ANGELA WASHKO | PLAYING A GIRL
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 12th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM HVCCA, 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, New York
The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Angela Washko’s
Playing a Girl.
In early 2012 Angela Washko founded “The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft” as a performative intervention within the misogynistic environment of World of Warcraft, the most massively popular multiplayer role playing game of all time. Instead of continuing to follow the quest structure of the game—killing dragons, getting better equipment, joining more competitive guilds—while performing as “The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft,” Washko facilitates discussions with players inside the game about the ways in which the community therein addresses women and how players respond to the term “FEMINISM.”