Where's the Algorithm? - with Mocksim
20 October to 19 December 2026
Studio open to the public on Wednesday and Saturday (ideally email m@mocksim.ie if planning to visit)
Critical tech. artist Mocksim’s plan is to locate all the algorithms he can find. They begin with Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Mūsa al-Ḵwārizmī, inspired by Indian mathematics and the thousand-year-old Agnicayana ritual, pass through the likes of George Boole, Skibbereen’s Percy Ludgate, Donegal’s Kay McNulty, not to mention Katherine Johnson and the ‘Hidden Figures’ gang in the USA. Many now live inside AI, emails, maps, surveillance and nudging software. Others are not digital at all but appear as rules, routines, scripts and habits. People talk about algorithms all the time, but what, and where, are they? It’s time someone got on the case. No better man for the job than Mocksim!
More details: https://westcorkartscentre.com/event/micheal-oconnell-mocksim-2026/
