Cyborg Generation

An eighteen-year-old musician decides to design a cybernetic organ and illegally implant it into his own body, thus acquiring a new sense that allows him to perceive on Earth sounds coming from outer space.

"At the age of 18, Kai Landre meets the artists Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas – the first people to be declared "cyborgs". In search of his own identity, he decides to develop a sense unique to him, which will enable him to capture cosmic rays from outer space and transform them into sounds on a 128-note scale, according to the distance from which they originate. But implanting such a device in his skull requires a surgical operation that must be carried out in total secrecy. During this transition, Kai will have to confront not only the transhumanism sceptics, but also his past and his origins, in order to be able to assert the identity that he aligns with. Shot over several years, from Barcelona to Princeton University, where Kai is invited to speak, Miguel Morillo Vega's film paints a portrait not only of an exceptional sound artist, but also of a generation seeking to reinvent itself, against the backdrop of a society that has built its normative system on Judeo-Christian thought. In a depiction that is at times inspired by retro-futurism, yet remains very contemporary, Cyborg Generation explores the possibility of an augmented, hopefully better, humanity."
(Aurélien Marsais - Visions du Réel)

"Seine Begegnugen mit Cyborg-Kunstschaffenden inspirieren den 18-jährigen Kai dazu, sich eine neue Sinneswahrnehmung anzulegen. Also entwickelt er ein kybernetisches Organ, mit welchem er kosmische Strahlen aus dem Weltall in Form von Tönen hören kann. Ein zarter, ungewöhnlicher Film über das Erwachsenwerden, ein Streben nach dem besten Ich, entgegen jeglicher Normativität."
(Visions du Réel)

Un joven músico de dieciocho años decide diseñar un órgano cibernético e implantárselo de forma ilegal, adquiriendoasí, un nuevo sentido que le permite percibir sonidos del espacio desde la tierra.