Artist's CV: Micheál O'Connell Home
e-mail: m AT mocksim DOT org
 
Recent Exhibitions, Events and Works Home
 
Mar-08 Lighthouse Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Two video pieces Now Man, No Man and a peformance involving Dave Thompson and utilising the online world Second Life, Feed Lack Loop, presented as a Lighthouse Digiville event.  Curatorial support by Daniel Pryde-Jarman.
 
Jan-08 Recay Lewis, East Sussex
One hundred copies of animation Recay distributed (on DVD) to residential streets in the town of Lewis.  The hope was that feedback would be received.  To date no one has attempted to contact the artist.
Dec-07 Grey Area                  Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Three pieces Now Man, An Attempt at an Autobiography and Post Disorder displayed as part of group show (with Daniel Pryde-Jarman and Jayne Eagle) called Vacancy.  An Attempt at an Autobography included a performance on the opening night with Dave Thompson
Oct-07 Frieze Art Fair  London, UK
Print Practice Description displayed in Resonance FM space, curated by Bob & Roberta Smith
Sep-07 Private collector           London, UK
Completed print There is a Failing Man commissioned by private collector
May-07 Freeman Centre Sussex University, UK
Resigning, a prototype performance involving the use of an avatar in on-line world Second Life and real performer for Critical Incident 2007
Mar-07 Cowley Club         Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Rearing performed by the artist as part of a regular event called In Every Home a Heartache
 
Nov-06 Whitechapel Art Gallery    London EC1, UK
Rearing directed by the artist and performed by Naughty the Clown (aka Dave Thompson) as part of Wormhole Saloon
 
Sep-06 Grey Area Gallery      Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Participated in the creation of a group work with fifteen other artists.  On one wall in the gallery painted with blackboard paint, each artist responded to the title Famous Last Words over a period of sixteen days
 
Sep-06 Private collector       Vienna, Austria
Completed print Some Buildings Die of Old Age commissioned by private collector
 
Sep-06 Brighton Marina         Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Rearing, created and directed by the artist, performed by Naughty the Clown (aka Dave Thompson) as part of activities at the Brighton Food and Drink Festival
 
Jun-06 University of Brighton   Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Six pieces Landing, Dying, Ending, Framing, Piecing, Sinking and two collaborative works Playing (with Jayne Eagle and Colleen Walker) and a group piece in the main gallery (with seven other artists) displayed as part of final Fine Art MA show See Sea Asymptote
 
May-06 Freeman Centre           Sussex University, UK
Participated in Critical Incident 2006 with the Institute of Unnecessary Research.  Aspects from an older performance You May not Drink from the Holy Cup were explored further.  Also participated in a panel discussion: Unnecessary Research-What's the Point?
 
May-06 Grey Area                  Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Piecing exhibited as part of two week exhibition called Trouble with Them.  The work included a performance during the opening with Rosie Rogers
 
Apr-06 Athens Video Art Festival  Greece
Ending projected as part of this annual festival
 
Jun-05 University of Brighton      Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Four pieces displayed as part of Fine Art MA show Giving Birth to Monsters.  These were You May not Drink from the Holy Cup (with performance by Naughty the Clown aka Dave Thompson), Cormac's Cup, Commuter, and Wake up and Smell (or A Spectre is Haunting)
 
May-05 Falmouth Art Centre  Cornwall, UK
Animations projected as part of Max10 event
 
Nov-04 Tate Modern                  London, UK
Cup21 and five other objects placed in gallery as part of an intervention with Stolen Ready-Mades
 
Sep-04 Sallis Benny Theatre Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Markov15 projected as part of Big Blip 04
 
May-04 Fairfields Arts Centre Basingstoke, UK
Train04 and Tyre06 projected as part of annual digital arts festival Zeros&Ones
Education Home
 
University of Brighton                    Brighton, East Sussex, UK
MA (Fine Art): completed with Distinction
University of Brighton                    Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Teacher Training: completed PGCE
 
City College Brighton & Hove     Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Foundation (Art and Design)
 
Cork Institute of Technology Cork, Republic of Ireland
BSc Hons (Chemical Engineering): specialised research in Simulation Modelling
 
 
Current Employment Home
1) Course Leader City College Brighton & Hove Brighton, East Sussex, UK
BA Digital Media Design, Final Year
 
2) Lecturer University of Brighton Brighton, East Sussex, UK
MA Digital Media Art
3) Artist APEC Studios Hove, East Sussex, UK
1) Own practice summarised above: Recent Exhibitions, Events and Works
2) Creative collaboration, support and commercial work:
Jul-08 Performed a reading of sections of Flan O'Brien's The Third Policeman as part of Jonathan Gilhooly's event: Virtually Self-Working
Mar-08 Collaborating with artist's collective Common Culture to film three stand-up comedians, performing simultaneously, in an empty venue for an initiative called Comic Battles.
Nov-07 Developed animations in collaboration with Peter Seddon and Barry Barker for a 'curatorial interjection' called Tête-à-Tête which focused on a history painting by Paul Delaroche. This took place at the Museum of Fine Art, Nimes, France for three months to Feb 2008.
Nov-06 1960s activist documentation exercise for youtube user RevQuest
Nov-05 Supported artist's collective Common Culture (Mark Durden, David Campbell and others) in an initiative called Local Comic which involved filming stand-up comedians in an empty venue
Jan-05 3D Modelling and Animation for Essex Exchange public art proposal led by Richard Wells
4) Freelance Writer Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Developing art review writing practice for AN Magazine and other publications
The Past Home
 
Stand-Up Comedy Performed over 200 times at venues in London and around the UK, initially as an open-mic act, progressing to semi-professional.  Reached finals of various national competitions, won the notorious King Gong at The Comedy Store.  Stopped at the point of being offered representation by agency Avalon for family commitments and to progress artistic interests (with a focus on the comedic).
Simulation Specialist Created computer simulation models using animation and mathematical techniques such as Discrete Event Simulation, Systems Dynamics and Continuous Simulation for clients in a wide range of industries (transport, manufacturing, oil and gas, communications, supply chain).  Worked individually and as part of a global team of experts.  2D and 3D visualisation and animation was fundamental to interface design for many of these models.  Stopped for ethical reasons and to pursue artistic and academic interests.
Political Activist Worked as a political activist for a period, involved with campaigns around issues such as hospital closures, anti-racism, housing, wages and conditions at work. 
Lecturer Course Leader, Lecturer, Diploma course in Media Games Design Home