Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.instagram.com/reel/DdTOfAG...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 010
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Running a workshop with students on this brilliant MA Art and Environment Course tomorrow Friday 4th Sept. www.art-environment.com 011
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Where's the Algorithm? From 12th October. www.instagram.com/p/DcuLjKAjKfW/ 062
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Painting to support. Brilliant: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comRef, I barely brushed him! The artist who’s painted all of Roy Keane’s red cardsBefore he was an irascible TV pundit, the Irish midfielder was equally feared on the pitch. Irish painter Seánie Harte has documented all the times Keane was sent off playing for Manchester United. ‘I... 000
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Work, Expanded Photography, www.mocksim.org/works/expand... appearing (again) on one page in the latest issue, 6 that is, of lush and glossy magazine Swerve www.swervemagazine.org 021
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Mighty fine work by one of Ireland’s most important artists (and art educators), Peter Morgan, at Lavit Gallery, seen recently. A catalogue and transcribed interview (of himself by himself) to go with it. Referencing Craig-Martin too. lavitgallery.com/exhibition/b...lavitgallery.comBanquet & On Being An Artist, Or, Another Oak Tree - Lavit GalleryOuter vault: BANQUET, 1995–2026 “Thirty years ago we planted native trees, small whips about 25cm high. Today some of these […] 051
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 08/08/2026November 4th 2010, The Argus, Brighton, UK 110
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Duchamp, on the danger of repeating (1961): I... DECIDED TO LIMIT THE PRODUCTION OF 'READYMADES' TO A SMALL NUMBER YEARLY. I WAS AWARE AT THAT TIME, THAT FOR THE SPECTATOR EVEN MORE THAN FOR THE ARTIST, ART IS A HABIT FORMING DRUG AND I WANTED TO PROTECT MY 'READYMADES' AGAINST SUCH CONTAMINATION. 010
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Instead of all that modular synth nonsense, Paddy Steer1q 050
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Later at Connolly's of Leap, Paddy Steer youtube.com/watch?v=r5n-...youtube.comPaddy Steer - Bifurcation Arrows [The Sessions of March 2016]YouTube video by The Sessions of March 000
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Follow this one instead or as well: bsky.app/profile/mock...bsky.app 010
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A talk yesterday at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 031
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 14/07/2026www.instagram.com/computerarts... 011
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I found this, published in 1968, in my father's book collection. Kay, H., Dodd, B. and Sime, M. (1968) Teaching machines and programmed instruction. London: Penguin Books. 020
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Just heard that Camila Cañeque had passed! Sad news. www.instagram.com/p/DaZ2PpXDUZ4 000
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Am part of this www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hybrid-com...eventbrite.co.ukHybrid: Computer Arts Society Evening - EVA London 2026CAS celebrate the life and work of Professor Maggie Boden, led by Professor Ernest Edmonds, a close friend and collaborator. 111
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 26/06/2026rameishing.substack.com/p/is-this-go...rameishing.substack.com‘Is this good? Is this bad? I don't know: I just think it's a big conversation to be had.’ Annie Mac on AI.Mixing it up with extracts from a forthcoming book on 'AI' 001
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimButterfingers 💪🇨🇦 @trikebum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This article and the comments seem ignorant of the fact that Ontario is upgrading ebike regulations. 1/2 www.thestar.com/politics/pol...thestar.comMartin Regg Cohn: Bike lanes are no place for high-powered electric two-wheelersIf you’re in a bike lane, you should be pedalling, Martin Regg Cohn writes. 111
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Is it like those people who reenact historical battles as so on? www.ft.com/content/b3a5...ft.comWhy young artists are painting like old mastersA new generation has embraced the exquisite pigments and brushwork of Caravaggio and Rembrandt 000
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 13/06/2026ABC Artists' Books Cooperative at Biblioteka Art Book Fair, London, 2026 warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... 011
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The phenomenal and darkly amusing Distant Animals in action last night @difficultart.bsky.social 011
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 07/06/2026All the big hitters, the likes of David Bate, Julia Peck, Liz Wells, Teemu Hupli, Tiffany Fairey, Michael Pritchard, Heather Diack, Veera Ojala, Nilupa Yasminat, and more Photography Ethics Symposium at Queens University Belfast on 3rd and 4th June www.belfastphotofestival.com/events-2026/... 100
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 07/06/2026ABC Artists' Books Cooperative at Paris Ass bookfair 120
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Mightily impressive work seen over a few days, by students graduating from @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social 100
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Betty O'Connell-Rogers' 'Current thoughts': 'Am currently studying Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art. My degree show is coming up. I recently finished writing my dissertation titled, "Weak Minds Discuss People" Reframing Gossip as Necessity' >28 May: gsaexhibitions.co.uk/exhibition/d... 000
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 26/05/2026sites.google.com/view/subvers...sites.google.comSIOSPJoin us for two days of creative discussion, exploration and imagination. 000
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A few rough snaps from fantastic day of sightings of work on Sherkin Island from BAVA students connected with TU Dublin and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre where the work is now on display having been shipped over. 010
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Keynote lecture in November in Lithuania at Kaunas University of Technology, KTU's 'Intermediality in Communication | International Conference' Nov. 19-20 2026: Title: ‘Artificial stupidity’ and what art and performance can teach critical AI studies? Abstract: icconference.ktu.edu/people/dr-mi...icconference.ktu.eduDr. Micheál O’Connell‘‘Artificial stupidity’’ and what art and performance can teach critical AI studies? Apart from the common concerns raised about copyright and the undermining of creative labour, art and performance a... 031
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A forgotten classic, and hugely important, algorithm, youtu.be/PEssgMQ1O_k?lyoutu.beSafe Cross CodeYouTube video by dinadangdong 000
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 19/05/2026substack.com/@mocksim/not...substack.comMicheál O'Connell (@mocksim)In response to a post titled ‘The Great Australian Art Con’ https://substack.com/@thisartlife/p-197098606 which argues that contemporary art culture has replaced criticism and judgement with instituti... 001
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 17/05/2026rameishing.substack.com/p/hydrocarbo... 021
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 09/05/2026youtu.be/j3GwZ-1ds_wyoutu.beTwo Tone Club - Talk About Love - (Turn Off)YouTube video by Two Tone Club Official 010
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Basil al-Rawi's exhibition at The Lord Mayor's Pavilion, Cork City = affecting and superbly executed. 010
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Where's the Algorithm? Coming up, 12 October to 19 December 2026, at Uillinn:West Cork Arts Centre: westcorkartscentre.com/event/michea... 021
Reposted by Micheál O'Connell / MocksimMocksim / Micheál O'Connell @mocksim-latest.bsky.social · 09/05/2026www.instagram.com/p/DX_ZvCkglHD/ APEC Studios, May 9,10th / 16,17th, 11am-4pm Opening event, 8th May, 6-8pm 022
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A history of 'The Jazz' in Ballydehob. 151
Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim @mocksim.bsky.social · 30/04/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukIn Our Time - Cybernetics - BBC SoundsThe origins and lasting influences of the study of communication in animals and machines. 010