Micheál O’Connell a.k.a. Mocksim, systems interference artist. Work has been shown in project spaces, online using an invented system for distributed device streaming and in established locations such as the Whitechapel Art Gallery (London), Lighthouse (Brighton, UK) and Wandesford Quay Gallery (Cork City, Ireland). An early project, Contra-Invention, had been invited to Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles, was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, part of From Here On at Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona and more. O'Connell was subsequently invited to join international grouping ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative and, since completing a practice-led PhD in 2016, has been actively intervening again, independently, with The London Group, and other collectives. In 2019 a Develop Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant was awarded, and then a substantial Commissions Award by The Arts Council Ireland to generate new work for a solo exhibition which will take place at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in 2022.