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Anne Drake

Slate from the Spirit Case sculpture displaying the words 'slates'
Slate from the Spirit Case sculpture displaying the words 'slates'

Going Along Lauriston Place 

Face cold 

Gold light on the slates 

Hate that I’ll be late 

Fate has awakened 

Taken my luck away 

Today will be my last 

Cast aside the past 

Never to return or to rerun 

To the life I knew 

Blew it all away 

Dreaming of this day 

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A group of people stands and talks inside a brightly lit exhibition room, viewed through two wide entryways from a darker corridor with slate flooring. Posters and signs are displayed on both sides of the entrances.

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A close-up of a workshop wall with woodworking tools, a plank of reclaimed timber, and the words "Recycling a Hospital" handwritten on a white surface.

Recycling a hospital

Image of the spirit case

The Spirit case

Brick wall with eyes superimposed

Borne by the walls exhibition

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