GC2WRCH Throw It Out! (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by michaelnel

This cache has been archived.

michaelnel: Yep, it's been muggled again. Frankly, I have lost interest in geocaching, so I am not going to replace the cache, I am shutting this one down so someone who wants to use the location can.

GC2WRCH ▼

A cache by michaelnel Message this owner

Hidden : 5/22/2011

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located at one of the strangest buildings in San Francisco.

Description below from the defenestration.org website:

This multi-disciplinary sculptural mural involves seemingly animated furniture; tables, chairs, lamps, grandfather clocks, a refrigerator, and couches, their bodies bent like centipedes, fastened to the walls and window-sills, their insect-like legs seeming to grasp the surfaces.

Against society’s expectations, these everyday objects flood out of windows like escapees, out onto available ledges, up and down the walls, onto the fire escapes and off the roof.

“DEFENESTRATION” was created by Brian Goggin with the help of over 100 volunteers. The concept of “DEFENESTRATION”, a word literally meaning “to throw out of a window,” is embodied by both the site and staging of this installation. Located at the corner of Sixth and Howard Streets in San Francisco in an abandoned four-story tenement building, the site is part of a neighborhood that historically has faced economic challenges and has often endured the stigma of skid row status. Reflecting the harsh experience of many members of the community, the furniture is of the streets, cast-off and unappreciated. The simple, unpretentious beauty and humanity of these downtrodden objects is reawakened through the action of the piece.

The act of “throwing out” becomes an uplifting gesture of release, inviting reflection on the spirit of the people we live with, the objects we encounter, and the places in which we live. The ground level has served as a rotating gallery for the vibrant artwork of street muralists.

The cache is probably not reachable by someone in a wheelchair, sorry!

Congratulations to caccbag for the FTF!