A nocturama is an architectural device: a controlled, low-light habitat in which nocturnal animals can be observed during manufactured daylight. Visitors enter a reversed world where creatures accustomed to darkness move under…
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Richie Hofmann is the recipient of a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2025 Literature Fellowship…
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