We Deh Here

Forum Expanded Exhibition 2026

Tracing the relationship between Scotland and Guyana through photography, sewing, genealogical research and matrilineal lines, this 16mm film installation by Maybelle Peters combines stills of historical sites in Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands with audio conversations between the artist and her mother. It investigates and speculates on their interconnection as an expression of British and Scottish colonialism. The 16mm reel created for exhibition contexts has been sewn into by the artist, resulting in an image that constantly fluctuates in focus and clarity.

by Maybelle Peters (Director) United Kingdom 2025 English Colour German premiere

Crew

Director	Maybelle Peters
Cinematography	Maybelle Peters
Editing	Maybelle Peters
Animation	Maybelle Peters
Producer	Milo Clenshaw
Executive Producers	Rachael Disbury, Michael Pattison

Produced by

Alchemy Film and Arts

Hawick, United Kingdom

Photos

Maybelle Peters

Maybelle Peters is a London-based artist and filmmaker working with digital video, film, CGI and textiles. Her practice explores the movement of Black corporeality in time and space using an archive of ephemera, gestures and sounds. Her first commissioned film, A Lesson in History for BBC2, was followed by an animated adaptation of Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks. She received the inaugural Womxn of Colour art award (2020) and has presented work at various international festivals. Maybelle holds a doctorate in creative technology from the University of the Arts London, where her inquiry examined extractivism through motion capture.

Filmography (selection)

1990 A Lesson in History · Black Skin, White Masks 1995 Mama Lou 2019 Ocean Going Figurine · In the Round 2020 The Morning Has Gold in its Mouth · Heavy Bones 2023 Conserving Matter 2024 Royal Blue Phalanxes 2025 We Deh Here; Forum Expanded 2026