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Two video game stations with large monitors are bathed in bright pink light and display the video game Mother, Player - which leads players through the artist's experiences with pregnancy and childbirth during the pandemic.
Photograph by Courtney Kinnare

Mother, Player

Angela Washko

Media Art Installation, Video Game, 2023

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Mother, Player is an experimental narrative video game featuring pregnancy and early parenthood stories from artists during the global pandemic. Set within a backdrop of the tense 2020 United States election and a terrifying new international health crisis, players explore the maternal healthcare industry and parenting culture as a burnt out pansexual artist who has decided to have a child despite an increasingly discouraging geopolitical climate that deprioritizes and devalues care. The project has recently been exhibited at Public Works Administration Gallery in NYC, Somerset House in London, and Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space in NYC.