Neil Harbisson

Harbisson is the son of a Spanish mother and a Northern Irish father.Editor [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/technology/colourblind-artist-wants-cyborg-eye-in-irish-passport-28749689.html "Artist wants cyborg eye in Irish passport"], Belfast Telegraph, 15 May 2012 He was born with achromat vision.{{Cite news|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/worlds-first-cyborg-human-evolution-science/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404172850/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/worlds-first-cyborg-human-evolution-science/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 April 2017|title=How a Color-Blind Artist Became the World's First Cyborg|date=3 April 2017|access-date=15 September 2017}} He grew up in Barcelona where he studied piano and began to compose music at the age of 11.FC "Més de 4000 espectadors ja han vist els Pastorets que acaben diumenge" Capgros 12–19 February 1999JV "Alumnes del Campeny representen Terra Baixa" Crònica de Mataró 16 May 1998 At 16, he studied fine art at the Institut Alexandre Satorras, where he was given special permission to use no colour in his work.Mas, Pere. [http://www.catradio.cat/reproductor/369502 "Neil Harbisson, ciborg de colors"], Catalunya Ràdio, 25 August 2009 His early works are all in black and white.Brennan, Ciarán. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2008/0527/1211740478000.html "When what you see is not in colour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021041556/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2008/0527/1211740478000.html |date=21 October 2012 }}, The Irish Times, 5 May 2008.Bryony Gordon. [http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/from-black-and-white-to-colour----eyes-opened-to-sound-of-socks-278060.html "From black and white to colour . . . eyes opened to sound of socks"], The Independent, 13 January 2005.

As a teenager, Harbisson lived in a tree for several days in Mataró to save the trees from being cut down.Ferran, Helena. [http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/elpunt/noticia?p_idcmp=-960066 "Un «cyborg» català al Regne Unit"], El Punt, 5 December 2004.de la Fuente, Antonia. [http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/2009/01/28/pagina-5/34176112/pdf.html?search=neil%20harbisson "Barones rampantes de Mataró se instalan en árboles para impedir que los corten"], La Vanguardia, 27 May 2001. His initiative was supported by over 3,000 people who signed a petition to maintain the trees."Penjats pels arbres" Front page of El Punt 26 May 2001 After days of protest, the city hall announced the trees would not be cut.Ferran, Helena. [http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/elpunt/noticia?p_idcmp=-960066 "Famós a Mataró per <> arbres"], El Punt, 5 December 2004.

At the age of 19, he moved to England to study music composition at Dartington College of Arts.Martinez Arias, Alberto. [http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/programa/puntos-vista-primer-ciborg-del-mundo-reconocido-por-gobierno/1301325/ "Primer ciborg del mundo reconocido por un gobierno"], Puntos de Vista,Radio Exterior de España, 23 January 2012.

Harbisson defines his work as cyborg art, the art of designing new senses and new organs, and the art of merging with them.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/06/neil-harbisson-worlds-first-cyborg-artist|title=Neil Harbisson: the world's first cyborg artist|last=Jeffries|first=Stuart|date=6 May 2014|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} He compares his practice with sculpture; his aim is to mould his mind in order to create new perceptions of reality.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/hearing-color-through-a-cyborg/|title=Hearing Color Through a Cyborg - Science Friday|work=Science Friday|language=en-US}} He defines this particular branch of cyborg art as perceptionism, the art of designing new perceptions of reality and sees it as a post-art movement because its practicality makes no distinction between the artist, the work of art, the space where it exists and the audience. Harbisson is the artist, the work of art, the space where it exists, and the only one in the audience.{{Cite news|url=http://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/neil-harbisson-the-reality-of-a-cyborg|title=Neil Harbisson, the reality of a cyborg|last=Pristauz|first=Julius|date=1 December 2017|work=Metal Magazine}}

