Event: Angela Washko Plays The Game: The Game (January 10, 2018, New York)

Museum of the Moving Image will present the world premiere of Angela Washko’s The Game: The Game, a dating simulator that pits players against several men modeled on real-life seduction coaches, who vie for their attention in a bar setting.  Composed of scenarios, techniques, and language from texts and instructional videos created by these men, The Game: The Game flips the script on the processes of some of the world’s most prominent pick-up artists and allows players to explore, expose, and defuse their techniques. The game is at turns funny and alarming, an experience heightened by a disorienting original score from Xiu Xiu.