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CYBORG : A DOCUMENTARY

By Carey BORN

Documentary - Completed 2023

Colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson is the world's first formally recognized cyborg. He has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to hear colour. Now Neil is on a mission to convince the world to follow him and adopt his credo: Design Yourself.

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CPH:DOX 2023

SCIENCE

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM, USA, GERMANY, SPAIN
- Languages
- ENGLISH, CATALAN
- Duration
- 87 mn
- Director(s)
- Carey BORN
- Writer(s)
- Carey BORN
- Cast
- Neil HARBISSON, Moon RIBAS, Manel MUÑOZ
- Producer(s)
- Carey BORN, Darren HEATH (First Born FIlms)
- Synopsis
- Neil Harbisson wants to convince the world that technological enhancement of our senses is a force for good.
  
  From birth only able to see in black and white, Neil yearned from a young age to experience how others feel the emotive power of colour. When he was 21 he had an ‘eyeborg’ antenna permanently implanted in his skull that translates colour waves into sound frequencies.
  
  Neil’s childhood friend, Moon Ribas, has collaborated with Neil on his journey. Moon, a dancer and choreographer, has had subcutaneous implants in her arm and foot, allowing her to perceive (as vibrations) earthquakes from all over the planet.
  
  Together they have established the Cyborg Foundation, promoting the creation of new technological senses, and the Transpecies Society, which gives voice to non-human identities and defends the freedom of self-design.
  
  Neil and Moon confront their detractors head on, communicating their controversial ideas about the technological future of humankind. They have a significant online and media presence with many followers worldwide.
  
  The number of humans becoming ‘cyborgs’ is growing year on year. Our species is on the verge of being able to design and re-design itself at will.
  
  This is a real story, not science fiction and, as Neil says: “This is happening!”
  Is the world ready to listen?

CYBORG : A DOCUMENTARY

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