Introduction Peter J Schneemann/Thierry Dufrêne The Third Abstraction: The Possibility and Impossibility of Dialogue LaoZhu Comparative Epistemology as Art-Historical Practice Jennifer Purtle Seriality: Artistic Articulations of Engagement Sophia Olivia Sanan Dialogue with Non-Humans in Contemporary Art and the Expansion of Posthuman Subjectivity Jing Yang Always More-than-human Katve-Kaisa Kontturi/Murat M Türkmen/Jenni Vauhkonen/Suvi Veps? Contributor Biographies