这本目录概述了塞义德的作品和思想，将它们置于艺术和文化中关于动物和动物性的更广泛的论述中。目录的标题暗示了动物在人类现代道德意识中的出现，同时也暗示了动物在当前大规模灭绝时代的离去；它的设计特别强调排版和丰富的特写摄影。

A contemporary artist explores relationships among humans and animals, real and mythical

German artist Lin May Saeed (b. 1973) grapples with the complex entanglements of humans and animals. Her work centers on the nonhuman animal and revisits, revises, or outright invents stories of animal subjugation, liberation, and harmonious cohabitation with humans, combining historical, mythical, and theological narratives with materials such as paper, steel, and Styrofoam. This last material—

easy to acquire and work, yet environmentally destructive

—receives particularly sustained attention. Empathy, humor, and lightness of touch combine with a radical reimagining of everyday life and a sense of how animality is intertwined with otherness. The catalogue surveys Saeed’s work and thinking, positioning them within a broader discourse on animals and animality in art and culture. Its title suggests the appearance of animals in humans’ modern moral consciousness, simultaneous with their departure in the current era of mass extinction; and its design places special emphasis on typography and lush close-up photography.