Gown of the Dead: Haunting Bridal Gown Emerges from Dead Sea

A beautiful gown clad with salt has been pulled out from the Dead Sea. Where did it come from?

The dress was the idea of artist Sigalit Landau. Looking for way to infuse the past and the present, the artist, who had been dubbed as "bridge maker," decided to submerge a black gown in the dead sea for the eight-part of his "Salt Bride" photography series.

According to CNN, the dress is a replica of a gown worn by the bride protagonist in the play "The Dybbuk." In the story, the bride was possessed by a demonic spirit and was later exorcised.

In a way, through Landau's work, he hopes to transform the somber dress to something more celebratory.

As a result of the experiment, the black gown turned into a tantalizing dress with crystals accumulating in the fabric. The high salinity content of the lake played a great part in making the appearance of the dress extraordinary.

Sigalit Landau's Salt Bride feats salt crystallization on a dress left in the Dead Sea opens July 29 @MarlbContemp pic.twitter.com/PIBvQD6hpJ

— PelhamCommunications (@PelhamComms) July 18, 2016

The transformation of the dress was captured in a series of photos. Landau said the dress was stitched with a netlike weave and was brought under with heavy materials to support it.

Sigalit Landau's Salt Crystal Gown, Created Under the Dead Sea https://t.co/yhsItP701U #sculpture #contemporaryart pic.twitter.com/nOKxKnEjNZ — Amy Mullins (@Amy__Mullins) August 9, 2016

This is not the first time Landau worked with the Dead Sea. Landau's previous Dead Sea works include a video of her floating naked within a spiral of watermelons.

Sigalit Landau's "Salt Bride" series is on view at London's Marlborough Contemporary until Sept. 3, 2016.

Over the past months, there have been reports saying that the Dead Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate. BBC reported that the extreme weather condition brought by climate change is making the body of water shrink three feet a year.

Aside from affecting the tourism industry of the country, locals have also been alarmed as the Dead Sea is deemed significant to their belief and culture.

Talking to New York Times, Landau said he has always felt a special connection with the Dead Sea, beng born in Jerusalem.

"That was my sea since I was a kid," she said. "That's where my family used to go on weekends -- it's really part of my biography."

Showing that she is much committed to the place, Landau hopes the Dead Sea, no matter what happens to it, will be immortalized thought his works.