If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Elaine Hullihen

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Elaine Hullihen

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread, marble plaster; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Jasmine Golphin

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole (2022), used clothing, fabric, thread; Installation view, dimensions variable; photo by Ape Bleakney

If It Can Be Whole was installed at Bay Branch Farm on Oct. 6, 2022. This installation combines soft sculptures made from old clothing and sewing scraps with the environment of an urban farm in Cleveland, Ohio to explore expectations of place, encounters with texture, and the joys of curious discovery. Guests were invited to walk around the farm and linger in the unseasonably warm fall afternoon.

Photos taken by myself, Ape Bleakney and Jasmine A. Golphin