Time exerts a change on the face of the earth which is capable of converting iron into oxide just as it can shape a mountain peak thanks to the inevitable action of wind and atmospheric events. That time can be used in our favor if we know how to combine it with some surprising idea that changes the texture or shape of a simple dress.
It is precisely what the Israeli artist Sigalit Landau has done that decided dip a black toga in the Dead Sea. The toga was found submerged in waters very rich in salt in 2014 and was recently removed to be displayed, as can be seen in those impressive images that result in ones in which magic seems to have worked.
The project is an eight-part series of photographs called Salt Bride and was inspired by S. Ansky's 1916 work entitled Dybbuk. The story is about a young Hasidic woman who is possessed by the spirit of her dead lover and the salt inlaid Landau toga is a replica of the one worn in a dramatic production in 1920.
Landau checked the black robe during several times during intervals of three months in order to check the gradual process of the crystallization of the salt as can be seen in some of the shared images. They can be seen at Marlborough Contemporary in London, where they will be shown to the public until September.
A surprising, magic and ingenious idea to rescue that history with a toga that, thanks to time, has been transformed into a crystalline one composed of the salt of the Dead Sea. You have the artist's website from this link and from this one to the Marlborough museum. A brilliant idea without any doubt as a sculpture.
