Walking through the cemetery near my home, I breathed in the fresh air, soaked up the sunlight, and embraced the peace around me. As I passed by the gravestones, I came face to face with the reality of death. We often try to escape it, dismissing the departure of others around us or the passing of figures in the news as distant from our own lives. We acknowledge that death is inevitable but its timing remains a mystery. The gravestones in the cemetery, each marking a different time, reminded me that death is ever-present.

Heidegger spoke of the certainty of death and its uncertain timing as companions. He suggested that this intertwines the urgency and possibilities of our daily lives with the unpredictability of our end. To me, death goes along with our lives. I wanted to find this mix of certainty and uncertainty in everyday life.

In Egyptian culture, shadows mean the soul.  Shadows exist uncertainly, changing with time or disappearing suddenly, prompting us to wonder about what lies beyond the frame. In the daily life we often overlook, certainty and uncertainty are constantly interwoven—like the shadows touching clothes, the garments on a drying rack, or the ghost shapes on the floor.

I chose to connect these scenes with colourful tape, as if using the most affordable and vibrant essence of life to link the certain with the uncertain.