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T-shirts are for sale at tapeart.com. Secret Mall Apartment landed at number six on streaming for ALL movies on ALL platforms in February. Crazy stuff!

#fun #number6 #thankyou

Great recording sent to us by Michael McLoughlin of the news report that took the Tunnel down. The Tunnel had already started to slowly disintegrate, but after this 2007 news report in which they broadcast the exact location, the contents of the Tunnel were unceremoniously picked apart.

Thank you, Micheal McLaughlin, “Weird Mike From The Future”, for holding onto this VHS tape for 20 years, traveling with it from mill to mill, and then sending us this video - great archive work!

#goodbye #tunnel #secretmallapartment

Shoebox secret mall apartment. 🤫 if you haven’t seen the documentary on Netflix, today’s the perfect day… #secretmallapartment #art #diorama

Old footage of Andrew and Michael poking around some abandoned buildings that used to surround the mall. These massive structures have since been destroyed, but for years acted as a playground for many Providence artists and explorers.

#urbanexploration #abandonedbuildings #getoutthere #tresspassing

Art on Paper! Some of these were chaotic painting throw-downs — If you were responsible for one of these monster trucks or figments of death, please speak up! In this grouping is a rare Tape Art artifact from the 90s, charcoal dolphins, and some very intense pencil work.

I guess I’ve always liked drawing big.

#ghostofartworkspast

Secret Mall Apartment has hit @netflix . Here’s Michael Townsend aka @tapeart aka @wrafwraf and I “butt-skating” down college hill in providence in the early 90s , a “sport” a crew of us did nearly every Sunday night for a few years. If you haven’t seen the @jeremyworkman_documentary on his hilarious Providence mall apartment project it’s a great film and a great project.

I think Mike and I rammed straight into the wall of a house right after this photo was taken if I remember correctly and I ended up in Mikes arms

Photo by @geoffreygoodridge

#secretmallapartment

Beloved MAGIC CAR, Michael’s ride since 1994, just passed the 475k miles mark! It has been the backbone vehicle for Tape Art murals, the mall apartment, and so many other projects.
See you at 500k.

#toyota #corolla #toyotathon

Footage of Michael and Andrew as they exit a drainage pipe under the mall. This pipe opens out into the river. On the other end, you can gain access to a series of pipes and small tunnels under Providence.

#urbanexploration #secretmallapartment #familyfun

Lots of questions about the Tunnel project featured in Secret Mall Apartment (on Netflix). What’s in those hanging boxes?

#answers #secretmallapartment #tunnel #whatsinthebox

Lots of other people are Netflix ‘n’ chillin’ today watching Secret Mall Apartment.
It’s #5 on Netflix!!! Bonkers.

#secretmallapartment #netflixandchill #number5 #coldaf

I have a terrible system for carrying my post-surgery pills. (Things are still going great BTW. And minty.)

#hipsurgery #happycyborg #pills #tictac

There is free good almost everywhere… except for up.

#freegood #dontlookup