mo-sys - Field Notes and Studio Journal

Intent and Interpretation of Symbols

Shop Mannequin as symbol

  There is a recurring symbol I use in my practice which is a high gloss fibreglass mannequin. I rescued the mannequin on the final clearance, an...

What does art mean to me?

Framing subjects with intent

As I went about my week, I wrestled with the question posed by our tutor: What does art mean to me? At first, in my journal, I wrote a list of words &...

I Rebranded Myself as a System File

My name was already taken

My name is Mark O’Connor. It’s the name I was given, born into — but it’s not the name I create under. There are already Mark O’Connors establis...

It began with a fold in the page

The ticket that collaged me

I was first introduced to collage not through image, but through text. In 1986, I came across The Ticket That Exploded by William S. Burroughs in the ...

this is my journal.

Intent and Interpretation of Symbols

What does art mean to me?

I Rebranded Myself as a System File

It began with a fold in the page