Spend your lunch hour hearing from CIA Liberal Arts assistant professor Colby Chamberlain as he discusses his book, Fluxus Administration: George Maciunas and the Art of Paperwork, during Lunch on Fridays from 12:15 to 1:30pm Friday, November 15 in CIA's Peter B. Lewis Theater.

According to The University of Chicago Press:

"Though widely recognized as the founder of the legendary Fluxus movement, George Maciunas has long been a puzzling figure in the history of twentieth-century art. Many have questioned whether he should be considered an artist at all. In Fluxus Administration, critic and art historian Colby Chamberlain reveals the consistent artistic practice hidden behind Maciunas’s varied work in architecture, music, performance, publication, graphic design, film, and real estate as an attempt to create models for community through structures of bureaucracy.

"In this deeply researched study, Chamberlain traces how Maciunas’s art insinuated itself into settings as unlikely as the routes of the postal service, the fine print of copyright law, the zoning strictures of urban planning, and the corridors of hospitals. These shifting frames of reference expand our understanding of where an artistic practice can operate and what forms it might assume. In particular, Chamberlain draws on media theory to highlight Maciunas’s ingeniously crafted paperwork, much of which is beautifully reproduced here for the first time."

Colby Chamberlain is an assistant professor of art history at CIA and the author of Fluxus Administration: George Maciunas and the Art of Paperwork (University of Chicago Press, 2024). His research and criticism have appeared in publications including Artforum, Art Journal, ARTMargins, Cabinet, Grey Room, October and Triple Canopy.

Parking: Lunch on Fridays attendees may park in any of CIA's Lot 73 and Annex Lot, both of which surround our campus. Please note that signs posted around those lots correctly state that parking typically requires a CIA permit or visitor pass and that violators will be ticketed. However, to accommodate our valued Lunch on Fridays attendees, that policy won't be enforced during the program. Have questions? Please contact Reinberger Gallery at reinbergergallery@cia.edu or 216.421.7407.

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