The Cyborg Antenna is a sensory system created to extend color perception.Sanchis, Ima. [http://www.lavanguardia.es/free/edicionimpresa/20100710/53961073929.html "La veo en blanco y negro pero la oigo en colores"]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, La Contra de La Vanguardia, 10 July 2010. It is implanted and osseointegrated in Harbisson's head and it sprouts from within his occipital bone. It has been permanently attached to Harbisson's head since 2004 and it allows him to feel and hear colours as audible vibrations inside his head,Harbisson, Neil. [http://www.artinfo.com/news/enlarged_image/27743/96442/ "Painting by ear"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803074843/http://www.artinfo.com/news/enlarged_image/27743/96442/ |date=3 August 2008 }} Modern Painters, The International Contemporary Art Magazine pp.70–73. New York, June 2008. including colours invisible to the human eye such as infrareds and ultraviolets.Alfredo M. Ronchi: Eculture: Cultural Content in the Digital Age. Springer (New York, 2009). p.319 {{ISBN|978-3-540-75273-8}} The antenna also allows internet connection and therefore the reception of colour from other sensors or from satellites. Harbisson began developing the antenna at college in 2003 with Adam MontandonNadotti, Cristina. [http://www.repubblica.it/2005/e/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/daltonismo/daltonismo/daltonismo.html?ref=search "Daltonici, mondo a colori con l'aiuto di "Eye-borg""], La Repubblica, 31 May 2005. and it was upgraded by Peter Kese and Matias Lizana, among others. The antenna implant surgery was repeatedly rejected by bioethical committees but went underway regardless by anonymous doctors.BROKEN LINK Millás, Juan José. [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/ciborg/tercer/ojo/elpepusoceps/20120115elpepspor_9/Tes. "El Cyborg del Tercer Ojo"]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, El País, 15 January 2012.

Harbisson has given permission to five friends, one in each continent, to send colours, images, videos or sounds directly into his head. If he receives colours while asleep his friends can colour and alter his dreams.Williams, Alison [http://www.notimpossiblenow.com/lives/neil-harbisson-not-impossible-cyborg-series "Cyborg Series #1"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141130083012/http://www.notimpossiblenow.com/lives/neil-harbisson-not-impossible-cyborg-series |date=30 November 2014 }}, Not Impossible Now, 29 October 2014 The first public demonstration of a skull-transmitted image was broadcast live on Al Jazeera's chat show The Stream.The Stream [http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201411270009-0024381 "The World's First Cyborg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216033409/http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201411270009-0024381 |date=16 February 2020 }}, Al Jazeera, 27 November 2014. The first person to make a phone call directly into his skull was Ruby Wax.[Shin, Nara [http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/charged-neil-harbisson "Cool Hunting: Neil Harbisson"], Coolhunting, 5 May 2014File:Color Concert by Neil Harbisson.jpg, Barcelona (2014)Vodafone [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208040131/http://firsts.com/content/vodafone-firsts/home/Neil-Harbisson.html "First color conducted concert"], Firsts, January 2014|300x300px]]In 2014, Harbisson executed the world's first skull-transmitted painting. Colours sent from audience members in Times Square as they painted simple coloured stripes onto a canvas were received live via internet directly into Harbisson's brain.Jones, Jonathan [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/aug/27/cyborg-art-daring-stunt-creativity-future "Will cyborgs turn art into a supersensory futureworld?"], The Guardian, 27 August 2014. He correctly identified and painted the same color stripes onto a canvas in front of an audience at The Red Door, 10 blocks away from Times Square.Pearlman, Ellen [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/PAJJ_a_00264?journalCode=pajj "I, Cyborg"], PAJ (journal), May 2015

