PLAY15 » Festivalleitung

Andreas Hedrich

Christina Kutscher — Thu, 07 May 2015 14:22:23 +0000

As the initiator and spokesperson of the Initiative Creative Gaming Andreas Hedrich has been pleading for the creative use of video games since 2006. He is also a member of the Executive Board of Mediennetz Hamburg e.V (Media Network Hamburg), a member of jaf e.V (Association for media education in Hamburg), spokesman for the GMK Landesgruppe Hamburg, Shareholder of the Media Agency Frische Medien, Project Manager of Computerspiel Schule Hamburg (Video Games School Hamburg) and many other media educational projects in Hamburg and Germany. He is also a lecturer at the HAW – University of Applied Sciences Hamburg and at the University Hamburg at the Faculty of Education where he teaches media literacy and media education. Concerning PLAY15 Andreas is responsible for the overall coordination and the management.

Christiane Schwinge

Christina Kutscher — Thu, 21 May 2015 16:16:09 +0000

Christiane Schwinge studied education, psychology and sociology. After her studies, she worked at several media pedagogical research projects. Currently, she is a network coordinator at the project BBS futur 2.0. Ever since her studies, she works as a freelancer in diverse fields of media education. As a member of jaf – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis Hamburg e. V. as well as co-initiator of the Initiative Creative Gaming she is mainly involved in action-oriented projects about media literacy.

Togehther with Vera Marie Rodewald she is responsible for the art direction of PLAY15. Furthermore she is accountable for the PLAY-Conference. Her favourite games are B.U.T.T.O.N and Octodad, because they are equally stupid, funny and unplayable.

Jakob Kopczynski

Christina Kutscher — Sun, 24 May 2015 15:57:43 +0000

Jakob Kopczynski is co-founder of the initiative Creative Gaming, member of jaf – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis and lecturer at HAW Hamburg.

At PLAY15, Jakob is part of the festival’s administration and deals with the general coordination. Furthermore, he takes care of the organisation of evening events at the department FEIERN. Favourite game forever: Boulder Dash, followed closely by Pong Invaders.

Vera Marie Rodewald

Christina Kutscher — Sun, 24 May 2015 15:57:49 +0000

Vera Marie Rodewald is working as a freelance media educator in Hamburg. In September 2015 she is starting to work at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences as well. She is member of the board at jaf e.V. – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis, managing editor at the online magazine for media education and promotion of young filmmakers at Mediennetz Hamburg und co-initiator of Initiative Creative Gaming e.V.. Her focus lies on film, computer games, internet and online journalism.

At PLAY15, she is part of the festival’s administration. Moreover, she is responsible for the discursive parts of the festival as the PLAY-Conference as well as the scope REDEN with its talks and short inputs. She has a lot of favourite games, as for instance Life is strange and Super Mario 3D World.