Neil Harbisson

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Neil Harbisson

Neil Harbisson (born July 27, 1984 ) is a British-born avant-garde artist and cyborg activist, who grew up in Catalonia , Spain and is based in New York City .

He is the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull and also the first cyborg officially recognized by a government . Its antenna uses audible vibrations in its skull to give it information. This includes measurements of electromagnetic radiation, phone calls, music and videos or images that are translated into sounds. Its Wi-Fi antenna also allows it to receive signals and data from satellites.

Since 2004, international media have described him as the world's first cyborg or cyborg artist who expresses himself artistically through a new meaning that arises from the constant connection between electronic components and his brain.

In 2010 he founded the Cyborg Foundation, an international foundation that claims to defend cyborg rights, promote cyborgism as an art movement and support people who want to become cyborgs.

overview

From birth, Harbisson saw the world in black, white and gray tones ( achromatopsia ). At the age of 21 he installed an eyeborg with which he can hear colors. He is co-founder and president of the Cyborg Foundation, an international foundation that aims to help people become cyborgs.

biography

Neil Harbisson is the son of an Irish father and a Spanish mother. He grew up in Spain, where he learned the piano from Enric Torra and studied art at the Alexander Satorre Institute . Because of his achromatopsia, he was allowed to perform his artistic work in black and white. At the age of 18 he continued his piano studies at the Waltons' School of Music in Dublin . In the following year he went to England to Dartington College of Arts , where he studied experimental composition and piano. There he received lessons from the English composer Frank Denyer and the one-armed pianist John Railton. While studying in England, he met Adam Montandon , a cybernetics graduate from Plymouth University . Both worked together to invent the Eyeborg . This device, which Harbisson has since installed on his head, enabled him for the first time in his life to perceive colors through sounds.

Eyeborg

The Eyeborg is an invention that Harbisson wears on his head and that enables him to recognize colors. It consists of a color sensor that is attached next to the eye, as well as headphones and a microchip. The focused color is perceived by the sensor and sent to the chip installed on the head, where the color frequencies are converted into audible frequencies and allow Harbisson to interpret the color. The first Eyeborg was a collaborative project between Adam Montandon and Harbisson. In 2004 it received the prize for innovation at the Submerge Festival in Bristol (Great Britain) and the European prize for multimedia interface design “EUROPRIX Top Talent Award” in Vienna.

Cyborg status

When Neil Harbisson tried to renew his passport in 2004, he was told by the UK authorities that this was not possible as he could be seen on his passport photo with an electronic device and this was not allowed. Harbisson's argument that the electronic device should be viewed as part of itself was rejected. Harbisson then sought the support of his doctor and members of the university where he had studied. They all sent letters to the associated agency defending Harbisson on the case. After weeks of correspondence, the government accepted the eyeborg as part of Harbisson's body and made it appear on the picture of his passport with the electronic eye. It was the first time that Neil Harbisson was recognized by a government as a cyborg.

Cyborg Foundation

Lecture by Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas at re: publica 2013: "Life with extra Senses - How to become a Cyborg" (English)

In 2010, Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas founded the Cyborg Foundation, the aim of which is to help people become cyborgs. This foundation was the answer to numerous inquiries sent to Neil from around the world. The main goals of the foundation are to expand and improve the senses and personal capacities of the body, to promote the use of cybernetics at cultural events and to ensure the rights of cyborgs. The foundation was established in Mataró (Barcelona) in 2010 and was awarded the Cre @ tic Tecnocampus Prize.

Sonochromatism

Sonochromatism or sonochromatopsia ( Latin sonus "sound", Greek χρωμα (chroma) "color", Greek ὄψις (ópsis) "seeing") develops into color-hearing, a term that defines Harbisson's new state. Harbisson explains that "color blind" no longer applies to him because color blind people cannot perceive or distinguish colors, which is no longer the case with him. “ Synesthesia ” does not define one's condition either, because the relationship between color and sound in synesthesia varies for each person, while sonochromatopsia is an additional sense that objectively reproduces color through sound.