The Solar Crown is a sensory device for the sense of time. A rotating point of heat takes 24 hours to slowly orbit around Harbisson's head.{{Cite news|url=http://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/neil-harbisson-the-reality-of-a-cyborg|title=Neil Harbisson, Metal Magazine|access-date=3 December 2017}} When he feels the point of heat in the middle of his forehead it is midday solar time in London (longitude 0°), when the heat reaches his right ear it is midday in New Orleans (longitude 90°).{{Cite news|url=https://www.elespanol.com/ciencia/investigacion/20170627/226977715_0.html|title=Así suenan los colores para Neil Harbisson, el 'ciborg' que dejó boquiabiertos a todos en Masterchef|work=El Español|access-date=3 December 2017|language=es}} When his brain gets accustomed to the passage of time on his head, he will explore if he can modify his perception of time by altering the speed of rotation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.techly.com.au/2017/08/25/world-cyborgs-point-of-view-neil-harbisson/|title=See the world from a cyborg's point of view: A chat with Neil Harbisson|date=25 August 2017|work=Techly|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228215730/https://www.techly.com.au/2017/08/25/world-cyborgs-point-of-view-neil-harbisson/|archive-date=28 February 2019|url-status=dead}} Harbisson states that in the same way we can create optical illusions because we have eyes for the sense of sight, we should be able to create time illusions if we have an organ for the sense of time.{{Cite news|url=https://noizz.ro/connected/neil-harbisson-urmatorul-pas-in-evolutia-omenirii/336y2s6|title=Următorul pas în evoluția omenirii: tipul ăsta are Internet în craniu, aude culori și acum vrea să simtă Soarele sub piele|date=5 October 2017|work=Noizz.ro|language=ro-RO|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204012811/https://noizz.ro/connected/neil-harbisson-urmatorul-pas-in-evolutia-omenirii/336y2s6|archive-date=4 December 2019|url-status=dead}} If time illusions work, he will then be able to stretch or control his perception of time, age, and time travel.{{Cite web|url=https://hvmn.com/podcast/episode-40-the-worlds-first-cyborg-ft-neil-harbisson|title=Episode 40: The World's First Cyborg ft. Neil Harbisson {{!}} HVMN Podcast|website=HVMN|language=en}}

The transdental communication system is composed of two teeth, each containing a bluetooth enabled button and a mini vibrator.Vanhalakka, Vesa [https://www.aamulehti.fi/maailma/tama-mies-on-elava-kyborgi-kalloon-ruuvatusta-antennista-on-tullut-osa-hanen-kehoaan-24000985/ "Tämä mies on elävä kyborgi – kalloon ruuvatusta antennista on tullut osa hänen kehoaan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224551/https://www.aamulehti.fi/maailma/tama-mies-on-elava-kyborgi-kalloon-ruuvatusta-antennista-on-tullut-osa-hanen-kehoaan-24000985/ |date=3 December 2017 }}, Aamulehti, 16 October 2016 Whenever the button is pressed it sends a vibration to the other person's tooth.[https://www.museumnext.com/insight/the-renaissance-of-our-species/ "The Renaissance of our Species"], Museum Next, New York, November 2016 One tooth was installed in Harbisson's mouth and the other tooth in Moon Ribas's mouth. Both Harbisson and Ribas know how to communicate in morse code, therefore they are able to communicate from tooth to tooth.Kędzierski, Robert [http://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,156830,21687126,czlowiek-przyszlosci-bedzie-postrzegal-swiat-przez-zmysly-ktore.html "Człowiek przyszłości będzie postrzegał świat przez zmysły, które dopiero stworzymy"], Gazeta, 2 May 2017 The first demonstration of the system was presented in São Paulo.Zuin, Lidia [https://killscreen.com/versions/talk-cyborg-activists-neil-harbisson-moon-ribas/ "A talk with cyborg activists Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas"], Kill Screen, 2016

File:Neil Harbisson Exhibition.jpg, New York (2014)|300x300px]]Harbisson's artwork has been ranked together with the works of Yoko Ono and Marina Abramović as one of the 10 most shocking art performances ever.Jones, Jonathan. [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/11/scrotum-top-10-shocking-performance-art "The 10 most shocking performance artworks ever"], The Guardian, 11 November 2013 His work is focused on the creation of new senses and the creation of external artworks through these new senses.Editorial Board. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/cultura_sociedad/2010/05/100526_pintor_colores_eyeborg_mes.shtml "El Artista que escucha los Colores"] BBC Mundo 27 May 2010

His main works have been exhibited during the 54th Venice BiennaleEditorial Board [http://www.veniceconnected.com/content/eyeborg-neil-harbisson "Eyeborg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062523/http://www.veniceconnected.com/content/eyeborg-neil-harbisson |date=25 April 2012 }} Venice Connected June 2011 at Palazzo Foscari (Venice, Italy),Giorcelli, Rosalba. [http://www.style.it/lifestyle/delicious/2011/06/16/neil-harbisson-un-cyborg-a-venezia.aspx#?refresh=ce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623143905/http://www.style.it/lifestyle/delicious/2011/06/16/neil-harbisson-un-cyborg-a-venezia.aspx|date=23 June 2011}} Style.com (Italy), 16 June 2011. Savina Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea),[http://www.artkoreatv.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=26939 "Color Study"], Art Korea TV, 4 August 2015

