GCR

GCR

Salsabel Saed

Final Project

Anubisville

Salsabel Saed · 2026

Anubisville
Photograph: Daniel Segel

Artist Statement

After my twin brother, Islam, passed away, I felt that life unfolded before me in a way I had never seen before. Suddenly, it became much simpler, but also deeper than I had imagined, as though we are the ones who constantly make it complicated. I began asking myself questions I had never even dared to consider: Why are we here? What is the meaning of our existence? And does everything really need to have a purpose? Death came closer to me, becoming clearer and more real, and made me understand how temporary everything is—sadness, joy, people, and even we ourselves. Islam was not only my brother; he was a part of me, my mirror, the other half in whom I saw myself. When he left, he created a void without a clear form, yet his presence remained in every detail around me. Even silence took on a different meaning, and his absence became another kind of presence. Amid all these thoughts, one name began to accompany me in a strange way: “anubisville.” It feels like a combination of two opposing yet complementary ideas. “Anubis” symbolizes protection and the world after death—not as an absolute ending, but as a passage toward something deeper than human understanding. “Salsabil” symbolizes clear water and purity, something quiet and untainted, like inner peace. When these two meanings come together, “anubisville” becomes, for me, a symbol of a state I could not explain in words: a soul existing between life and eternity, between pain and peace, between loss and the continuation of existence. It is as though a person always lives between two worlds—one in which the body continues to exist, and another that remains within us through memories, emotions, and an influence that does not disappear.

Project Mentor: Yanai Kellner

Documentation

Anubisville documentation
Anubisville documentation
Anubisville documentation
Anubisville documentation
Anubisville documentation
Anubisville documentation
Anubisville documentation