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System Interference

August 1, 2023 by Wexford Arts Centre

Wexford Arts Centre Proudly Presents;

System Interference
A solo exhibition by Micheál O’Connell ¦ Mocksim
In partnership with West Cork Arts Centre

On display in the lower gallery at Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Wexford, Y35 X5HF

Tuesday 22 August – Wednesday 4 October 2023

System Interference will open in the lower gallery on 26th August at 2pm with an ‘in conversation’ event with historian, Michael Fortune.

Installation shot Tomasz, M. Inflatable wind Turbine

In partnership with Uillinn – West Cork Arts Centre, Wexford Arts Centre is delighted to host System Interference by Micheál O’Connell a.k.a. Mocksim.  The artist’s practice involves ‘interference’ with everyday functional processes and technologies including computational networks, road systems, windfarms, golf courses, and the unusual sport of road bowling. The work touches on environmental concerns, the democracy or lack of it in decision-making, and what is given priority and what is not.  A range of works including printed material, sound recordings, and Micheál’s signature ‘simupoems’ – short moving image pieces which play in loop mode – will be included in the exhibition. In addition, interactive elements and ways in which the exhibition might reach beyond the gallery will be considered.

In the past, O’Connell’s work has been presented in project spaces and established locations such as Matt’s Gallery and The Whitechapel, London, UK, Lighthouse, Brighton, UK, and Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork.  Contra-Invention, a critically acclaimed exhibition of utilitarian photographs (photographs captured by traffic wardens as proof of parking violation in many areas) had been invited to Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles and nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.

System Interference will open in the lower gallery on 26th August at 2pm with an ‘in conversation’ event with historian, Michael Fortune.

Michael Fortune completed his BA in Fine Art, specialising in video and performance at Limerick School of Art and Design and his MA in Film and Screenwriting at Dún Laoghaire School of Film. Working predominantly in film and photography, much of his practice revolves around the collection of material – material which he generates out of the relationships and experiences he develops with the people he encounters.

Micheál will host an informal gallery tour on Culture night 2023, Friday 22nd September with late night gallery opening from 7pm.

Micheál will host an artist’s talk on Tuesday 3rd October in conjunction with South East Technological University in the theatre at Wexford Arts Centre.

Art, Misuse and Technology: Micheál O’Connell’s ‘System Interference’ by John Roberts, is available here, and from our website at €15

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