In the early 2000’s, a group of artists were evicted from their home to make space for a shopping centre parking lot in Providence, Rhode Island. They were sad to lose their lodgings, and angry to see all the city's residential properties being converted into commercial ones.

This inspired them to run an experiment to find out whether a commercial property, like a shopping centre, could also be used as a residential space.

Initially the plan was to try to live in the Providence Place mall for a week without getting caught…

But 4 years later, the group were still secretly living in the mall in an apartment they’d covertly set up & filled with furniture, appliances & luxury homewares. 

Jacob shares the story with Charlie Clausen

Listen to Charlie's podcasts 'TOFOP' and '2 Guys 1 Cup' here: https://tofop.com/podcasts/

Listen to Charlie's podcast 'Dadpod' here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dadpod-with-charlie-clausen-and-osher-g%C3%BCnsberg/id1483899206 

Skip straight to the story: approx 20:09

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

CHECK OUT Michael’s website, starting with a summary of his side of the story and his public apology 

http://trummerkind.com/mall/What_Happened.html 

READ this article and check out the photos of the wall being built 

https://www.core77.com/posts/115435/RISD-Grad-Built-a-Secret-Apartment-Inside-a-Providence-Shopping-Mall 

LISTEN To the episode of 99% Invisible called “The Accidental Room” which features a conversation with Michael 

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-accidental-room/ 

WATCH Michael’s TED Talk about creativity and collaboration in the workplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egAfg4dgFAs 

WATCH The tutorial video if you’re keen to learn how to make Tape Art 

https://www.youtube.com/tapeart 

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