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Qualeasha Wood / code_eden explores the vibrant worlds crafted by digital architects 鈥� realms that thrive beyond the looking glass and behind the screens of technological devices. Featuring Wood鈥檚 textiles, tuftings, and new video works, code_eden transports viewers to the artist鈥檚 meta-paradise. The show serves as a companion to Wood鈥檚 premier museum exhibition code_anima. Where code_anima examined identity and the process of individuation, code_eden delves into bespoke online habitats. These spaces serve as both places of refuge and modes for self-expression, while the grounds beneath retain roots of temptation inherent to their corporate infrastructure.

Wood鈥檚 artistic practice blends human and technological capabilities, revealing the emotive side of life鈥檚 鈥渢echnical gestures.鈥�1 In Deus Ex Machina (What Was I Made For?) (2024), Wood explores ideas of divine intervention and self-determination through imagery of fauna and iconography of virtual and religious sacraments. Wood鈥檚 tuftings, such as Into the Blue (2023), visualize the journey of adolescence and introspection through bold colors and pillowy textures. Her digital edens are dynamic spaces where she engages, shapes, and activates her cyber surroundings, what theorist Gilbert Simondon describes as 鈥渢he relational activity鈥� between a person and their environment.2 The result is a continuous and mutual feedback loop that spurs personal and environmental evolution 鈥� 鈥淭he energy of the technical gesture, having passed through the environment, returns to [the person],鈥� allowing them to modify themselves and 鈥渆volve.鈥�3 Qualeasha Wood / code_eden examines the artist as a world-builder. Wood鈥檚 multimedia art practice cultivates digital landscapes, demonstrating one鈥檚 ability to mold the technical into organic expressions of life.