Angela Washko Explained

Angela Washko
Birth Place:Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Awards:2012–2013 Recipient of the Terminal Award,
2013–2014 Recipient of the Franklin Furnace Archive Fund Grant,
2013 Full Tuition Research Fellowship, University of California, San Diego,
2018 Recipient of the Impact Award at Indiecade,
2020 Recipient of the Creative Capital Award, 2023 United States Artists Fellowship.
Field:New Media Art Artist, Curator, Facilitator
Works:Playing A Girl, Chastity, The Game: The Game

Angela Washko is an American new media artist and facilitator based in New York. After nine years as a professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University, she is currently the Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor of Art at University of Michigan.[1] [2] Washko mobilizes communities and creates new forums for discussions of feminism where they do not exist.[3]

Washko is the founder of the Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft to bring attention to and protest the sexist language from players in the game.[4] Washko has been creating performances inside the online video game World of Warcraft (WoW) since 2012 in which she initiates discussions about feminism within the gameplay.[5]

In 2015, Washko presented an ongoing project focused on noted pick-up artist Roosh V, called Banged.[6] The project was initially supported by a Rhizome at the New Museum Internet Art Microgrant.[7] Her video game project "The Game: The Game" premiered in 2018 in a solo exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.[8] Johanna Fateman named "The Game: The Game" at Museum of the Moving Image as one of the top ten exhibitions of 2018 for Artforum.[9] Rhizome (organization) added "The Game: The Game" to their Net Art Anthology, a project aiming to preserve historically important works of net art.[10] [11]

In 2021, Angela Washko moved into film-making by directing a documentary film called Workhorse Queen.[12] After premiering at Slamdance Film Festival and a long international film festival run, the film was released in June 2022 for television broadcast and streaming on Starz, and additionally became available for VOD on Amazon Prime, AppleTV, Roku, and Vudu.[13] Workhorse Queen is distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures. Washko was the recipient of the Best Documentary Feature award at American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, and the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Buffalo International Film Festival.[14] [15]

In 2020, Angela Washko was awarded the Creative Capital Award for her new video game project "Mother, Player."[16] In 2023, she received the United States Artists Fellowship in the Media category.[17]

Work

In 2014, Creative Time commissioned an essay from Washko on her findings as the self-founded Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft.

She is the first person to ever sell a Vine video.[18] The video was bought by Dutch art advisor, curator and collector Myriam Vanneschi for $200 at the Moving Image Art Fair. The title, "Tits on Tits on Ikea" was an extension to a Vine selected as a runner-up in a project called "The Shortest Video Art Ever Sold," curated by Marina Galperina and Kyle Chayka, submitted to the #VeryShortFilmFest.

Her video work "Chastity" won the Terminal Award from the Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University.[19] She was the 2013 to 2014 Recipient of the Franklin Furnace Fund Grant for her World of Warcraft performances.[20] In 2020, she was awarded the Creative Capital Award.[21]

In 2018, she exhibited her new work "The Game: The Game" at the Museum of the Moving Image.[22] The Game: The Game takes the form of a dating simulator, pitting you against six men who are aggressively vying for your attention at a bar. "The Game: The Game" additionally won the 2018 Impact Award at Indiecade.[23]

In 2021, Angela Washko's first feature-length documentary film about Mrs. Kasha Davis and the Rochester drag community, Workhorse Queen, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival.[24]

Art practice

Washko's interdisciplinary practice of performance, video, and installation investigates public opinion regarding proper etiquette, appropriate lifestyle choices, limited gender designations.[25] She works in mostly online public spaces of contemporary American culture in order to reach a larger audience with a feminist discourse.[26] Her work has been exhibited by the Museum of the Moving Image (London) in the National #Selfie Portrait Gallery,[27] Biennial of the Americas in The World is !Flat, Denver Digerati in Denver, Colorado,[28] Transfer Gallery in Brooklyn, New York,[29] and Super Art Moderne Museum: Spamm.[30]

She was a contributing writer for Animal NY.[31]

