Walk & Tour The Findings public artworks

Meet at the start of Eastbourne park run in Shinewater park
Postcode BN23 8BS
What3words lovely,hiding,bunny
30m west of park playground, on grass

Join artist Verity-Jane Keefe for a walk around The Findings public artworks in Shinewater and Langney and revisit them a year after their unveiling.

With Verity you will explore the process of making the works, learn about the ideas behind them and hear about the people that helped make them happen.

The walk will take about 2 hours, please note that it will not be a circular route. We will meet in Shinewater Park and visit the artworks at each of the following locations: Shinewater Sports Centre, Langney Shopping Centre, Pembroke Road and end at the work at Langney Playing Fields.

Meet in Shinewater Park, near the park playground
Postcode BN23 8BS
What3words ///edge.pits.scans

The course includes walking on the pavement or woodland paths. Gradients will vary between flat and having a slight incline. Appropriate footwear is advised and wet weather clothing in case of rain.

We have a budget available to make this event as accessible as possible – this can include interpretation services or other access needs we can meet to enable you to participate.

If you require access arrangements, please email programme@townereastbourne.org.uk two weeks before the event date so that we can book a service if needed

Getting there by public transport

Bus stop at entrance to Shinewater park, UNO 1/1A Stagecoach service stops here every 7 to 8 minutes. Nearest railway station is Hampden Park followed by Westham and Polegate.

Getting there on foot

Walking/Cycling from Hampden Park and Polegate, follow cuckoo trail underneath bridge of A22 Golden Jubilee Way, crossing river then turn left following path into Shinewater Park. Other areas follow footpaths/roads leading to Larkspur Drive; continue along until you reach Shinewater Park next to The Turing School.

Getting there by road

Main road into Eastbourne is Golden Jubilee Way (A22). Come to roundabout with Bannatynes Gym on right hand side, take the 1st exit onto Willingdon Drove (B2191). At mini roundabout turn left into Larkspur Drive, Shinewater Park is located approximately 250 metres on the left.

The Findings project began with archaeological digs in autumn 2023, where remnants of previous human activity were collected by participants of all ages. The objects were sorted and catalogued during workshops with Verity-Jane Keefe, archaeologist Jo Seaman, the Eastbourne Heritage Team and Towner in a retail unit in Langney Shopping Centre.

Participants used the objects as material in workshops that replicated processes that would be used in the production of the final works, like tile making, rubbing, casting and frame making. Some of the objects were then cast in brass at a local Eastbourne foundry, photographed in the hands of people involved in the project and digitally printed onto porcelain tiles. The works are now installed around the local area in walls or on the ground, tiled into frames in colours, taken from a palette developed by the artist of the local area.

The Findings is a project by Verity-Jane Keefe, commissioned by Towner Eastbourne and funded by the UK Government.

Verity-Jane Keefe is a visual artist working with text, archives, moving image, research, installation, performance, social structures and object to explore the often-complex relationships between power, people and place.

She is interested in the role of the artist within urban regeneration and places in flux and how experiential practice can touch upon and raise ambitions of existing and invisible communities. She has been developing new models of practice within municipal, collaborative contexts – following long term residency approaches that produce outcomes that explore the politics of participation.

She has recently delivered public commissions with Towner Eastbourne, Barts Hospital AiR and is Wheatley Fellow with Eastside Projects until October (Birmingham) and has just completed a Pre-Doc programme with ZHdK (Zurich). Her solo exhibition The Artist, The Community, The Council and The Philanthropist is showing at Eastside Projects from October 3 until December 6.

Instagram: @veritykeefe