SIGALIT LANDAU ROSE-LYNN FISHERIsraeli artist Sigalit Landau creates densely salt
encrusted sculptures by immersing objects in
the Dead Sea.
Drawing inspiration from the topographical,
historical, biblical, cultural, political and
environmental realms of the area, she embraces
the natural process of salt crystallisation.
‘Baptising’ profane objects in its waters, Landau
relies on the Dead Sea to breathe life into
inanimate objects, which emerge from their
submersion as if belonging to a different time
system, a different logic, or another planet, yet
their transformation unveils the divine and the
eternal in nature.
Objects include shoes, musical instruments and
most impressively, a ballerina’s tutu, encrusted
in layers of salt that transform it into a 200kg
crystalised sculpture.
http://www.sigalitlandau.com
Rose-Lynn Fisher spent eight years taking
photographs of her tears.
“I was going through a period of grief after
losing some loved ones and one day I cried
relentless tears and found myself wondering what
a tear looked like up close. I wondered if a tear of
sorrow looked the same as a tear of happiness. I
looked at my tears under a microscope and was
struck by how aerial it looked, like an aerial view of
my emotional terrain.
“I started saving my tears and looking at
different emotions before publishing my book
The Topography of Tears. I either let tears
evaporate so it was just the minerals and salts
drying and forming a pattern or I compressed it
between a slide and slip cover. Every tear seemed
to have its own signature, even those cried in the
same moment.
“Emotions are what connects us all, especially in
these times it’s important to find our similarities
with each other.”
http://www.rose-lynnfisher.comPh
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