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There is no soundtrack is a study of how sound and image produce meaning in contemporary experimental media art by artists ranging from Chantal Akerman to Nam June Paik to Tanya Tagaq. This book contextualises these works and artists through key ideas in sound studies: voice, noise, listening, the soundscape and more. The book argues that experimental media art produces radical and new audio-visual relationships challenging the visually dominated discourses in art, media and the human sciences. In addition to directly addressing what Jonathan Sterne calls 'visual hegemony', it also explores the lack of diversity within sound studies by focusing on practitioners from transnational and diverse backgrounds. As such, it contributes to a growing interdisciplinary scholarship, building new, more complex and reverberating frameworks to collectively sonify the study of culture.

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'Through a series of close readings and quilt-like juxtapositions, Ming-Yuen Ma thinks sound and art through a broader political field. There is no soundtrack brings the discussion of sound more fully into the study of media art and the discussion of media art more fully into the study of sound art.' Jonathan Sterne, Professor and James McGill Chair in Culture and Technology, McGill University. Author of The Audible Past:Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction and MP3: The Meaning of a Format. 'More like a DJ than an author, Ma connects the sonic dots between film, performance, installation and so much more. Sound is material to tell stories in space and time, but are our ears more valuable than our eyes?' Robin Rimbaud (a.k.a. Scanner), composer and artist 'Strong, critical and refreshing, There is no soundtrack is a unique book that leads the way towards new approaches to art history, media art studies and film studies.' Caleb Kelly, Associate Professor in Media Art and Art History, UNSW Art & Design -- .

'Through a series of close readings and quilt-like juxtapositions, Ming-Yuen Ma thinks sound and art through a broader political field. There is no soundtrack brings the discussion of sound more fully into the study of media art and the discussion of media art more fully into the study of sound art.' Jonathan Sterne, Professor and James McGill Chair in Culture and Technology, McGill University. Author of The Audible Past:Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction and MP3: The Meaning of a Format. 'Strong, critical and refreshing, There is no soundtrack is a unique book that leads the way towards new approaches to art history, media art studies and film studies.' Caleb Kelly, Associate Professor in Media Art and Art History, UNSW Art & Design -- .

'Strong, critical and refreshing, There is no soundtrack is a unique book that leads the way towards new approaches to art history, media art studies and film studies.' Caleb Kelly, Associate Professor in Media Art and Art History, UNSW Art & Design -- .

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Ming-Yuen S. Ma is Professor of Media Studies at Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges

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