This geocache has been created by Eastbourne Studio Pottery (ESP) working with rough sleepers who have been rehoused during the pandemic, as part of the Rough Sleeper Initiative. Through ESP, rough sleepers are accessing a range of creative workshops in printmaking, photography, painting and pottery to support well-being and develop skills and interests. Making this cache is an opportunity for them to share their experience of life in the town with other people.
The contents of the cache have been made in clay, a material that is incredibly malleable and responsive to the maker's hand and can be transformed into an infinite range of designs. Our history is intrinsically linked to how we have used this 'earth' both for functional necessity and economic or cultural power. Our cache makes use of this material both in its disguise and reward to share some experiences of sleeping rough by the sea.
The cache is sited in Warrior Square Gardens in Central St Leonards, an area used by many rough sleepers. After a number of thefts and vandalism the cache is now locked to a tree in the mian garden area.
To find out more about this cache and the people who made it, check out the QR code on the log book or follow this link https://www.englandscreativecoast.com/geocaching/geocache-hastings-contemporary-secret-garden/
This geocache is one of many that form part of the world’s first Art GeoTour: England’s Creative Coast (GT4A5). Within each uniquely created geocache, you will be able to hear about and see local hidden histories and hear stories, music and poetry, retold by local people based on their amazing coastal towns.
More about England’s Creative Coast
England’s Creative Coast is a cultural adventure for 2021 that connects and celebrates the stunning South East coastline of England. Discover 7 new contemporary artworks in the breath-taking landscape across Essex, Kent and East Sussex and take part in our GeoTour, with every cache created by the local people that live in the coastal towns of Southend-on-Sea, Gravesend, Margate, Folkestone, Hastings, Bexhill-on-Sea and Eastbourne.
Find out more about the world’s first art GeoTour, and the organisations that helped bring it to life - Cement Fields, Creative Folkestone, De La Warr Pavilion, Hastings Contemporary, Metal, Towner Eastbourne and Turner Contemporary - at englandscreativecoast.com.
Please follow all government COVID guidelines. Interaction with the geocaches is done so at your own risk.