Museumsquartier (Vienna, Austria), CCCB,Farré, Natàlia [http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/viviremos-otro-planeta-4567763 "Viviremos en otro planeta?], El Periodico, 7 October 2015 Pioneer Works (New York, USA),[http://blog.masterdynamic.com/article/cyborg-art-the-next-frontier-of-creativity "Neil Harbisson: Cyborg Artist at the Creative Frontier"], Master Dynamic, 18 September 2014ArtScience Museum (Singapore)Wong, Cara [http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/human-cyborg-steers-clear-of-drunk-women "Human cyborg steers clear of drunk women"], Straits Times, 22 May 2017. Centre d'Art Santa Mònica (Barcelona, Spain),Frisach, Montse [http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/534412-la-musica-del-mon.html "La Música del Món"] Avui 30 April 2012 Pollock Gallery,Escobedo, Lee. [http://artsandculturetx.com/from-a-z-abracadabra-to-zombies/ "From A-Z"] Arts and Culture Texas Magazine October 2015. Fake Me Hard (Niet Normaal INT),{{Cite web |last=Binsbergen |first=Sarah Van |date=2020-10-25 |title=(Im)possible Bodies werpt spannende vragen op ★★★☆☆ |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-b3b04cd6 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=de Volkskrant |language=nl-NL}} and at the American Visionary Art Museum,Scharper, Julie [https://www.baltimoresun.com/2013/10/06/avams-human-soul-machine-explores-technologys-power/ "AVAM's 'Human, Soul & Machine' explores technology's power"], The Baltimore Sun, 6 October 2013 among others.Pedrico, Marta [http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2009/01/28/pagina-40/83396839/pdf.html?search=harbisson "Poner color al sonido..."] La Vanguardia 7 October 2011.Bosco, Roberta. [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/tecnologia/pintor/oye/colores/elpeputec/20100518elpeputec_3/Tes "El Pintor que oye colores"] El País 18 May 2005.

Harbisson has created a series of "Sound Portraits" by standing in front of a person and pointing his antenna at different parts of the face, writing down the different notes he hears and later creating a sound file. He has created live portraits of Philip Glass,{{Cite web|title=Abrigo Portatil {{!}} Performance {{!}} Neil Harbisson|url=http://www.abrigoportatil51.com/neil-harbisson.html#Panel5|website=www.abrigoportatil51.com|access-date=1 May 2020}} Robert De Niro, Al Pacino,{{Cite web|title=Neil Harbisson, A Real-Life Cyborg Who Can Hear Colors And Make Dirty Socks Sing|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/3071971/neil-harbisson-a-real-life-cyborg-who-can-hear-colors-and-make-dirty-socks-sing/|website=www.inquisitr.com|date=7 May 2016|access-date=1 May 2020}} Iris Apfel, Oliver Stone, Steve Reich, Bono, Buzz Aldrin, Solange, Bill Viola, Prince Charles, Woody Allen,Bergós, Mónica [http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20100515/gente/primer-cyborg-20100515.html "El primer 'cyborg'"], El Correo, 15 May 2010. Antoni Tàpies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Judi Dench,Editor [http://abrigoportatil51.com/neil-harbisson.html#Panel2 "Neil Harbisson, Sentidos Cosmicos"], Abrigo Portatil, Num.5. Brazil 2016. Moby, James Cameron,{{Cite web|title=Neil Harbisson {{!}} Metal Magazine|url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/neil-harbisson-the-reality-of-a-cyborg|website=metalmagazine.eu|access-date=1 May 2020}} Peter Brook, Al Gore, Tim Berners-Lee, Macy Gray, Gael García Bernal,Pesantes, Karla [http://www.vistazo.com/webpages/tecnologia/?id=17602 "Todos deberiamos queres ser cyborgs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603183221/http://www.vistazo.com/webpages/tecnologia/?id=17602|date=3 June 2013}} Vistazo 19 October 2011 Alfonso Cuarón, Ryoji Ikeda, Gabriel Byrne,Davies, Sally [http://nautil.us/issue/1/what-makes-you-so-special/encounters-with-the-posthuman "Encounters with the Posthuman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105194436/http://nautil.us/issue/1/what-makes-you-so-special/encounters-with-the-posthuman |date=5 January 2020 }},Nautilus, 29 April 2013 Prince Albert II of Monaco,{{Cite web|title=Neil Harbisson, l'uomo cibernetico, accolto nel Principato di Monaco - ROYAL MONACO RIVIERA ISSN 2057-5076|url=http://www.royalmonaco.net/2015/12/neil-harbisson-l-uomo-cibernetico-accolto-nel-principato-di-monaco.html|last=MONACO|first=ROYAL|website=ROYAL MONACO RIVIERA ISSN 2057-5076|language=fr|access-date=1 May 2020}} Steve Wozniak,Bryant, Ross [http://www.dezeen.com/2013/11/20/interview-with-human-cyborg-neil-harbisson/ "People will start becoming technology says human cyborg"] "Dezeen Magazine" 20 November 2013 Oliver Sacks, and Giorgio Moroder, among others.{{cite tweet|user=NeilHarbisson|author=Neil Harbisson|number=459774110868852737|date=25 April 2014|title=Listening to @giorgiomoroder's moustache today at @Moogfest with @moonribas}}/photo/1/large "Neil Harbisson creating a sound portrait of Giorgio Moroder

