- City
- Hannover, Germany
- Artistic Residency
- Collide
- Year
- 2013
Seeing the invisible and discovering the meaning of life are the twin quests of filmmaker Jan Peters
Peters is a German documentary filmmaker specializing in Super 8. Born in Hanover, he later studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HfbK) and co-founded Abbildungszentrum, the filmmakers’ collective, in 1994. Peters is also a radio play author and video artist. He is particularly known for his playful and experimental use of accident and imperfection to emphasize the film as a medium and his exploration of the dynamic between narrator and audience. The artist often masterfully interweaves a documentary style with unexpected elements such as satire, monologue performances, and forays into fiction. Yet, his oeuvre is constantly growing more diverse in style and content.
In 2013, Jan Peters became the second recipient of the Collide @ CERN Geneva prize, which is supported by the Canton and City of Geneva.
