Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim

Residency over

Saturday 1pm at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre studios.

Partly reminded of Disco Pigs in the 1990s but different. Meticulous choreography and acting, acute observations of GAA events, and fun. Cropped pop songs lubricated the delivery throughout, plus a twisted version of another well-known anthem. Seeing it outside on a small island only added richness.

Diggers Collusive residency at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Day 01.

Sussex AI seminar: Micheál O'Connell Micheál O'Connell is the Associate Professor, Creative & Critical Practice. Course Convenor: BA in Media Production.

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Digger Collusive

Uillinn Artists in Residence - Tomasz Madajczak, Micheál O’Connell and Mairéad Vaughan
24 July to 2 August, Studios 1, 2 and 3

Sat 26 Jul, from 12noon to 2pm - Drop by open studio
Sat 2 Aug, at 1pm. - another event/discussion

Sparked by diggers...
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Presenting at The Whiddy School: agonisticdesign.com
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Whiddy Island 4-6 July, 2025
Antidefuturing: Infrastructuring for Socio-Technical Sustainability
AGON-A is a gathering of designers, artists and activists to share knowledge and explore ways to build foundations...

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YouTube video by Micheál O'Connell Irish Broken English China, the story

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Irish Broken English China restored to its full glory, after the accident. Camera operator Colin Grant.

Today in Boston.

Over a million people turned out.

Even the drone couldn't get it all.

#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

Paris air pollution is down 50% after its radical bike-friendly transformation Cars have been banned from more than 100 streets. Tens of thousands of parking spots have been eliminated. Hundreds of miles of bike lanes have been added. And air pollution is plummeting.

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insane in the membrane

Screw Work: www.instagram.com/p/DKfuspSoCl7/

Forgot to mention this from earlier in the year. A mainly text-based work, Turing Tasting was produced for ABC 99g exhibited at The UK’s National Museum of Computing, located in the historic Bletchley Park: www.instagram.com/p/DF5qNEVt4B...

Micheál O'Connell My majic arte eye wobbled its way thru the delights at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre and, by no cleer logic, or maybe a logic only nown to ghosts and side-eyes, got suckt into this bunch of 22...

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Micheál O'Connell with his new work 'Irish Broken English China' (4 plates arranged on the wall diagonally) at the opening of Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre members and friends Exhibition 31st May 2025.

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Micheál O'Connell / Mocksim with new artwork at opening event
Irish Broken English China
China Plates
4 x 20.5cm diameter

Captured on a Samsung SM-A127F
F-stop: f/2
Exposure time: 1/50 sec.
ISO: 40
Photo credit: Sylwia Migdal Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre

Edith Weutonga and band on stage in intimate venue.

Edith Weutonga on stage last night

A delighted Richard Matthews graduates from Fine Art, Brighton @brightonuni.bsky.social

Jinn Records Presents... Edith Weutonga — The Rose Hill Edith WeUtonga is a groundbreaking bassist, mbira player, singer, and songwriter from Zimbabwe. Leading her band, Utonga, she delivers an authentically Zimbabwean sound infused with Jiti, Chimurenga, ...

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Public art now

Never been mad on Salgado pics, except one series that paid better lip service to the agency of landless movement. Generally, aestheticising horror though, turning it into spectacle and something tasteful to like.

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sad news

Paul Henry painting. Road between two mounds. Sky

Close up. Paul Henry painting. Road between two mounds. Sky.

Close up. Paul Henry painting. Sky.

Close up. Paul Henry painting. Mound of turf by road.

I had a strong childhood interest in this Paul Henry painting in the Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social

Panel sitting behind table during discussion. Left to right: Mary McCarthy, Director, Crawford Art Gallery Tara Kennedy, Architect, Work Shop Bantry Valerie Mulvin, Architect and exhibitor at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Ann Davoren, Director of Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Chair: Felix Hunter Green

So much wisdom shared during this panel discussion on the role of the Arts Centre in Irish towns, May 21st:
Valerie Mulvin, Architect
Mary McCarthy, Director, @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social
Tara Kennedy, Architect
Ann Davoren, Director of www.instagram.com/uillinnwestc...
Chair: Felix Hunter Green

PHOTO ESSAY: Congo coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing ...

PHOTO ESSAY: Congo coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge apnews.com/article/phot...

Ileana Tounta | GIANNIS CHEIMONAKIS The Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, a privately owned commercial gallery, (ITCAC) opened in 1988 and was the first multi-purpose space of its kind in Athens. The Center specializes in Greek and international contemporary art and has organized over 250 contemporary art exhibitions within its premises.

For the records went to this Giannis Cheimonakis show last week art-tounta.gr/info/giannis...