Harbisson's "Colour Scores"Pearce, Marcus. [https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2008/sep/22/british.association "The vision thing: Art and illusion"], The Guardian, 22 September 2008. are a series of paintings based on the transposition of sounds, music or voices into colour.Jarque, Miquel [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618201045/http://www.icatfm.cat/picatfm/accessible/item.jsp?item=wcc_noticia&idint=95678 "L'art de pintar els sons"], Catalunya Ràdio, 8 May 2010.

In 2009, Harbisson published the Human Colour Wheel based on the hue and light detected on hundreds of human skins from 2004 to 2009. The aim of the study was to state that humans are not black or white, but are different shades of orange - from very dark orange to very light orange.Hadden, Gerry [http://www.theworld.org/2012/02/neil-harbisson-color-eyeborg/ "Color-Blind Artist Neil Harbisson Uses Webcam-Like Eyeborg to ‘Hear' Color"], The World, Public Radio International, 28 February 2012.

Under the title Capital Colours,Marković, Stjepan. "Kiborg iz Engleske u Zagrebu 'slusao' boje" 24 sata Promotivni Primjerak Front Page, 17 December 2007Marković, Stjepan. [http://www.24sata.hr/news/prvi-sluzbeni-covjek-kiborg-cuje-trideset-i-sest-boja/41616/ "Prvi sluzbeni covjek kiborg cuje trideset i sest boja"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206204952/http://www.24sata.hr/news/prvi-sluzbeni-covjek-kiborg-cuje-trideset-i-sest-boja/41616/ |date= 6 February 2010 }} 24 sata pp.12–13, 17 December 2007 Harbisson has exhibited the dominant colours of different cities he has visited.Brooks, Richard. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517063723/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3423446.ece "Colour-blind artist learns to paint by hearing"], The Sunday Times, 24 February 2008.Dee, Michael. [http://www.kunstforalle.no/redaksjonelt.asp?meny=6,172,341 "Neil Harbisson – en kunstnerisk kyborg"], Kunst for alle, p.32-35 Issue 3, 2009. He scans the colours of each city until he is able to represent it with at least two hues.Bojka [http://www.lupiga.com/vijesti/index.php?id=4932 "Katalonci "čudnim zvukovima" odredili boju Zagreba"] Lupiga, 29 November 2007."Zivi sa zicama na vrhu glave" 24 sata Front Page, 17 December 2007

