About Neil
Neil Harbisson is a British artist born on 27 July 1984 in Mataró, Spain, and raised in Catalonia. He is known for having an antenna surgically implanted in his skull that enables him to perceive visible and invisible colours including infrared and ultraviolet through audible vibrations, as well as receive colours, images, videos, music and phone calls directly via internet connection. He is officially recognised as a cyborg by a government. Harbisson identifies as both a cyborg and transpecies.
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Artist / DesignerSpeakerAfter dinnerExpert / AcademicEntrepreneurTranspecies IdentityCyborg ArtCyborg RightsHuman PerceptionIdentity
Known for
- having an antenna implanted in his skull that perceives colours as audible vibrations
- being officially recognised as a cyborg by a government
- co-founding the Cyborg Foundation with Moon Ribas
- co-founding the Transpecies Society
- contemporary art exploring identity and human perception
- cyborg activism
- Cyborg Artist
- Activist for Transpecies Rights
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