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It is rare for birds to let other creatures get in such close proximity to them. Let us stop here, just for a moment, and reflect on what just happened: without noticing it, we have just slid from the bird to the observer, and have as a result placed ourselves within the space that unites them. It is here, in this space that is both geographic and relational, that the double question can emerge. The essential and pressing duplicity of this question is what transforms all research into ethical, aesthetic, and ethological research: "Who am I, how is my gaze structured in order for you to appear to me such as you are?" together with "Who are you that I see you this way?" Asking the first question without the second leads us to a sterile constructivism, whereas asking the second question without the first leads to a dogmatic realism.

— The Dance of the Arabian Babbler by Vinciane Despret, jeffrey bussolini

"EINE ALTE SCHALLPLATTE KLINGT NIE, als wäre man live dabei. Man hört die Musik wie durch ein graues Nieselregenrauschen. Die räumliche und zeitliche Distanz ist immer präsent. Aber worin besteht eigentlich die Verbindung zwischen Hörer und Musiker? Spielt es überhaupt eine Rolle, dass einer von beiden tot ist und der andere lebt? Und wer von beiden ist was?"

— White Tears by Hari Kunzru