19世紀禮服在死海變成結晶衣

A 19th Century Dress Submerged in the Dead Sea Becomes Gradually Crystallized with Salt

19世紀禮服在死海變成結晶衣

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau's love affair with the Dead Sea stretches back decades, having grown up on a hill that overlooks both the Judean desert and the northern part of this hypersaline lake that is among the saltiest on Earth.

伊朗藝術家Sigalit Landau對死海已經癡迷數十年了。她出生在耶路撒冷，一個既能看到朱迪亞沙漠又能看到這個世界上鹽度最高湖泊的小山上。

In her artistic practice she utilizes the lake both as a backdrop—one of her most iconic artworks involves a video portrait of herself floating in the lake with an unraveling string of 500 watermelons—as well as a means to produce sculptural objects encrusted with thick layers of salt. Sigalit has created salt sculptures of violins, bicycles, boots, and fishing nets covered in carnallite crystals.

死海可以成爲她作品的背景——她最具代表性的作品就是拍攝她自己與500個西瓜一起浮在湖面的那個視頻；同時，她還突發奇想，利用湖中高鹽度使物體結晶，製成雕塑作品。Landau的團隊迄今爲止已經通過此方法，創造出結晶小提琴、自行車、靴子還有漁網。

Her latest photographic work titled Salt Bride takes us several meters underwater to view the gradual crystallization of a 19th century dress weighted to the floor of the Dead Sea. The dress was inspired by S. Ansky’s famous play The Dybbuk about a young woman possessed by an evil spirit.

她最新作品《鹽的新娘》中，用圖像記錄了19世紀的禮服在死海高鹽度水中的轉變。作品創作靈感來自於1916年S. Ansky的話劇《惡靈》。

Written by S. Ansky between 1913 and 1916, The Dybbuk tells the story of a young bride possessed by an evil spirit and subsequently exorcised. In Landau’s Salt Bride series, Leah’s black garb is transformed underwater as salt crystals gradually adhere to the fabric. 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.

該劇由S. Ansky在1913-1916年之間創作而成。講述了一位年輕的新娘被惡魔佔有，隨後被驅散的故事。Sigalit Landau的作品《鹽的新娘》中，所用材料黑色禮服就取材於那部話劇的裝扮。隨着時間的推移，死海讓這件身縛鬼魂的黑色長禮服轉化成潔白的結婚禮服。

To achieve the photographs, Landau collaborated with photographer Yotam From who had to wear over 150 pounds of weight just to submerge himself in the harsh saline water. The final installation incorporates a series of 8 life-size photographs currently on view at Marlborough Contemporary in London through September 3, 2016. You can read more about the exhibition on Artsy.

爲了完成這個作品，Landau和攝影師Yotam一起合作，最後Yotam還穿着這個150磅的結晶禮服從海底浮出來。這一切努力最終成就了8張與真人一般大小的攝影作品。現在作品正在倫敦展覽，9月3日結束。在Artsy上，你可以瞭解更多有關此次展覽的信息。

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