Maik Helfrich

DJ Prof. Helfrich teaches Game Art and Design at the Essen Academy of Fine Arts. He works as an artist, game designer, musician, and researcher in fields such as virtual reality, serious playfulness, light and sound, and experimental design.

As part of the team behind the annual PLAY Festival, he brings people joy; as a DJ specializing in bass music, he gets them dancing. He has also founded a record label with some of his high school friends and is a member of the Chaos Computer Club.