Matter of Britain

“Peter Treherne is an artist-filmmaker who creates ethnographic fantasies with rural communities. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. He is regularly funded by Arts Council England.
Treherne studied Medieval History and English Literature at the University of St Andrews and Film Aesthetics at the University of Oxford. He was also founder and director of the Slow Film Festival, an organisation dedicated to sharing durational 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.”