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

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. 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

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

11. Rodney Graham “Rheinmetall/Victoria 8” 2003

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

13. Rodney Graham “Rheinmetall/Victoria 8” 2003

14. 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.

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

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