Peter Reder

Reder is currently co-authoring a series of plays set in 19th century America with Oscar-winning actor and director Mark Rylance.

A commission for the Brighton Festival in 2014. Preston Manor, Brighton.

Peter and Valerie was created with Canadian-Maltese actor and filmmaker Valerie Buhagiar, with the support of a Fuel / Jerwood residency at Cove Park, Scotland, and the National Theatre Studio in London. Shown at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Ottawa in 2013.

Described as 'breathtaking, monumental and fragile at the same time,' City of Dreams is a series of performance / installations exploring the memory and identity of cities through found objects and sounds. First developed as an educational project at Lewisham College, South London Gallery and the National Theatre Studio, it was subsequently re-staged in a number of cities around the world, with local participants in each location led by Reder and sound artist Tom Wallace. The project has been seen in Geissen, Bremen, Brisbane, Singapore, and most recently at the Push Festival, Vancouver in 2011 where it received an enthusiastic public and critical response. Reviewer Peter Dickinson considered it 'a stunning new way of looking at Vancouver,' others spoke of its 'exquisite beauty.'

Originally shown at McEwan Hall, Edinburgh as part of the Traverse Theatre festival fringe programme and the British Council Showcase in 2005. The performance concluded with a ten-minute film of the artist's mother in the role of the Angel of History, a reference to Walter Benjamin's use of the image of the Angelus Novus in his essay on the Philosophy of History. The List gave the show four stars, stating that it 'takes us down a fascinating road of cultural discovery.' For The Scotsman it was 'a tourist outing for deconstructionists.' Guided Tour was subsequently presented at La Laboral, Gijon, Spain, Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Colosseum, Bucharest, Carnegie Museum of Art, PIttsburgh, Gammage Auditorium, Arizona, Vancouver Art Gallery, and National Museum of Singapore.

Peter Reder (born London, 1960) is a British artist working in theatre, performance and installation. Much of his work has been concerned with history and memory, most notably the City of Dreams project and a series of site-based, promenade pieces in various museums, galleries and historic buildings in the UK and elsewhere. His work has been seen at the Brighton Festival, Battersea Arts Centre, Traverse Theatre, Somerset House and elsewhere in the UK, and internationally at Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Colliseum, Bucharest, Gammage Auditorium, Arizona, National Museum of Singapore, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, La Laboral, Spain, Vancouver Art Gallery and at Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Ottawa. His work was included in the British Council Showcase in Edinburgh in 2005.