Dead Sea's Salt Transforms Crystal Bride Gown, How?

Female artist Sigalit Landau and her family have always been fascinated by the Dead Sea, a salt lake on the border between the West Bank, Israel, and Jordan. They often come here for sightseeing, but it wasn’t until Sigalit decided to soak a Victorian dress in the Dead Sea that she and her family realized the true wonder of the water.

Impressed with the extremely high amount of salt in the water of the Dead Sea, Sigalit came up with a bold idea: soak an ancient black dress for 3 months under the water. She used a machine to record the miraculous transformation. Sigalit started the project in 2014 and released a series of photos called the Salt Bride.

Looking at the photos, you can see that over time, salt began to stick more to the dress and turn this black outfit crystal white. Sigalit described the dress as snowy, like granulated sugar, like a hug from death.

The quality of the images shot under the water isn’t as expected but still enough to show viewers the transformation of the black dress soaked in the Dead Sea. Especially when it’s taken out of the water, its white color looked surreal.

This transformation made Sigalit think back to the 1916 play by S. Ansky. Her’s album was then exhibited at the Marlborough Contemporary gallery.

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