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Institutional information, organisation and documentation for NEWART Foundation.

Vision

Technological art as a tool for innovation and social and economic transformation.
Technological art as a tool for development, social cohesion and inclusion.
Technological art as a tool for training and education.

Goals

To produce, develop, maintain, preserve and make visible.

Mission

To become a new European reference point in the movement of art, science and technology, serving the artistic community and society as a whole.
To become a space that can be visited in its entirety by the public and researchers.
To become a versatile space open to proposals.
To become an inspiring space.
To become a space for all audiences.
To become a space for discovery and sharing.

Purposes

NEWART Foundation is based in Reus, Catalonia. Its ambition is to help the artistic community develop new technological, scientific, conceptual and social practices. The Foundation promotes art at its intersection with and across the boundaries of science and technology as a strategy for social development and empowerment. It acts both as a witness and as an active agent.

One of its main challenges is developing, conserving and preserving an artistic legacy linked to science and technology within its collection, NEWART Collection.

NEWART Foundation is recognised both for what it collects and for how it does so: it has created a new type of collecting by promoting programmes for the production, conservation and patronage of technological art and encouraging debate on the introduction of new technologies into art. The collection goes beyond purchasing artworks on the market and is recognised for its collaborative programmes, running open production calls with other organisations and institutions. Under the patronage of the Rodríguez-Veyrat family, this collection of electronic and digital artworks has grown to become one of the most significant in the world.

NEWART Foundation and {collection;} are active members of the vibrant Catalan ecosystem. They are co-founders of HacTe, Barcelona’s new art, science and technology hub. The hub is supported by prominent Catalan institutions working to make Barcelona a global centre for research, training, knowledge transfer, dissemination and production in this field.

In collaboration with various Catalan institutions and organisations, NEWART Foundation and {collection;} have expanded their international reach. Through ongoing partnerships with centres such as V2 in Rotterdam and Ars Electronica in Linz, among others, and through their artwork loan programme, they have collaborated with leading Spanish and European institutions. Together with HacTe, a member of the New European Bauhaus, they strengthen Catalan culture and its ecosystem as a focus for innovation and creation in Europe.

NEWART Foundation aims to provide the technological art community with a broad range of services and expertise to develop sustainable production methods that ensure this legacy is preserved for future generations.

Registration

NEWART Foundation was registered on 9 January 2014 in the Register of Private Foundations of the Generalitat de Catalunya under number 2816, as a foundation subject to the legislation of the Generalitat de Catalunya.