Curatorial and related activities

Washko has organized exhibitions and programs at the University of California, San Diego, New York University, Flux Factory, and Temple University's Tyler School of Art. She curates and compiles A Feminist Art Movement Online, an archive of artists, writers, curators, and cultural producers with various practices addressing issues regarding gendered experiences. These practitioners primarily make and/or distribute their work online and contribute to a shift in making the internet a more inclusive space for women and their cultural work.[32] She was the Department Events Coordinator of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego until 2015. She has written for dpi Magazine.[33] In 2013 she hosted the podcast "A Cups" with new media artist Ann Hirsch, made possible by the Radiohive collective[34] in which they interviewed guests such as Nate Hill, Carla Gannis, Chris Gethard, and Genevieve Belleveau. In 2017, she curated the exhibition "Hacking/Modding/Remixing as Feminist Protest" at the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[35]

Education

Washko graduated in 2009 from Tyler School of Art of Temple University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting/Drawing/Sculpture. She studied at the Post Graduate Apprentice Program at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in 2009. She graduated in 2015 with a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art from the University of California, San Diego.

Exhibitions

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2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Angela Washko - School of Art Carnegie Mellon University. School of Art Carnegie Mellon University. 2022-10-18. en-US.
  2. Web site: Crook . Phillip . 2024-06-05 . The School of Art Congratulates Professor Angela Washko on Her New Professorship at the University of Michigan . 2024-07-08 . School of Art Carnegie Mellon University . en-US.
  3. Web site: Visual Arts Department. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407082409/http://visarts.ucsd.edu/mfa/angela-washko. April 7, 2014. April 3, 2014. UC San Diego.
  4. Web site: Steinhauer . Jillian . 21 January 2013 . Finding Feminism in World of Warcraft . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025145918/https://hyperallergic.com/63902/finding-feminism-in-world-of-warcraft/ . 25 October 2021 . 29 December 2015 . Hyperallergic.
  5. Web site: Jansson . Mathias . 11 February 2013 . Interview: Angela Washko's gender playing in WoW . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102011406/https://www.gamescenes.org/2013/02/interview-angela-wahsko-a-wow-feminism-.html . 2 November 2022 . 22 November 2022 . GameScenes.
  6. News: Valentine . Ben . 23 April 2015 . What Happens When a Feminist Artist Interviews a Pickup Artist . en-US . Hyperallergic . live . 4 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150523025638/https://hyperallergic.com/199218/what-happens-when-a-feminist-artist-interviews-a-pickup-artist/ . 23 May 2015.
  7. News: Modig . Kimmo . Announcing the 5 Internet Art Microgrants Awardees . 14 February 2023 . Rhizome . 16 September 2014.
  8. Web site: Angela Washko Plays The Game: The Game . Museum of the Moving Image.
  9. News: Fateman . Johanna . Top Ten of 2018 . 14 February 2023 . December 2018 . Artforum.
  10. Web site: The Game: The Game . Rhizome Net Art Anthology . October 27, 2016 . Rhizome at the New Museum.
  11. Web site: Retelling The History of Net Art From The 1980s to the 2010s . Rhizome Net Art Anthology . Rhizome at the New Museum.
  12. News: Berger . Laura . Angela Washko Shines a Spotlight on a RuPaul's Drag Race Alum in Slamdance Doc "Workhorse Queen" . 14 February 2023 . Women in Hollywood . 12 February 2021.
  13. News: Rabinowitz . Chloe . Breaking Glass Pictures to Release WORKHORSE QUEEN . 14 February 2023 . Broadway World . 14 April 2022.
  14. News: Vourlias . Christopher . Poland's American Film Festival Unspools 13th Annual Showcase of Contemporary and Classic American Cinema . 14 February 2023 . Variety . 5 September 2022.
  15. Web site: Workhorse Queen . Buffalo International Film Festival . 14 February 2023.
