Industry of the Ordinary: Seven Days in March

Industry of the Ordinary (Adam Brooks and Mat Wilson) has been mediating the daily life of Chicago for over 16 years. Dedicated to an exploration and celebration of the customary, the everyday, and the usual, Brooks and Wilson use sculpture, text, photography, video, sound and performance to challenge pejorative notions of the ordinary and, in doing so, move beyond the quotidian.

At The Arts Club of Chicago, Industry of the Ordinary will spend a week intervening on the space in a variety of ways—subtly altering the trappings of the club rooms, feeding visitors edible historical artifacts, and performing with CSO cellist Katinka Kleijn in the gallery. Their residency, entitled Seven Days in March, celebrates and comments upon what is customary and usual at The Arts Club—that we might reevaluate our perception of normal vs. noteworthy.

Observe and engage with their interventions at the events below:

Saturday, March 7
INDUSTRY OF THE ORDINARY INVITES YOU TO EAT HISTORY
The Drawing Room | 12:00–2:00 pm
Permanent Collection Tour (including IOTO's interventions) | 1:00 –1:45 pm

Industry of the Ordinary will be serving a taste of The Arts Club's history while the monthly Permanent Collection tour will highlight their subtle interventions throughout the building. Free and open to all.

Tuesday March 10
INDUSTRY OF THE ORDINARY WITH KATINKA KLEIJN
IF YOU'VE GOT A BLACKLIST, I WANNA BE ON IT
Galleries | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm 

Industry of the Ordinary concludes their residency with this durational performance made in collaboration with Cellist Katinka Kleijn. Free and open to all.

Image: Jay Wolke