The Impermanent Collection is a research, exhibition and laboratory platform that since 2018 has highlighted the hybrid nature of the GAMeC Collection, reflecting on its dynamic and at times contradictory character. After the first chapter of the exhibition – which told the story of the museum's collections – and the second – which brought the Collection into dialogue with a nucleus of works confiscated in Lombardy and destined for the Gallery – the third exhibition of the cycle was conceived as an active display in conjunction with the celebrations dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the GAMeC, and presented the public with a rich selection of works from the museum's heritage created by authors of different generations, from the 1990s to today.

In 2022 The Impermanent Collection #3.0 stimulated a reflection on the role of the visitor and his relationship with the museum, starting from a few questions: what kind of dialogue with the public does the museum want to build around the collections, understood as a common heritage? What experience to offer and according to what purposes? What role to attribute to visitors in the presentation and construction of the museum collection?

The exhibition intended to highlight the dialogue with visitors, called to play an active role through the declaration of their preferences in relation to the works on display: which work they would like to see again in a subsequent rearrangement, and why. The materials collected were subjected to careful analysis by the museum, and on the occasion of La Collezione Impermanente #4 a new installation will be presented, the result of the fruitful exchange activated with the public.

In particular, this participatory planning of the new museum itinerary will present 9 thematic rooms that each revolve around one of the works that are the subject of visitors' preferences. The works will build unprecedented dialogues with other works selected by the curators of the exhibition, in order to highlight different perspectives on the work and possible new interpretations.