Thirty years ago in Oakland, California, Mario Carrillo and his wife Dixi bought an abandoned building that had once been a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. Mario worked alone over the years to convert the dilapidated shell into a home, and his most ambitious sculpture. Ave Carrillo tells how her father turned their environment into an unending art project.

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