7/12/05 Mathew Wilson is a performance artist, teacher and a long time Chicago performer. Currently he collaborates with Adam Brooks under the name Industry of the Ordinary. He collaborated for many years with Mark Alice Durant, performing public actions as the "Men of the World". We talk about making work in Chicago, the ordinary, collaboration, making objects as a performer, the body in his performance and his aesthetic.

Full Chat 122min

Video:
(Excerpt 6min) Q: What do you do Mathew Wilson?

Audio:
(Excerpt 4min) On Mathew's early interest in performance art/Shifting from photography to performance. (2.35mb)
(Excerpt 4min) Q: How does teaching influence your performance work? (2.72mb)
(Excerpt 8min) Q: What is your collaborative process like? (5.36mb)
(Excerpt 9min) Matt on his aesthetic. (5.91mb)
(Excerpt 12min) Q: What is the ethical orientation of your work? / Talk of his piece the Surrender Office. / When is a piece finished? (8.28mb)
(Excerpt 9min) Q: Have you ever used a different conceptual format? (5.81mb)
(Excerpt 7min) Q: What is the place of the body in your work? (5.21mb)

Mathew Wilson currently teaches at Columbia College in Chicago and the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL.

Dialogues:

CJ Mitchell
Nicole Garneau
Mathew Wilson
Deva Eveland
Asimina Chremos
Richard Curtis
Stan Shellabarger
Jeff Harms
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This project is partially supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.