Scarborough Macabre is an off-season sojourn to the seaside, in which artist Melody Phelan- Clark regurgitates the strange and sinister nature of the British coast, once the summer season has passed.
Bustling beaches are replaced with empty arcades and ghostly shores, as attractions are shuttered and the seaside enters a state of sleep.
In Scarborough Macabre, Phelan Clark reminisces on half term family holidays to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and returns to the town as an adult. This work also feeds from the sea -based scares of horror fiction, namely M.R James' Oh, Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad, and the work of Scarbrough - born Susan Hill, who says of the location:
'I am in the now and then simultaneously, transfixed again by the gliding snake cables of the cliff tram. Time means nothing. Scarborough is out of time. It means everything.'
The opening event is Friday 7th February from 6 - 8pm, refreshments are provided and all are welcome.
The exhibition is also open Saturday 8th February, Wednesday 12th February, and Sunday 16th February, from 11am - 4pm on all days.
