In the Spring of 2006, Rosemary had the brilliant idea of creating a giant sculpture made out of shopping bags from the Mall of America. Congratulating herself on her genius, she went to the Mall and started asking stores for bags, but they wouldn’t give them to her without buying something. Thus began one of the most misguided adventures of her young life, as she slowly worked her way around the Mall, making purchases at every retail store but two (she lied to get the Eddie Bauer bag, and got weirded out at Daniel’s Leather). In the end, she made purchases at over 300 stores, returning (most of) those purchases bag-less on the following visit.
Rosemary Williams is a video and installation artist who has always hated shopping, and nearly had an anxiety attack at the Mall of America the first time she went there when she moved to Minnesota from New York City. Now her kids make up little songs about the Mall, and ask her whenever she gets home from work what presents she brought for them today.
http://www.rosemarygoestothemall.com/
I love hearing her perspective on things in the podcast! It's so different...
Rosemary Williams is a video and installation artist who has always hated shopping, and nearly had an anxiety attack at the Mall of America the first time she went there when she moved to Minnesota from New York City. Now her kids make up little songs about the Mall, and ask her whenever she gets home from work what presents she brought for them today.
http://www.rosemarygoestothemall.com/
I love hearing her perspective on things in the podcast! It's so different...
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