In Gone Not Forever, Hadley Clark deepens her ongoing exploration of material reuse, presenting an installation of plant-dyed sculptural garments crafted from textiles discarded by the Crossroads Hotel in Spring 2024. Clark transforms the hotel lobby into a stage for transient experiences—an unfamiliar space to be briefly inhabited.

By reintroducing the hotel’s discarded fabrics as sculptural garments in its gallery, Clark evokes the looping, surreal qualities of dreams. Here, much like the dreams of hotel guests, the familiar and unfamiliar intertwine; a cast-off bed sheet becomes a garment draped in its own remnants, a torn pillowcase morphs into colorful, swaying gloves, one pair of pants sprouts from another’s cuff, while molten-gold jackets sit in a silent debate over their shared fabric.

Clark’s installation establishes a circuit connecting the hotel, gallery, and creative imagination. In this transformed space, the old mingles with the new, the mundane converses with the surreal, conscious and subconscious blend, and visitors witness what it means to be Gone Not Forever.

During the show, Clark will launch the Hotel Gift Shop of Your Dreams, a small store in the gallery’s rear, offering dream-inspired items—nightgowns, pillowcases, dream masks, potions, and sachets—handcrafted from the hotel’s discarded textiles.