These Providence Artists Spent 4 Years Living Inside a Mall

The documentary “Secret Mall Apartment” shows why, decades after their zenith, we still can’t stop thinking about malls.

Providence Place Mall was the site of a long-running prank-slash-performance.

Photographer: Jeremy Workman

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