  16. News: 2020 Creative Capital Award Recipients Announced . 14 February 2023 . Artforum . 15 January 2020.
  17. News: Aton . Francesca . United States Artists Fellowships Awarded to Carolina Caycedo, Christine Sun Kim, Guadalup Maravilla, and More . 14 February 2023 . ARTNews . 24 January 2023.
  18. Web site: Holt . Kris . 12 March 2013 . This is the first Vine art ever sold . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412130854/https://www.dailydot.com/culture/twitter-vine-art-gallery-sold/ . 12 April 2019 . 22 November 2022 . Daily Dot.
  19. Web site: Jones . Barry . 18 January 2013 . Terminal Award: Chastity by Angela Washko . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220517181538/http://www.terminalapsu.org/2013/01/18/terminal-award-chastity-by-angela-washko/ . 17 May 2022 . 22 November 2022 . Terminal . en-US.
  20. Web site: Franklin Furnace Fund Recipients 2013-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210629225317/http://franklinfurnace.org/artists/funded_projects/the_franklin_furnace_fund/fundwinners13_14/ . 29 June 2021 . Franklin Furnace.
  21. Web site: 2020 . Award Year 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220906022125/https://creative-capital.org/award/awardees/2020/ . 6 September 2022 . 22 November 2022 . Creative Capital.
  22. Web site: 2018 . Installation - The Game: The Game . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030012/http://www.movingimage.us/exhibitions/2018/01/10/detail/the-game-the-game/ . 9 November 2020 . 11 March 2019 . Museum of the Moving Image.
  23. Web site: 15 October 2018 . IndieCade Congratulates 2018 Festival Award Winners news . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318221219/https://www.indiedb.com/groups/indie-devs/news/indiecade-congratulates-2018-festival-award-winners . 18 March 2022 . 5 December 2018 . Indie DB . en.
  24. Web site: Berger . Laura . 12 February 2021 . Angela Washko Shines a Spotlight on a "RuPaul's Drag Race" Alum in Slamdance Doc "Workhorse Queen" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315233021/https://womenandhollywood.com/angela-washko-shines-a-spotlight-on-a-rupauls-drag-race-alum-in-slamdance-doc-workhorse-queen/ . 15 March 2022 . 15 October 2021 . Women and Hollywood . en-US.
  25. Web site: UCSD Open Studios / Angela Washko . Ucsdopenstudios.com . 2015-12-29.
  26. Web site: Driever . Juliana . 26 June 2013 . Artist Profile: Angela Washko . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230195359/https://badatsports.com/2013/artist-profile-angela-washko/ . 30 December 2019 . 29 December 2015 . Bad at Sports .
  27. Web site: National #Selfie Portrait Gallery . Artsy.net . 2013-10-09 . 2015-12-29.
  28. Web site: Denver Digerati . Denver Digerati . 2015-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407112345/http://www.denverdigerati.com/node/31/ . April 7, 2014 . dead .
  29. Web site: Alvarez . Ana Cecilia . 22 September 2013 . The Artist of gURLS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416012321/http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/09/22/feminist-online-art-and-the-women-of-gurls.html . 16 April 2016 . 29 December 2015 . The Daily Beast .
  30. Web site: Super Art Modern Museum - Spamm - Musee Des Arts Super Modernes / Safari . Spamm.fr . 2015-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140204214852/http://spamm.fr/safari/ . February 4, 2014 . dead .
  31. Web site: About - ANIMAL . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321002244/https://animalnewyork.com/about/ . 21 March 2022 . 29 December 2015 . Animal.
  32. Web site: A Feminist Art Movement Online . Outofthekitchenarchive.tumblr.com . 2015-12-29.
  33. Web site: Playing A Girl (The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft) | .dpi . Dpi.studioxx.org . 2015-12-29.
  34. Web site: A Cups by Angela Washko and Ann Hirsch on iTunes . Itunes.apple.com . 2015-12-29.
  35. Web site: Professor Angela Washko Curates "Hacking / Modding / Remixing as Feminist Protest" at Miller Gallery Carnegie Mellon University. 2017-01-30. School of Art Carnegie Mellon University. 2017-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180716/http://www.art.cmu.edu/2017/01/30/professor-angela-washko-curates-hacking-modding-remixing-feminist-protest-miller-gallery-cmu/. March 1, 2017. dead.
