To accompany the Industry of the Ordinary: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, 2003-2013 exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center, Industry of the Ordinary have produced a 200 page catalog that documents all of their projects to date, as well as including an essay by Eleanor Heartney and an interview with Duncan MacKenzie. The catalog features a repository for inclusion of documentation of work produced throughout the run of the show.

Publication design by Jason Pickleman, JNL Design, Chicago.
Cover image by Marc Hauser.

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Catalog $45.00 USD

The book features responses by members of the general public to 12 illustrated projects carried out by Industry of the Ordinary, as well as an extended interview with Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson by Corey Postiglione and an essay about the collaboration by Susan Snodgrass.

All photography by Industry of the Ordinary except: Ten– Blake Noah and Greg Stimac; Batter–Blake Noah; Match of the Day 2 (cover)–Greg Stimac; For Bas Jan Ader, Charles Ray and Erwin Wurm–Greg Stimac. Industry of the Ordinary gratefuly acknowledge the invaluable contributions of these photographers.

Thanks to the Museum of Contemporary Photography for hosting the launch event for the book.