Inspiration: becoming our experiences

Artist Neil Harbisson is a Barcelona based artist who has had an eyeborg implanted into his head he is now able to "hear" colour.

"The sounds are transmitted through my bone to my inner ear, which allows me to interpret what colours are according to the different sign waves of each sound. At first, I felt the Eyeborg was giving me information now I feel like it has given me preception"

When I attended SuperNova 2018 Harbisson shared his experience on the importance and opportunities that lie behind becoming a cyborg. Harbisson shared that perhaps we should put more consideration into adapting ourselves to be capable to adapt accordingly to environmental shifts rather than the other way around. This idea of how we may best physically interact and adapt to our surroundings as the result of our state of mind is my focus for this weeks topi assignment.

Artist: Neil Harbisson

Artist: Moon Ribas

Link: https://cyborgproject.com

What if we could share our thoughts without having to say a word? In his keynote, Mr Harbisson shared that there are only two people in the world who are able to send information to his eyeborg. He even shared that he and artist Moon Ribas communicate through morse code by sensor implants they have in their mouths. Miss Ribas herself has an implant that allows her to feel earthquakes live as they happen. What if we could share our emotions live sans implant? Taking communication into consideration, I have had the pleasure of e-meeting miss Kate Reed a Boston based artist who works with interactive technologies. The project above shows how traditional spoken language is replaced by non-verbal musical communication. Perhaps we could merge these features into one wearable?

Wearable concept: "Currently"