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minding the gap (lessons from 18 folgate street)

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18 folgate in holiday drag. thanks to beachbums.com for the image.

dennis severs: what have you done there on folgate street? your sublime, unsettling creation now survives you by some sixteen years.

dennis severs: you built a haunted house, peopled it with fictional ghosts, then found a way to cheat death and join them. is this trick unparalleled or is it the essence of art?

dennis severs: not only do i not know how to quit you, i hardly know where to begin. let’s start with bare facts:

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