Art Restart Podcast: Angela Washko
Much of Angela Washko’s work begins with a simple question: What if we took the media
we consume every day — the video games, the reality shows, the online chatrooms —
as seriously as we take traditional art spaces?
With a practice that spans performance, social engagement, video games and film, Angela has spent more than a decade doing just that. In this episode of the Art Restart podcast, Angela reflects on how she found her voice as an artist inside a male-dominated gaming culture, why she continues to work in and not against the media she critiques, and how becoming a mother during a global crisis reshaped her ideas of creativity, care and time.
The Art Restart podcast is hosted by Pier Carlo Talenti and is produced by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts. Photo: Gray Swartzel.
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Aug. 15, 2025