Qualeasha Wood's 'Malware' Exposes the Underbelly of Being Chronically Online

For Qualeasha Wood, a glitch can be good. In her latest solo show at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the Philly-based artist delves into the glitch as aesthetic and a language for moving through a world where selfhood is constantly mediated and warped. Balancing digital disenchantment with an optimistic eye, Wood puts a spin on body horror conventions in her latest body of work, composed of tapestries, tuftings and video.In Malware, jacquard tapestries turn digital pixels into hand-stitched poetry. L...