Harbisson has contributed significantly to the public awareness of cyborgs, transpecies, artificial senses, and human evolution by giving regular public lectures at universities, conferences and LAN parties sometimes to audiences of thousands.Redaccion [http://eleconomista.com.mx/8-bytes/2011/07/24/7000-geeks-se-despiden-superan-reto-tecnologico "7,000 geeks se despiden y superan un reto tecnologico"], El Economista, 24 July 2011. He has taken part in science, music, fashion, and art festivalsEuropa Press [http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/09/11/baleares/1315754768.html "La música electrónica se cuela entre el arte moderno"], El Mundo, 11 September 2011. such as the British Science Festival,Pearce, Marcus [https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2008/sep/22/british.association "The vision thing: Art and illusion"], The Guardian, 22 September 2008. TEDGlobal,[http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color.html "I listen to color"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812034717/http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color.html |date=12 August 2012 }}, TED Global, 27 June 2012. London Fashion Week,[http://www.galleonnews.com/2014/10/london-fashion-week-talks-digital-has-technology-changed-pattern-colour-and-cloth-in-fashion/ "London Fashion Week Talks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106050751/http://www.galleonnews.com/2014/10/london-fashion-week-talks-digital-has-technology-changed-pattern-colour-and-cloth-in-fashion/|date=6 November 2014}}, The Galleon, October 2014 and Sónar[http://www.euroxpress.es/index.php/noticias/2013/6/12/appcircus-reunira-las-apps-que-marcan-tendencia-manana-en-el-sonar-d/ "Apps que marcan tendencia mañana en el Sónar"], Euroxpress, 12 June 2012 among others.Redaccion [http://www.galiciahoxe.com/mare/gh/historia-do-mozo-escoita-as-cores-no-alt/idEdicion-2011-03-12/idNoticia-648372/ "A historia do mozo que escoita as cores, no ALT"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051238/http://www.galiciahoxe.com/mare/gh/historia-do-mozo-escoita-as-cores-no-alt/idEdicion-2011-03-12/idNoticia-648372/ |date=8 August 2014 }}, Galicia Hoxe, 12 March 2011. He has become a trending topic on Twitter[http://mexico.twend.it/Neil%20Harbisson Trending Topic Twitter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927002650/http://mexico.twend.it/Neil%20Harbisson |date=27 September 2013 }} in several occasions.Redacción [http://eleconomista.com.mx/tecnociencia/2011/07/21/harbisson-joven-que-escucha-colores "Harbisson: el joven que escucha colores"], El Economista, 21 July 2011.{{Cite web|title = Mesh Conference Coverage, by /newsrooms|url = http://www.newsrooms365.com/2014/08/digital-media-future-spotlight-mesh/|website = /newsrooms|access-date = 24 December 2015|language = en-US}}{{Cite web|title = Neil Harbisson - Today I became 'trending topic' in Spain... {{!}} Facebook|url = https://www.facebook.com/neilharbisson/posts/1577473715839598?comment_id=1577498692503767&offset=0&total_comments=5&comment_tracking=%7B%2522tn%2522%253A%2522R%2522%7D|website = www.facebook.com|access-date = 24 December 2015}}

In 2013, a short film about Neil Harbisson[http://vimeo.com/51920182 Cyborg Foundation] won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival's Focus Forward Filmmakers Competition.Pond, Steve [https://archive.today/20130123130841/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-cyborgfoundation-prizebre90m01y-20130122,0,4772425.story "Cyborg Foundation" wins $100K Focus Forward prize], Chicago Tribune, 22 January 2013 Since 2014, a short fictional film about Harbisson's life is being filmed.[http://www.verkami.com/projects/7150-the-sound-of-colors The Sound of Colours]Sastre, Cristina [http://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2014/01/16/52d7e07e268e3e075a8b4580.html "El Sonido de los Colores"], El Mundo, 17 January 2014 In 2015, Hearing Colors, a black and white documentary about Harbisson in New York became a Vimeo "Staff Pick" and became the winner of New York's Tribeca Film Festival X Award in 2016.

