STUDIO LOZ

for Rookwood Cemetery

‘Kefen – Nothing but a few pieces of cloth’ is a site-specific and kinetic artwork which draws inspiration from the ritualistic burial traditions of the Islamic faith.

In Islam, you take nothing to your grave except the few pieces of cloth your body is wrapped in, called the Kefen. Bodies of the deceased are washed and shrouded in 5 pieces of cloth for different parts of the body, with specific dimensions and layering rules. My artwork recreates this experience as a reminder of the life after death, and its lightness of materials represents the heavenly realm where our loved ones rest.