To Look Is to Die primarily presents a speech that takes place in a scene adapted from the well-recognized photographic series Lunch atop a Skyscraper. Instead of the ironworkers, nine militants are resting on the girder, referring to the Tarnac Nine, a French group of nine alleged anarchist saboteurs. The speaker declares himself a highly intelligent insect called the homo insect, which has a holometabolous life cycle. In the speech, he asserts that, to look is to die for his species. By doing so, he introduces the inherent contradiction of their survival strategy as oviparous animals, which might cause repetitive self-destruction. The work alludes to the spiritual dilemma of numerous current revolutions. Moreover, it aims to reflect on the ontological presuppositions of the mainstream Western discourse, particularly the ontological presuppositions of self-consciousness and time, and the associated anthropocentric perspective.