He has appeared on documentaries by Discovery Channel,[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1534865/ "Art and Science"], Daily Planet, Discovery Channel, 2 April 2009 {{ill|Documentos TV|es|vertical-align=sup}},[http://www.rtve.es/television/20120611/documentos-tv-ciborgs-muy-humanos/534009.shtml "Ciborgs buy humanos"], Documentos TV, Televisión Española, 12 June 2012 {{ill|Redes (TV series)|lt=Redes|es|Redes (programa de televisión)|vertical-align=sup}}; in specific documentaries about his life[http://www.tv3.cat/videos/226942187 La importància dels colors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415061532/http://www.tv3.cat/videos/226942187 |date=15 April 2011 }}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyEtQ4PtfNg El Ciborg dels Colors] and on a number of chat shows including NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly,NBC, [http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/neil-harbisson/2815607?onid=144391#vc144391=1 "Last Call with Carson Daly"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412163315/http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/neil-harbisson/2815607?onid=144391 |date=12 April 2016 }}, 29 September 2014 Richard & Judy, Buenafuente,Buenafuente, Andreu [http://www.lasexta.com/sextatv/buenafuente/la_vida_en_blanco_y_negro/155882/191 "La vida en blanco y negro"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802044609/http://www.lasexta.com/sextatv/buenafuente/la_vida_en_blanco_y_negro/155882/191 |date=2 August 2010 }}, Buenafuente, La Sexta, 27 May 2010 and Fantástico.[http://fantastico.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL1678233-15605,00-HOMEM+IDENTIFICA+CORES+ATRAVES+DOS+SONS.html "Homem identifica cores através dos sons"], Fantástico, Rede Globo, 5 February 2012 He has taken part in radio shows on New York's Public Radio International,Molinsky, Eric [http://www.studio360.org/2011/nov/04/neil-harbisson/ "Neil Harbisson, cyborg"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428172134/http://www.studio360.org/2011/nov/04/neil-harbisson/ |date=28 April 2012 }}, Studio 360, WNYC, 4 November 2011 BBC World Service,Bannister, Matthew [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00my2ry "The Man who hears color], Outlook, BBC World Service, 23 January 2012 Cadena SER,Beltran, P.[http://www.cadenaser.com/tecnologia/articulo/mama-quiero-ser-artista-ciborg/csrcsrpor/20120116csrcsrtec_1/Tes "Mamá quiero ser artista y ciborg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221034053/http://www.cadenaser.com/tecnologia/articulo/mama-quiero-ser-artista-ciborg/csrcsrpor/20120116csrcsrtec_1/Tes |date=21 February 2012 }}, Cadena Ser, 16 January 2012. and has contributed in newspapers and magazinesRedaccion [http://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/tecnologia/398003/sonocromatismo "Los colores tambien se escuchan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203064222/http://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/tecnologia/398003/sonocromatismo |date=3 February 2012 }}, Muy Interesante, 31 January 2012Redaccion [http://www.hola.com/hombre/2012021757018/neil-harbisson-cyborg/ "El primer cyborg del mundo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301074758/http://www.hola.com/hombre/2012021757018/neil-harbisson-cyborg/ |date=1 March 2012 }}, ¡Hola!, 17 February 2012 such as The New York Times,Lee, Jennifer [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/a-surgical-implant-for-seeing-colors-through-sound/ "A Surgical Implant for Seeing Colors Through Sound"], The New York Times, 2 July 2012 The New Scientist,Else, Liz [https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/06/cyborg-makes-art-using-seventh-sense.html "Cyborg makes art using seventh sense"], The New Scientist, 29 June 2012 Wired,Finn, Christine [https://www.wired.com/underwire/2008/02/cyborg-enables-color-blind-artist-to-hear-his-palette/ "Cyborg enables color blind artist to hear his palette"], Wired, 24 February 2008 and The Scientist,Akst, Jef [http://the-scientist.com/2012/05/01/the-sound-of-color/ "The Sound of Color"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506062226/http://the-scientist.com/2012/05/01/the-sound-of-color/ |date=6 May 2012 }}, The Scientist, May 2012 among others.Rottenschlager, Andreas [http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/The-sound-of-the-cyborg-021242963775427 "The Sound of the Cyborg"], The Red Bulletin, 22 February 2011.

Harbisson appears in Adam Green's Aladdin, an independent film directed by Adam Green and starring Macaulay Culkin, Natasha Lyonne and Francesco Clemente among others.{{Cite news |title=Adam Green's Aladdin |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/cartelera/peliculas/adam-greens-aladdin-m-1751939 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212163954/http://www.lavanguardia.com/cartelera/peliculas/adam-greens-aladdin-m-1751939 |archive-date=12 Feb 2017 |work=La Vanguardia}}

File:Neil Harbisson at the Science Museum (London).jpg, 2015]]In 2004, Harbisson's British passport renewal was rejected. The UK Passport Office would not allow him to appear with an electronic device on his head. Harbisson wrote back explaining that he identified as a cyborg and that his antenna should be treated as an organ, not a device. After weeks of correspondence, Harbisson's photo was accepted.{{Cite book |last1=Miah |first1=Andy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=382wJB2DPCwC&dq=%22neil+harbisson&pg=PA130 |title=The Medicalization of Cyberspace |last2=Rich |first2=Emma |date=2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-37622-8 |location= New York |page=130 |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Serra |first=Laura |date=19 January 2011 |title=No som blancs ni negres, tots som taronges |trans-title= There are no whites or blacks, we are all orange |url=http://www.ara.cat/ara_premium/ara_tu/No-blancs-negres-tots-taronges_0_411558847.html |language=Catalan |work=Ara |location=Barcelona}}

