Traditionally, the spring months are reserved for third-year students of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Working in small groups, they spend one week at a time in the spaces of m4gastatelier, experimenting with collaboration, exhibition-making, and presentation. The program is guided by Jean Bernard Koeman.
This program focuses on how artworks come together in space. Students explore how light, layout, logistics, and presentation shape the experience of an exhibition — creating a display in a specific place and moment. An important part of the process is collaboration: four or five students work closely together, combining different perspectives into a shared presentation.
Presenting work is always connected to its context and surroundings. Together, the participants build a temporary exhibition in which artworks enter into dialogue with one another, as well as with the space itself. Questions of scale, atmosphere, and meaning play a central role, allowing new connections and narratives to emerge.
