs ni negres, tots som taronges"Read the whole statement

1984Born27 July 1984

Also in Deutsch

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Neil Harbisson conducting a colour concert (a performance in which colours are converted into sound using his implanted antenna) at Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona (2014)[62]

Sonochromatic Records exhibited at Pioneer Works, New York (2014)

Neil Harbisson giving a talk at the Science Museum, London, 2015

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9 statements, newest first

Beware not to use the future as an excuse to ignore living in the present.
Jun 22, 2015, As quoted in Serious Wonder (22 June 2015). "A conversation on cyborgism", Own words
I don't feel that I'm using technology, I don't feel that I'm wearing technology, I feel that I am technology.
Jul 26, 2013, As quoted in the Huffington Post (26 July 2013). "Hacking Our Senses", Own words
If I have problems perceiving a color I don't know who to go to - an opthamologist, a neurologist, or a computer programmer.
May 14, 2013, As quoted in KPCC (14 May 2013). "Cyborg Neil Harbisson can hear in color", Own words

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Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised British-Irish cyborg artist and cyborg rights advocate who has been described as the world's first legally recognised cyborg and as the world's first cyborg artist. International attention grew after he received permission to appear in his UK passport photo with an antenna implanted in his skull, a device he considers a new sensory organ. His artistic and activist work centres on expanded perception, the development of artificial senses and the rights of people with technologically extended bodies.

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