A Story of Hope
I was approached by the charity The Refugee Buddy Project & asked to create audio tracks for a geocache to be secreted in the hills surrounding Hastings. This was part of an ambitious project named England’s Creative Coast. I collaborated with local artist Fatima Esayli, who designed & built a physical cache for the first ever geocache art tour.
We wanted to share the story of a member of our refugee community & allow people who find the cache to listen to it (via a QR code) on their phones. The location of the cache overlooked the English Channel, in which many refugees seeking safety have lost their lives.
I recorded & edited two tracks for the piece, one of which contains the story of an LGBT refugee from Syria. The other was a simple soundscape that included the sound of waves hitting the local beach & the beautiful singing of a local refugee woman.