Relation: Interesting in regard to using Music as a direct and Intra-active mechanism for understanding Materiality. Neil's Paintings are Sonic Paintings to him, but not to us. A great example is where he says the face of Prince charles is beautiful, whereas the sea and sunsets are ugly. It is a great example of using apparatus to materialise sonic objects that are intrinsic to our reality. CYBORG FOUNDATION | Rafel Duran Torrent Neil Harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition that causes complete colour blindness. In 2004, Harbisson and Adam Montandon developed the eyeborg, a device that translates colours into sounds. Harbisson has been claimed to be the first recognized cyborg in the world, as his passport photo now includes his device. In 2010, Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas created the Cyborg Foundation, an international organization to help humans become cyborgs. The foundation has also experimented with other sensory devices, including an “earborg,” which translates sound into color, and a “speedborg,” which allows people to detect movement through electronic earrings that vibrate.
