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Challenges and Solutions in Time-Based Media Art Loans: Insights from Media Matters

The "Media Matters" project explores the complexities of loaning time-based media artworks. Phase One highlights challenges such as the non-unique nature of art pieces, the intricacies of installation, and the unpredictability of media management. Featured artists like Susan Hiller and Bill Viola illustrate the hurdles faced in communicating installation details and ensuring proper care. The necessity for dialogue between lenders and borrowers is emphasized, aiming for a shared understanding to enhance the preservation and experience of these unique works of art.

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Challenges and Solutions in Time-Based Media Art Loans: Insights from Media Matters

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  1. Media Matters A collaborative project for the care and management of time-based media works of art PHASE ONE - LOANS Pip Laurenson Time-based Media Conservation, Tate

  2. Susan Hiller “Belshazzar's Feast, the Writing on Your Wall”   1983 - 4

  3. Gary Hill“Between Cinema and a Hard Place”1999

  4. The Challenge of Time-Based Media loans • The work of art is not synonymous with a unique physical object and it is not always clear what is to be lent • Works are either “thinly” or “thickly” specified – the details of the installation need to be clearly understood and communicated

  5. Bill Viola “Five Angels of the Millennium” 2001

  6. More Challenges of Time-based media loans…. • Time-based media works of art are often complex multipart works. • Installation may require the skills of people not accustomed to handling works of art • The media is reproducible and difficult to manage

  7. More Challenges of Time-based Media Loans…. • Time-based media works of art are often complex multipart works. • Installation may require the skills of people not accustomed to handling works of art • The media is reproducible and difficult to manage

  8. More Challenges of Time-based Media Loans…. • Time-based media works of art are often complex multipart works. • Installation may require the skills of people not accustomed to handling works of art • The media is reproducible and difficult to manage

  9. The status of the components is often unclear and a matter of interpretation Angus Fairhurst “Gallery Connections” 1991-6

  10. Rodney Graham “Rheinmetall/Victoria 8” 2003

  11. Rodney Graham “Rheinmetall/Victoria 8” 2003 – Film Still

  12. Rodney Graham “Rheinmetall/Victoria 8” 2003

  13. Finally….. • We need to communicate what is important to a good installation of the work taking into consideration both material and immaterial elements – this may require greater dialogue between borrower and lender than for more traditional works.

  14. MEDIA MATTERS WWW.tate.org.uk/research/tateresearch/majorprojects/mediamatters MediaMatters\diagram.htm Pip.Laurenson@tate.org.uk

  15. THE END Image from the making of "Foley Artist" by Tacita Dean Photograph taken by Steve Willits

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