PLAY18

Technical Supervisor

Maik Helfrich is a freelance artist and mainly works in the field of games/art/video. As part of the artist group zkk – Zentrum für kabelgebundene Kunst he realized stage designs for theater and opera as well as lighting concepts for music clubs and festivals.

His work as a VJ and the work on interactive installations finally brought him to his long-standing passion, the (video-)games.

In addition, he supervises the GamesLab of the Master’s Program in Game Design at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, where he also conducts research in the field of artistic and space-consuming game concepts. He spends a lot of time in virtual reality and likes everything that flickers brightly.