PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CACHE CAN ONLY BE DONE AT LOW TIDE, HENCE THE D/T RATING.PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE WITH CAUTION AND ONLY AT LOW TIDE, THE SEA AND TIDES CAN BE DANGEROUS, SO DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS CACHE AT ANY OTHER TIME. PLEASE LOOK AT THE DAILY TIDE TIMES BEFORE YOU VISIT THE LOCATION - YOU CAN CHECK THEM OUT HERE.
Also take care when walking out to the statue, as the terrian can be quite slippy with the tide having just gone out.
Sited in Margate you can see at low tide, a solid cast-iron figure by Antony Gormley out on the rocks and which slowly disappears as the tide comes in. The solitary cast iron statue was installed on Fulsam Rock beside the Turner Contemporary in Summer 2017 and is part of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley who is known for his sculptures and installations that explore the experience of being human, of inhabiting a human body. Individual sculptures from ANOTHER TIME have been installed all over the world, from the River Thames in London to Kunisaki in Japan, along with two sculptures from this series also being sited in Folkestone as part of Double Edge, Folkestone Triennial 2017.
Antony Gormley describes these isolated forms, cast from his own body as “an attempt to bear witness to what it is like to be alive and alone in space and time”. Made from iron, a material more usually associated with heavy industry, the industrial method of casting the sculpture is readable on its surface, whilst invisible joint lines reveal the way the plaster mould was divided and reassembled prior to casting.
The figures in this series are identical to the hundred sculptures of ANOTHER PLACE (2007), permanently sited on Crosby Beach in Liverpool. Whilst each work in ANOTHER PLACE faces the horizon, those in ANOTHER TIME all have a different orientation.
Antony Gormley began creating sculptures cast from his own body in 1981. His works have been shown in exhibitions and public locations internationally. He is known for his public sculptures The Angel of the North in Gateshead (1998) and Event Horizon (2007-2015), which has been shown in London, New York, Sao Paolo and Hong Kong.
REQUIREMENTS TO CLAIM THE CACHE.
Please email or message your answers to the following questions via our profile links.
1) Visit Stage 1, where you will find a black and yellow gate across the slipway. How many black bolt heads can you see on the sea wall?
2) Visit Stage 2 - **ONLY ACCESSABLE AT LOW TIDE**. How many pronounced circles in total can you see on both the front and back of the sculpture?
3) Standing in FRONT of the sculpture take a photo of the cast iron statue, with the Turner Centre behind. You do not need to have your face in the photo if that is not your thing, but your GPS, mobile phone, personal item or caching name should be shown. **Any photo's that DO NOT meet these requirements may result in your log being deleted without notice.**
See the photos below for examples.
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.