The
Dead Sea's salty waters transformed this black dress
Twisted wedding
dress inspiration, anyone?
Israeli artist
Sigalit Landau's ******
Salt Bride documents the transition of a
black dress that spent three months submerged in the
Dead Sea.
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Landau and her partner, Yotam From, put together eight large color prints of the garment, which are on display at London's
Marlborough Contemporary.
The traditional Hasidic
dress Landau used for the project was created to replicate an outfit worn by young bride Leah in
The Dybbuk, a 100-year-old Yiddish play.*
In the play, Leah is possessed by an evil spirit and then exorcised.
"By submerging Leah's
dress in the
Dead Sea, it is is
transformed underwater as salt crystals gradually adhere to the fabric," a press release from Marlborough Contemporary reads. "Over time, the sea’s alchemy transforms the plain garment from a symbol associated with death and madness into the wedding
dress it was always intended to be."
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