In 2011, during a demonstration in Barcelona, Harbisson's antenna was damaged by police who believed they were being filmed.{{Cite news |date=2012-02-15 |title=The man who hears colour |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16681630 |access-date=2024-05-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite tweet |author=Neil Harbisson |user=NeilHarbisson |number=74767773393354752 |title=Eyeborg broken by police at Plaça Catalunya after refusing to believe that I was not filming #acampadabcn http://twitpic.com/542vka |access-date=2024-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522160742/https://twitter.com/NeilHarbisson/status/74767773393354752 |archive-date=2020-05-22 |url-status=live |link=no}} Harbisson filed a complaint of physical aggression, not as damage to personal property, as he considers the antenna to be a body part.{{Cite tweet |author=Neil Harbisson |user=NeilHarbisson |number=74669760691974144 |title=Secret police have just broken my eyeborg at Plaça Catalunya and have asked me to give them whatever I filmed #acampadabcn |access-date=2024-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522161006/https://twitter.com/NeilHarbisson/status/74669760691974144 |archive-date=2020-05-22 |url-status=live |link=no}}{{Failed verification|date=May 2024}}

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Harbisson has collaborated extensively with his childhood friend and cyborg artist Moon Ribas in performances[http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4069150/Laboratori-de-creacio-una-canco-un-interpret-una-dansa "Laboratori de creació: una cançó, un intèrpret, una dansa"], Televisió de Catalunya, 29 April 2012.Blanch, Anna [http://www.elpunt.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/346278-el-mon-sonocromatic-del-so-del-taronger-arriba-a-mataro.html?cks_mnu_id=196 "El món sonocromàtic d'‘El so del taronger' arriba a Mataró"], El Punt, 17 December 2010. and art projects.Serra, Laura [http://www.ara.cat/ara_premium/ara_tu/No-blancs-negres-tots-taronges_0_411558847.html "No hi ha blancs ni negres, tots som taronges"], Diari Ara, 19 January 2011 His first performances as a cyborg were at Dartington College of Arts, using pianosWoodcock, Jo. [http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/downloads/Events/alumni_mag_summer_2005_.pdf "Cyborg student, the first at Dartington"], Life After Dartington, page 10, Issue 26, Summer 2005. and collaborating with other students.[http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/audios/20100602/rizar-rizo-artistico-carne-cruda/788870.shtml "Carne Cruda"],"Radio Nacional de España", 2 June 2010. He has performed with artist Pau Riba with whom he shared the same interest in cyborgs.Putx, Donat. [http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/2009/01/28/pagina-28/76511503/pdf.html?search=mi%20madre%20es%20un%20cyborg "Mi madre es un cyborg"], La Vanguardia, 28 January 2009. They first performed in Barcelona followed by other performances.Tramullas, Gemma. [http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idtipusrecurs_PK=7&idnoticia_PK=648250 "Pau Riba invita a disfrutar de un orgasmo folclórico"], El Periódico, 27 September 2009.Bueno, Vern [http://www.capgros.com/noticies/detall.asp?id_noticia_portal=22036&sec=75 "Una performance porta 99 nous el dia 9 del 9, de 9 del matí a 9 de la nit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708114821/http://www.capgros.com/noticies/detall.asp?id_noticia_portal=22036&sec=75 |date=8 July 2011 }}, Capgròs, 8 September 2009. One of their projects is Avigram.[http://www.capgros.com/noticies/detall.asp?id_noticia_portal=24149 "Tres artistes locals i Pau Riba creen una instal·lació a les Cinc Sènies"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708115027/http://www.capgros.com/noticies/detall.asp?id_noticia_portal=24149 |date=8 July 2011 }}, Capgròs, 22 Abril 2010.

• Andy Warhol
• Moon Ribas
• Cyborg Foundation

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Jeffries, Stuart [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/06/neil-harbisson-worlds-first-cyborg-artist "World's first cyborg artist"], The Guardian, 6 May 2014

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