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Jean Peters (other pseudonyms: Paul von Ribbeck, Gil Schneider, Sven Ansvar, Jessica Gräber, Conny Runner a.o.) is a German Journalist, Author and Tactical Media Artist born on the Croatian Island Vis. He is known as founding member of the Peng! collective, with which he won the Aachen Peace Prize in 2018.,[1] and his investigative journalism at Correctiv, where he is senior reporter.[2][3] In 2022, he was awarded Reporter of the Year for a joint MeToo investigation.[4] He led the investigation and editorial team at Correctiv on the meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam in 2023.[5][6]

Jean Peters at the George Tabori Prize in 2018 in Berlin.

Life

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Peters holds several master's degrees in political science from the Free University Berlin, the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance in Berlin.[7] In public, his true identity is not completely clear, since he publicly appears with different names and also changes names in interviews.

He exhibited at the Berlin Biennale, Kampnagel, the Museumsquartier Wien and the Künstlerhaus Wien.[8][9][10][11] In Austria he was investigated by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism because of his exhibition.[12] At an exhibition at Kampnagel, the German Ministry of Economics and RWE CEO Rolf Schmitz reacted.[13]

He is lecturer at the University of Cologne,[14] the University of Applied Arts Vienna,[15] the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg[16] and at the Berliner Festspiele.[17]

His artistic and political actions always received a broad media response. Together with the Peng Collective, he regularly appeared as fake spokesman for different corporations. At the Re:publica 2014, for example, he gave a speech as manager of Google in front of about 3000 visitors[18] and held a press conference at Vattenfall owns headquarters.[19] As a scientist, he captured the stage of an event at Shell.[20] In 2015, together with Peng, he co-founded a drop-out association for people working in the intelligence called Intelexit[21] and called for inner-European smuggling of refugees.[22] Disguised as a clown, he pied the right-extremist politician Beatrix von Storch in 2016.[23] In 2018 he founded the Seebrücke, a movement to decriminalize sea rescue missions.[24]

In 2019, he went undercover to a conference of climate change deniers and, together with the research center Correctiv, he revealed manipulative methods and their connections to the fossil industry.[25]

He is part of the team of artistic directors of the Capital of Culture Hannover[26] and jury member of the Berlinale[27]

References

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  1. ^ Kasch, Georg. "Peng!-Kollektiv erhält Aachener Friedenspreis". www.nachtkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Aktivist Jean Peters über den Exodus Fonds, die Erbschleicher-App und den Klimamorpher". Mit Vergnügen Berlin. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Die Heartland-Lobby – CORRECTIV". correctiv.org (in German). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ^ "https://twitter.com/gabrielakeller/status/1605585409332879361". Twitter (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ Zick, Valentin (15 January 2024). "Secret plan against Germany". correctiv.org. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ^ "#rp24 speaker Jean Peters and Justus von Daniels: A secret plan against Germany | republica". re-publica.com (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ^ "academia". Jean Peters (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Ausstellungen". Jean Peters (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Ein Künstlerkollektiv zeigt Sicherheitslücken im österreichischen Parlament". www.vice.com (in German). 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Künstlerkollektiv Peng versorgt Abgeordnete mit E-Mail-Verschlüsselung – derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ^ "DISCREET, the Intelligence Agency of the Berlin Biennale". artnet News. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Skurril: BVT ermittelt jetzt gegen Kunstprojekt". www.oe24.at (in German). 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Aktivisten legten Wirtschaftsbosse mit Fake-Amt rein". www.t-online.de (in German). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Jean Peters – weit weg die weltrettung" (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ^ Wien, brut. "Nazis & Goldmund / Hydra: Workshop Civil Disobedience featuring Jean Peters (Peng! Kollektiv)". brut-wien (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Von Storytelling 2.0 bis High End Serie – spannende Weiterbildungen im Herbst, jetzt bewerben!". Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  17. ^ Festspiele, Berliner. "Theatertreffen Archiv". www.berlinerfestspiele.de (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  18. ^ Huet, Ellen. "Google Nest Spoof By German Activists Promises Eerie, Data-Driven Future". Forbes. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  19. ^ Palitzsch, Christina (24 April 2015). "Aktivisten fälschen Vattenfall-Konferenz: Überraschende Botschaften". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  20. ^ html "Shell activist Jean Peters captured Science Slam – DER SPIEGEL – Wirtschaft". DER SPIEGEL. Retrieved 27 August 2020. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  21. ^ Greenberg, Andy (28 September 2015). "This New Campaign Wants To Help Surveillance Agents Quit NSA or GCHQ". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  22. ^ Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran and Felix. "Germany's intrepid refugee helpers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  23. ^ Services, Compiled from Wire (1 March 2016). "German politician who demanded refugees be shot gets pied". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  24. ^ Franzen, Niklas. "Aufstand in Orange (neues deutschland)". www.neues-deutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  25. ^ "The Heartland Lobby". correctiv.org. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  26. ^ "With artists and latertal thinkers: Team KHH25 grows". KHH25 (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Friedensfilmpreis 2019: Die Jury". Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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