NEW ART TRUST

COLLECTION, DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH IN PRIOR YEARS, NEW ART TRUST ("NAT") HAS COMMITTED FUNDING TO ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEDIA ART ACQUISITIONS. DURING FYE 9/30/19, NAT AND CURATORS FROM EACH OF ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATED, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, VARIOUS MEDIA ARTWORKS. THE RESULT OF THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IS THE PROPOSED CO-ACQUISITION OF THREE MEDIA ARTWORKS. TWO OF THE THREE ARTWORKS ("MATRIX 1 AND "MATRIX 2" BY STEINA AND WOODY VASULKA) ARE HISTORICAL VIDEO INSTALLATION PIECES FROM THE EARLY 1970'S. THE THIRD ARTWORK ("LAVA AND MOSS" BY STEINA VASULKA), CREATED IN 2000, IS A THREE-CHANNEL VIDEO PROJECTION. THE CURATORS HAVE ALSO NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE THREE PIECES. AT THE END OF FYE 9/30/19, NAT AND EACH OF ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENGAGING ITS RESPECTIVE BOARDS FOR PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH THE CO-ACQUISTION OF THE THREE ARTWORKS.THE NEW ART TRUST CONTINUED TO ACQUIRE BOOKS AND CATALOGUES RELATED TO MEDIA ART FOR ITS REFERENCE LIBRARY.

CARE AND UTILIZATION OF MEDIA ART AND LIBRARY COLLECTIONONE OF NEW ART TRUST'S ("NAT") MOST IMPORTANT CONSERVATION AND COLLECTION MANAGEMENT TASKS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE YEAR WAS A THOROUGH REVIEW OF ITS DATABASE, QI. THE DATABASE, CREATED IN 2014-16, INCLUDES RECORDS FOR EACH COMPONENT OF ALL COLLECTION WORKS. AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF USAGE, THE DATABASE WAS DUE FOR AN OVERVIEW/UPDATE TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO MEET NAT'S NEEDS. A TWO-DAY ON-SITE CONSULTATION WITH THE COLLECTION'S VENDOR, KEEPTHINKING, RESULTED IN SPECIFIC CHANGES/UPDATES TO THE DATABASE'S FIELDS AND FUNCTIONALITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE COLLECTION'S COMPONENT NUMBERING SYSTEM WAS UPDATED TO BETTER REFLECT THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF NAT'S ARTWORKS, PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO DIGITAL FILES AND MASTERS. ANDY WARHOL'S ORIGINAL 16MM FILMS, FROM PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN EXPERIMENTAL 1965 TELEVISION COMMERCIALS FOR CADENCE--A LAXATIVE PRODUCT BEING INTRODUCED AT THE TIME-- WERE SCANNED AT A 2K DIGITAL RESOLUTION BY A TRUSTED VENDOR UNDER NAT'S SUPERVISION. THE NEW DIGITAL COPY WILL BE USED FOR (1) EXHIBITION (ON LOAN TO THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO'S ITERATION OF ANDY WARHOL: FROM A TO B" FROM OCTOBER 2019 - JANUARY 2020) AND (2) CONSERVATION--A 2K DIGITAL RESOLUTION SCAN WOULD ALLOW FOR CREATION OF NEW FILM, AS WELL AS, DIGITAL ELEMENTS FOR FUTURE USE.A REVIEW OF ALL TIME-BASED ARTWORKS WAS UNDERTAKEN TO SYSTEMATICALLY DOCUMENT (1) THE STATUS OF MASTER MATERIAL, (2) TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE MASTERS ARE OF SUFFICIENT QUALITY TO MEET CURRENT BEST PRACTICES IN THE FIELD, AND (3) IN CASES WHERE THERE MAY BE CONCERNS ABOUT MASTER QUALITY, TO DECIDE WHAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE FORMAT FOR THAT MASTER WOULD BE. CONSERVATION TASKS HAVE ALSO INCLUDED OVERSIGHT OF OUTGOING ARTWORK LOANS INCLUDING BILL VIOLA'S "HE WEEPS FOR YOU" (BARNES FOUNDATION, PHILADELPHIA), AND CARDIFF AND MILLER'S "40 PART MOTET" (TURNER CONTEMPORARY, UNITED KINGDOM).