What makes a place home? Is it a place that feels like a refuge? Is it somewhere you sleep really, really well? Does it matter if it’s a place you’re not technically allowed to be? What if the place that feels like home lives only in your memory, like a perpetually interrupted dream? Michael Townsend has made and lost more than one home, but only one of them was born of a unique blend of grief, curiosity, imagination, and mischief. And only one of them was accessed by crawling through a series of pitch black caverns in the bowels of a giant mall.
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Nocturne is produced by Vanessa Lowe. Nick White is our senior editor.
Nocturne is distributed by KCRW, and receives support from KCRW’s Independent Producer Project, which provides resources to creative storytellers around the world.
Special thanks to Daniel Linhart, Alex Espinoza, Jeremy Cherfas, Michael, Katie Burkart, Herrin Hopper, Heidi Anderson, David Green, Jemma, Artorias Stark, Hugo Arenivas, Joseph Potter, Mary Jo Eyler, Camilla Meshiea, Marta Pelrine-Bacon, Tara, Lauren Smith, Chris Glover, Edward Champion.
You can find out more about Michael Townsend and Tape Art here. Pictures and information about the secret apartment are here.
You can find a version of this episode on the podcast, 99% Invisible, entitled “The Accidental Room”. Many thanks to the 99PI team.
Music
Nocturne theme music by Kent Sparling
Additional music:
Kent Sparling \\ Fieldlines \\ Jeffrey Foster \\ Kid Otter
Episode Artwork: Robin Galante