How to Live in the Mall

Artist Michael Townsend and documentarian Jeremy Workman team up to create the film “Secret Mall Apartment,” which chronicles how eight artists lived in a hidden space within a shopping center from 2003 to 2007. The artists found the space by identifying an abandoned area in the mall, building a wall out of cinder blocks for privacy, and utilizing secret entrances and public restrooms for necessities. They maintained a strict rule of no outsiders to keep their living situation hidden.

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