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So, these impulsive artists took it upon themselves to try it out.
Jeremy Workmans deliriously entertaining and moving documentarySecret Mall Apartmentlets the artists themselves tell us the story.
Remarkably, most of them have not been identified until now.
Workmans film makes it clear that these people werent a bunch of layabouts.
Townsend was an artist who created startling public installations.
(I do remember seeing some of Townsends work at the time.
Workman cuts this footage together into a suspenseful through-line, which he then intercuts with contemporary interviews.
It also speaks to the life and death of cities and suburbs, and our boom-and-bust dreams of affluence.
Something tells me both the mall and its movie theaters could use the business.