  36. Web site: Kimball . Whitney . 2015-01-05 . This Week's Must-See Art Events: Best Events of 2015 So Far . 2023-02-14 . Art F City . en-US.
  37. Web site: Vartanian . Hrag . 2015-01-06 . ArtRx NYC . 2023-02-14 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  38. Web site: Memory Burn - Press Release.
  39. Web site: GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY - Artists. gamevideoart.org.
  40. Book: GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY. Silvana Editoriale. 2016. 9788836634545. Bittanti. Matteo.
  41. Web site: The 3rd Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale/Artists. szx3iab.com/. June 7, 2016 . April 6, 2017.
  42. Web site: Performing in Public (Four Years of Ephemeral Actions in World of Warcraft). April 6, 2017.
  43. Web site: Angela Washko. The Game: The Game.
  44. Web site: Angela Washko. The Game: The Game - Press Release.
  45. Web site: 2017-10-30 . Angela Washko at Squeaky Wheel . 2023-02-14 . The Public . en.
  46. Web site: HAUNTED MACHINES & WICKED PROBLEMS EXHIBITION IMPAKT . 2023-02-14 . en-US.
  47. Web site: Nonlinear Perspectives Exhibition at the 2017 Gray Area Festival . 2023-02-14 . Gray Area.
  48. Web site: Blinding Pleasures / Man Bartlett, Angela Washko and Ben Grosser. arebyte.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20170407055400/http://www.arebyte.com/blinding-pleasures/4593457827. April 7, 2017. 6 April 2017. dead.
  49. Web site: 2016-10-27 . NET ART ANTHOLOGY: The Game: The Game . 2023-02-14 . NET ART ANTHOLOGY: The Game: The Game.
  50. Web site: Kenney . Jeff . ANGELA WASHKO: POKING THE HIVE . 2023-02-14 . Mason Exhibitions . May 10, 2022 . en-US.
  51. Web site: Davis . Laura . 2018-03-23 . Sickeningly violent exhibition warns visitors to look away . 2023-02-14 . Liverpool Echo . en.
  52. Web site: DeBianchi . Antonia . 2018-02-07 . Peabody Essex Museum to Open "PlayTime" . 2023-02-14 . Boston Magazine . en-US.
  53. Web site: Boston Covers Art in the Internet Age with Region-Wide Exhibitions . 2023-02-14 . ArtfixDaily . en.
  54. News: Martens . Todd . 12 October 2018 . He said, she squirmed: The pickup artist game that is the talk of IndieCade and may help us communicate better . Los Angeles Times . 14 February 2023.
  55. Web site: 2018 AWARDS – IndieCade . 2023-02-14 . en-US.
  56. Web site: Indiecade Europe 2018 . 2023-02-14 . sprites.fr/ . fr-FR.
  57. Web site: GAME ART: ANGELA WASKHO'S WEAPONIZING COURTSHIP (2020) . 2023-02-14 . GAMESCENES.
  58. Web site: Angela Washko: Point of View - Announcements - e-flux . 2023-02-14 . www.e-flux.com . en.
  59. Web site: GAMExCINEMA . 2023-02-14 . Korean Film Archive . ko.
  60. Web site: Magazine . express . 2021-06-04 . On Now! Doc Edge Film Festival - Documenting Life . 2023-02-14 . express Magazine . en-US.
  61. Web site: Althoff . Eric . 2021-08-09 . BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL : "Waikiki," "A Fire Within," "The First Step," "The High Life" and "Workhorse Queen" - Screen Comment . 2023-02-14 . screencomment.com . en-US.
  62. Web site: 2021-05-14 . Here is the lineup for the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival . 2023-02-14 . OnMilwaukee.
  63. Web site: Filmmakers discuss record-breaking diversity at the 2021 Florida Film Festival . 2023-02-14 . Orlando Sentinel. April 10, 2021 .
  64. Web site: Workhorse Queen TLVFest . 2023-02-14 . en-US.
  65. Web site: Mullen . Pat . 2021-08-12 . Vancouver Queer Film Festival Goes Out and Proud with Sex-Positive Line-up . 2023-02-14 . POV Magazine . en-US.
  66. Web site: 2022-06-23 . 'WORLDBUILDING' Explores the Intersection of Art and Gaming . 2023-02-14 . Hypebeast.
  67. Web site: PAM CUT's Doc-O-Rama Shines a Spotlight on Queer Performers . 2023-02-14 . Willamette Week . September 7, 2022 . en.
  68. Web site: Artuu . Redazione . 2022-01-28 . A Roma la mostra MIXED MEDIA . 2023-02-14 . Artuu Magazine L'Arte per i Millennials . it-IT.

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