Neil Harbisson

This short film is about Neil Harbisson, a completely colorblind cyborg that lives in New York City. Neil invented an antenna that converts color into sound and had it surgically implanted into the back of his head. There have been several articles and coverage of Neil and his device over the years, so I wanted to take a different approach to this story and tell a more personal narrative.

In this retelling of the classic tale, Aladdin is an out of work indie-rock singer living in a video-game-world ruled by a perverted technology-obsessed Sultan.

Artist Neil Harbisson was born colour blind, but an antenna permanently implanted into his skull enables him to hear colours and today he is the world's first officially recognised cyborg. Meet a man who may be the prototype of the human of the future. He is on a mission to convince the world to adopt his credo: Design Yourself.

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.