HISTORY

Cyborg Foundation was created in 2010 by cyborg artists Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas in order to help humans become cyborgs, defend the rights of cyborgs and promote cyborg art.​ First housed in Tecnocampus, Mataró, after winning the Cre@tic award by Tecnocampus; Cyborg Foundation moved soon after to Barcelona and then to New York in 2014.

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THROUGHOUT THE YEARS CYBORG FOUNDATION HAS COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS BRAILLE WITHOUT BORDERS IN TIBET OR THE BLIND SOCIETY OF PICHICHA IN ECUADOR, BY OFFERING SONOCHROMATIC ANTENNAE SO THAT BLIND PEOPLE COULD EXPERIENCE COLOUR; MESA & CADEIRA IN BRAZIL, WITH WHOM THEY CREATED THE FIRST TRANSDENTAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; AND WITH PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN THE NEW SCHOOL, SENSORIUM WORKS AND PIONEER WORKS IN NEW YORK, A PARTNERSHIP THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER CYBORG FUTURES, A RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE USE OF CYBERNETICS AS A BODY PART AND TO APPLY NEW SENSORY CAPABILITIES TO ART PRACTICES; AMONGST OTHERS.

CYBORG FOUNDATION'S LATEST PROJECT IS AN ASSOCIATION CALLED TRANSPECIES SOCIETY, BASED IN BARCELONA AND ​​FOUNDED BY ARTISTS NEIL HARBISSON, MOON RIBAS AND MANEL MUÑOZ. THE ASSOCIATION WAS CREATED IN 2017 IN ORDER TO GIVE VOICE TO PEOPLE WITH NON-HUMAN IDENTITIES, DEFEND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DESIGN AND OFFER THE CREATION OF NEW SENSES AND ORGANS IN COMMUNITY.