Artist Leaves Dress In The Dead Sea For 2 Months And It Turns Into Glittering Salt Crystal Masterpiece
For her project titled Salt Bride, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau decided to submerge a black gown in the Dead Sea. The gown spent 2 months in the salt-rich waters in 2014, and as you can see from these stunning pictures, the end result is nothing short of magical.
The project is an eight-part photo series inspired by S. Ansky’s 1916 play titled Dybbuk. The play is about a young Hasidic woman who becomes possessed by the spirit of her dead lover, and Landau’s salt-encrusted gown is a replica of the one worn in the dramatic production of the 1920s.
Landau checked on the black gown various times in order to capture the gradual process of salt crystalisation that you can see in the pictures below. You can also see them at London’s Marlborough Contemporary, where they’ll be on display until September 3rd.
UPDATE: An earlier version of this article said that the gown had been submerged for two years, not two months. Sorry for the mistake.
More info: Sigalit Landau | Marlborough Contemporary (h/t: mymodernmet)
Image credits: Sigalit Landau/Marlborough Contemporary
Image credits: Sigalit Landau/Marlborough Contemporary
Image credits: Sigalit Landau/Marlborough Contemporary
Image credits: Sigalit Landau/Marlborough Contemporary
Image credits: Shaxaf Haber
Image credits: Matanya Tausig
Image credits: Matanya Tausig
Image credits: Sigalit Landau/Marlborough Contemporary
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Share on FacebookThat's so cool! I actually wondered whether or not this was possible as a child, it's cool to see your childhood fantasies play out irl :)
Reminiscent of what lady passengers wore on the Titanic. This dress and the play are of the very same era as the Titanic. From what cameras have shown us of Titanic remains at ocean's bottom, the result is almost the same as this dress, save the salt, but still preserved in its last living position forever. Both eery and fascinating.
It cant be the same.... The dead sea is so salty you can float on it without effort
Load More Replies...Entered the Dead Sea at a few ounces and came out 2 years later as pounds and ounces. Nice experiment
2-months, they had to correct their previous article.
Load More Replies...I'm surprised they didn't photograph the final salted dress with a better, more artistic backdrop. Hanging in between support beams and a bunch of people it just doesn't do anything for me. The ones underwater are really incredible.
I suspect displaying the final, salted dress was saved for the art exhibit... Maybe we'll see better pictures after the exhibit.
Load More Replies...I think he missed an opportunity to do a time laps film of it, unless he just hasn't released it yet.
Big f*****g deal. I give my children to my mother in law for a weekend, and on Monday they are salty as hell.
Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong. Hark! now I hear them, --ding-dong, bell. —William Shakespeare, the Tempest
Masterpiece? I don't see a masterpiece but the result he must have anticipated or he wouldn't have put the dress out there to begin with.
How's he gonna preserve it? I'm sure that's all gonna come off in dry air
Why would it? If it's crystallized it should be fine, so long as it doesn't get wet.
Load More Replies...How interesting and so beautiful. Did the dress fall apart or the salt crystals fall of it?
They should submerge hundreds, if not thousands, of gowns, costumes, whatever... maybe they will extract enough salt to turn the dead sea into just another sea. :P
You should look up the other Israeli artists' recent artworks too. They usually involve a lot of pyrotechnics and are on display in neighbouring countries
Funny, I remember looking like that after about 15 minutes in there ????
Salt water is pretty nifty stuff. Over time it would just continue to collect more and more salt. Eventually it would become unrecognizable as a dress, the material would disappear entirely, and it would dissolve back into the water. This process would take a lot more than 3 years though...
Load More Replies...What the f**k is the purpose?? You cant wear the f*****g thing?? It would weigh a ton and brake into pieces! Let alone you would not be able to move in it.
Bored panda doesn't support emoticons I guess they aren't planning to ever
Load More Replies...That's so cool! I actually wondered whether or not this was possible as a child, it's cool to see your childhood fantasies play out irl :)
Reminiscent of what lady passengers wore on the Titanic. This dress and the play are of the very same era as the Titanic. From what cameras have shown us of Titanic remains at ocean's bottom, the result is almost the same as this dress, save the salt, but still preserved in its last living position forever. Both eery and fascinating.
It cant be the same.... The dead sea is so salty you can float on it without effort
Load More Replies...Entered the Dead Sea at a few ounces and came out 2 years later as pounds and ounces. Nice experiment
2-months, they had to correct their previous article.
Load More Replies...I'm surprised they didn't photograph the final salted dress with a better, more artistic backdrop. Hanging in between support beams and a bunch of people it just doesn't do anything for me. The ones underwater are really incredible.
I suspect displaying the final, salted dress was saved for the art exhibit... Maybe we'll see better pictures after the exhibit.
Load More Replies...I think he missed an opportunity to do a time laps film of it, unless he just hasn't released it yet.
Big f*****g deal. I give my children to my mother in law for a weekend, and on Monday they are salty as hell.
Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong. Hark! now I hear them, --ding-dong, bell. —William Shakespeare, the Tempest
Masterpiece? I don't see a masterpiece but the result he must have anticipated or he wouldn't have put the dress out there to begin with.
How's he gonna preserve it? I'm sure that's all gonna come off in dry air
Why would it? If it's crystallized it should be fine, so long as it doesn't get wet.
Load More Replies...How interesting and so beautiful. Did the dress fall apart or the salt crystals fall of it?
They should submerge hundreds, if not thousands, of gowns, costumes, whatever... maybe they will extract enough salt to turn the dead sea into just another sea. :P
You should look up the other Israeli artists' recent artworks too. They usually involve a lot of pyrotechnics and are on display in neighbouring countries
Funny, I remember looking like that after about 15 minutes in there ????
Salt water is pretty nifty stuff. Over time it would just continue to collect more and more salt. Eventually it would become unrecognizable as a dress, the material would disappear entirely, and it would dissolve back into the water. This process would take a lot more than 3 years though...
Load More Replies...What the f**k is the purpose?? You cant wear the f*****g thing?? It would weigh a ton and brake into pieces! Let alone you would not be able to move in it.
Bored panda doesn't support emoticons I guess they aren't planning to ever
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