2010 - 2012 — Industry of the Ordinary

The Spoils of Victory (Sic Transit Gloria Mundi)

Industry of the Ordinary fashion a trophy for a yet-to-be-determined competition. Suggestions accepted here.

Thanks to George's for ambience and Guinness.

2010

Epilation Reprise

2010

Tipple

For the Bad at Sports show "Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me It's Raining" at apexart, Industry of the Ordinary provide personalized champagne flutes.

Special thanks to Duncan MacKenzie, Richard Holland and the entire BAS team,
as well as Cybele Maylone at apexart.

2010

History as Idea

For a permanent commission at the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln, Industry of the Ordinary engage the existing architecture of the rotunda after a series of road trips around the state collecting information from hundreds of Nebraskans and a variety of other sources.

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Download booklet for project here

Special thanks to Lynne Ireland and thanks also to Don Denton, Michael Trotter, Jay Kaser, Fast Signs and Sherwin-Williams.

Needs link to PDF

Underwriter

Industry of the Ordinary sponsor a sports team.

Summer 2010 schedule

Sunday, May 16: 11:30 am
Sunday, May 23: 9:00 am
Sunday, June 6: 12:45 pm
Sunday, June 13: 3:15 pm
Sunday, June 20: 3:15 pm
Sunday, July 11: 12:45 pm (double header)
Sunday, July 25: 10:15am
Sunday, August 1: 12:45 pm
Sunday, August 8: 2:00 pm

Games to be played at the ball fields on the lakefront at Belmont Harbor Drive,
just south of Irving Park Road, in Chicago

Special thanks to Betsy Odom for initial outreach and to Kelli Connell for team photography

Team members: Tomi Dew, Betsy Odom, Erica Henrich, Nikki Posluzny, Jenny Drankie, Lisa Loris, Tracy McDonald, Mary Horan, Amada Fitzsimmons, Liz Gray

Impermanent Collection II

Industry of the Ordinary remotely dissect and disseminate the Tate Modern catalog.

pecial thanks to JL Murtaugh

IOTOTOW2010

Industry of the Ordinary pick teams and throw them into combat.

More images here.

Photography by, and special thanks to, Greg Stimac, Caitlin Arnold,
Jennifer Ray and Adam Farcus.

Transubstantiation

Industry of the Ordinary compere competitive corporeal gluttony.

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Thanks to Greg Stimac for photography, Alexa Loftus for videography and ACRE for hosting

Surrogacy

Industry of the Ordinary seek stand-ins for an absent member.

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Special thanks to Lynda Wellhausen for photography, to Anna Trier and Meredith Weber of the Happy Collaborationists, and to Bradley Bergquist for ferrying us around.

Epilation (Reprise Reprise)

Industry of the Ordinary endeavor to shear down to the skin, and face down the Estonians.

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Special thanks to Jesse Achramowicz.

Thanks also to Joseph Ravens, to Melody Snyder for photography,
and to Tempestt Hazel for her willingness to step up.

Disclaimer

Industry of the Ordinary attempt to do the right thing.

Photography by Melody Snyder.

Thanks to Jason Lazarus, Alex Schmidt and the entire Hang In There team.

Two Heads, One Goal (Battery in Progress)

Industry of the Ordinary reflect upon the origins of football for the MCA.

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Special thanks to Jim Zimpel for casting expertise, Melody Snyder, Junn,
and Debra Purden for photography,
and to Amy Corle at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Epilation V

Industry of the Ordinary return to shear in Chicago.

Photography by Melody Snyder.

Special thanks to Shayna Cott and Carron Little.

The Narcissism Chamber

Industry of the Ordinary invite admiration.

Special thanks for music composition and engineering to Elisabeth Blair and Nick Pichet.

Please contact Industry of the Ordinary here to acquire "I Am Beautiful".

Thanks also to Jennifer Murray and Meimei Yu.

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Whiskey and Kisses

Industry of the Ordinary dispense courage and affection.

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Photography by Shayna Cott.

Special thanks to Lauren Humphries and the Happy Collaborationists.

Whiskey and Kisses

Industry of the Ordinary dispense courage and affection.

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Photography by Shayna Cott.

Special thanks to Lauren Humphries and the Happy Collaborationists.

Body Language

Industry of the Ordinary offer the public a choice of rubber-stamped texts to adorn their skin.

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Thanks to Shayna Cott for photography,
and to the Happy Collaborationists, Links Hall and DANK Haus.

Go-Betweens

Industry of the Ordinary explore the boundaries of taste.

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Special thanks to Andi Crist and Evan Carrison.

Thanks to Melanie Boyna for photography.

Special thanks to the Happy Collaborationists.

Prayer

Industry of the Ordinary spread the good word.

This simple yet provocative phrase intends to challenge the viewer,
question their assumptions, and invite them to contemplate
the ambiguous nature of the word "Ordinary".
Most will first read it in its pejorative sense.
In a society that values celebrity above substance and material wealth above simpler pleasures, the desire to be ordinary will commonly be seen as pathetic.
However, it can also be read as a resounding affirmation of the power and beauty of the everyday and a rejection of our narcissistic self-obsession: a call to arms.

Special thanks to Roger Machin, Doug Snower, Fast Signs, Jessica Wobbekind and the Wicker Park/Bucktown Chamber of Commerce.

Sexy IOTO

Choose Wisely

United Nations

Industry of the Ordinary's surrogates impose expletives in three languages.

More images here.

Thanks to Teresa Albor, Andi Crist, Lauren Humphries, Caitlin Ryan,
Shayna Cott, and Evan Carrison.

Drawing Breath–An Ordinary Paradise (with Kimberly Witham)

Industry of the Ordinary invite an audience to contemplate not what would be gained by a journey into the next life, but what would be lost.

Special thanks to Kimberly Witham, and thanks to David Morrison and Claire Accardo
of the Billboard Project, and to Kasia Wilson
© Industry of the Ordinary

Foreign Affairs

Industry of the Ordinary offer to impress an expletive in the four languages spoken by the permanent members of the UN Security Council.

More images here.

Photography credits: Zach Michael and Melody Snyder

Translation credits: Anna Shteynshleyger, Dan S. Wang, Jing, Lisa Aidan
and Jerome Kemp

Stamp credit: Tri-Products, Chicago

Burn History

Industry of the Ordinary continue to redress the balance.

Photography by Caitlin Ryan and Josh Korby

Additional thanks to all at ACRE and to the Happy Collaborationists

Googling Ordinary

Industry of the Ordinary rely upon an online resource to translate a desire into all available languages.

Thanks to the Hyde Park Arts Center, in particular Chris Hammes

Normal

A Paradise of the Ordinary

Industry of the Ordinary mine the internet for affirmation.

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Download project statement here.

Special thanks to David Jones, Chris Flynn and James Iannaccone at Anchor Graphics

for their support and production assistance for this project.

Time Capsule (buried treasure) [with Greg Stimac]

Industry of the Ordinary provide an associate with funds to buy and fill a case that is then buried somewhere in the United States of America. The coordinates and the combination for the case will be auctioned off on the 28th of September, 2012 at 7:30pm, at the Chicago Cultural Center, as part of the exhibition Industry of the Ordinary: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.