Cyborg: A Documentary

Colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson is the world’s first formally-recognised 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.

★★★★
“Fascinating piece of work.”
Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film

Where to find Cyborg: A Documentary in cinemas

Neil Harbisson wants to convince the world that the technological enhancement of our senses is a force for good. Since birth, he has been only able to see in black and white. Yearning to experience how others feel the emotive power of colour, at the age of 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 him on his journey. A dancer and choreographer, she has had implants in her arm and foot which allow her to perceive earthquakes from all over the planet as vibrations in her body.

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.

With a significant online and media presence with many followers worldwide, the pair are prominent figures in a movement of humans becoming ‘cyborgs’, which is growing year on year.

In Carey Born’s engaging documentary Neil and Moon confront their detractors head-on, communicating their controversial ideas about the technological future of humankind.

Our species is on the verge of being able to design and re-design itself at will – but what does it mean for the future of humankind?

Released in the UK and Ireland from Friday 20th September

  • Director: Carey Born
  • Country: UK
  • Year: 2023
  • Duration: 1 hr 27 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Production company: First Born Films
  • Cert: 12A

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IN CINEMAS

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OCTOBER

Dundee – Dundee Contemporary Arts  |  Saturday 26th October

 

NOVEMBER

Dartington – Barn Cinema  | Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd November
+ Q&A with director Carey Born

Oxford – Ultimate Picture Palace  |  Thursday 14th November
With panel discussion with director Carey Born
and Dr Christopher Register, fellow in Ethics at Uehiro Institute,
Oxford University

Pwllheli – Neuadd Dwyfor  |  Tuesday 19th November

Edinburgh – Cameo Picturehouse  |  Thursday 21st November
+ Q&A with director Carey Born and
Professor Sarah Chan of the
Usher Institute at Edinburgh University

London – Art House Crouch End  |  Saturday 23rd November
+ Q&A with director Carey Born

 

JANUARY

Lewes – Depot  |  Thursday 16th January + Q&A with director Carey Born

 

PREVIOUS SCREENINGS

London – Crouch End Picturehouse  |  From Friday 20th September
Q&A with director Carey Born – Wednesday 25th September, 6.45pm
Hexham – Forum Cinema  |  Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th September
Caernarfon – Galeri  |  Wednesday 25th & Thursday 26th September
London – ICA  |  Saturday 5th October + panel discussion with director Carey Born and augmentation designer Dani Clode,
hosted by science writer and journalist Manjit Kumar
London – Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley  |  Sunday 6th October + Q&A with director Carey Born

 

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