This is not a reading

This is not a reading / Ceci n'est pas une lecture is a series of remixes and conversations inspired by sound. In this series, I invite artists discussed in my book "There is no soundtrack: Rethinking art, media, and the audio-visual contract" to creatively respond to it, like a DJ remixing an existing music track.

My book is a study of how sound and image produce meaning in contemporary experimental media art. In it, I argue that these avant-garde films, video art, media installations and performance as well as other hybrid forms produce radical and new audio-visual relationships challenging the visually dominated discourses in art, media, and the human sciences. "There is no soundtrack" also explores the lack of diversity within sound studies by focusing on practitioners from transnational and diverse backgrounds.

Each program in "This is not a reading" consists of one creative response—the remix—based on a reading of the book, followed by a conversation between myself and the artists, in which we talk about our collaborative process, the new work, their art practice, as well as ideas and discussions in the book. My book was published in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, when an in-person book tour was out of the question. Instead, I chose to explore in this series sound as a mean of communication and community-building, and the soundscape as one of the few remaining spaces where it is safe to intermingle and touch a stranger through sonic vibrations.

Additional links & credits:

Sean Brin, sound editor: https://www.instagram.com/seanathan_brin/

Finley + Muse, collaborators / artists: https://finleymuse.com/

Richard Garet, collaborator / artist: http://www.richardgaret.com

"There is no soundtrack" publisher: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526142122/

This is not a reading’s tracks

• 6. Monika Weiss by This is not a reading
• 5. Finley + Muse by This is not a reading
• 4. Elana Mann by This is not a reading
• 3. Scanner + Stephen Vitiello by This is not a reading
• 2. Yann Novak by This is not a reading
• 1. Richard Garet by This is not a reading