This artwork was developed out of a series of workshops led by artists Libita Sibungu and Nina Royle at Springfield University Hospital. Participants from Lavender and Jupiter Wards were invited to create collages of constellations using imagery inspired by the night sky, historical celestial maps and astrological systems. Celestial maps have been used by different cultures for millennia as tools to navigate, calendars for planting crops and symbolic images that allow stories to be told. Collaboration is at the heart of the artwork, with Libita and Nina working together for the first time and also featuring reconfigured collages made by patients in the workshops that highlight and explore our shared experience and connections. Both artists were motivated by the patients’ stories of hope, fear and joy. @nina.royle #ninaroyle #libitasibungu #hospitalrooms Photography @damian_griffiths_