The participants of the Curatorial Training Programme 1994-1995 organised the exhibition shift. shift was an exhibition that aimed to show a change that had taken place, not a drastic one, but one that was almost incidental, unobtrusive; it was an attempt to change direction. A change in presentation was needed because contemporary art showed new relations with reality, with experiences, images and objects that one is confronted with every day. The fourteen artists, from Holland and abroad, were chosen for their unusual materials and spontaneous manner of presenting their work, making an immediate appeal to their public. Viewers would recognise themselves in these events and would feel invited to participate, as they sauntered through the building full of images, sounds and smells. The exhibition space was conceived of as undefined and flexible – there was no longer any hierarchy of above and below, front and back, of corridors, rooms, staircases and toilets. On entering De Appel during shift, visitors were overwhelmed by a work of Job Koelewijn on the doors. The fresh and lively attitude of this work was typical of shift.