Artists on the Big Screen: The Witching Hour - Tyler Mellins

Collaged together using footage from the film archive at The Box, 'The Witching Hour' positions the local landscape as a psychological stage for strange dreams and fears to play out on. As the film progresses, it collapses into nightmarish visions of witches and evil spirits. Drawing on regional folk customs and LGBT+ histories, this newly-commissioned film by artist Tyler Mellins encourages us to ‘turn and face the strange’, embracing those different from ourselves and resisting harmful narratives.