Harbisson's sonochromatic scale

Harbisson's Sonochromatic Scales.png

Web links

Commons : Neil Harbisson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Registre El Maresme Issue 224, Summer 1982
  2. ↑ Richard Brooks: Color-blind artist learns to paint by hearing . In: The Sunday Times . February 24, 2008.
  3. ^ Andy Miah & Emma Rich: The medicalization of cyberspace. Routledge, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-37622-8 , p. 130
  4. ↑ Geoff Tibballs: Ripley's Believe it or not! 2006, ISBN 978-1-893951-12-9 , p. 61
  5. ↑ a b Painting by Ear. In: Modern Painters. The International Contemporary Art Magazine. June 1, 2008, pp. 70-73
  6. ^ Cyborgs and Stem Cells . In: Research TV. January 18, 2005.
  7. ↑ a b Bryony Gordon: Eyes opened to the sound of socks . In: The Daily Telegraph . January 12, 2005.
  8. ↑ This company will help you become a cyborg, one implanted sense at a time . In: Quartz . June 26, 2016 ( qz.com [accessed January 22, 2017]).
  9. ^ Matthew Bannister: Outlook . In: BBC World Service . January 23, 2012.
  10. ^ Greg Wade: Seeing things in a different light . In: BBC . January 19, 2005.
  11. ↑ Colorful artist: on a slightly different wavelength . In: The Irish Times . May 5, 2008.
  12. ↑ FC García: Nace una fundación dedicada a convertir humanos en ciborgs . In: La Vanguardia . March 1, 2011.
  13. ↑ Ciarán Brennan: When what you see is not in color . In: The Irish Times . May 5, 2008.
  14. ^ Helena Ferran: Un "cyborg" català al Regne Unit . In: El Punt . December 5, 2004.
  15. ^ Alberto Martinez Arias: Primer ciborg del mundo reconocido por un gobierno . In: Puntos de Vista ( Radio Exterior de España ). January 23, 2012.
  16. ↑ The man who hears color . In: BBC News . February 15, 2012
  17. ↑ Alfredo M. Ronchi: eCulture: Cultural Content in the Digital Age. Springer, New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-75273-8 , p. 319
  18. ^ "Neil Harbisson. Il terzo occhio" , Internazionale Number 936 , February 17, 2012
  19. ↑ Nadotti, Cristina. "Daltonici, mondo a colori con l'aiuto di" Eye-borg "" , La Repubblica , May 31, 2005.
  20. ↑ Alfredo M. Ronchi: eCulture: Cultural Content in the Digital Age. Springer (New York, 2009). p.319 ISBN 978-3-540-75273-8
  21. ↑ Miah, Andy / Rich, Emma. The medicalization of cyberspace , Routledge (New York, 2008). p.130 ISBN 978-0-415-37622-8
  22. ^ Serra, Laura "No som blancs ni negres, tots som taronges" Ara , 19 Jan 2011.
  23. ^ Neil Harbisson, Telecinco
  24. ↑ Modern Painters, The International Contemporary Art Magazine pp 70-73 (Nueva York, June 1, 2008)
  25. ↑ Redacción "Una fundación se dedica a convertir humanos en ciborgs" El Comercio (Peru) , March 1, 2011.
  26. ^ Rottenschlage, Andreas "The Sound of the Cyborg" The Red Bulletin , March 1, 2011.
  27. ↑ Calls, Albert "“ Les noves tecnologies seran part del nostre cos i extensió del cervell ”" ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. La Tribuna , January 3, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tribunamaresme.com
  28. ^ Cáceres, Marta. "Yo Robot" , Repor Television Española , October 21, 2009.
  29. ↑ Sanchis, Ima. "La veo en blanco y negro pero la oigo en colores" , La Contra de La Vanguardia , July 10, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Harbisson, Neil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Irish visual artist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1984