Peter Treherne is a moving image artist who creates ethnographic fantasies with rural communities. His work has been exhibited at galleries and festivals around the world, including the Institute of Contemporary Arts and Rencontres Internationales, and is regularly funded by Arts Council England.
He has recently completed Matter of Britain, which documents an English country village’s quest for the Holy Grail. The artwork combines recordings of agricultural work across the four seasons with community performances of the Arthurian Wasteland mythology.
Peter was also founder and director of the Slow Film Festival, an organisation dedicated to sharing moving image art with rural audiences. As director, he collaborated with the British Council and MUBI to exhibit work from artists including James Benning, Babette Mangolte and Kevin Jerome Everson. He remains a trustee of the organisation.