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Marijke van Warmerdam

The next step, 2022
digital film loop: ProRes 422 HQ, aspect ratio 16:9, colour, sound
2’00”
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Note / MvW: ‘The weight of the past is disappearing thanks to the lightness of young people. It is not the eternal value that counts, but the game, the change,...
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Note / MvW: ‘The weight of the past is disappearing thanks to the lightness of young people. It is not the eternal value that counts, but the game, the change, the desire for something new.’
Rome is a city of steps. Built layer upon layer. In The Next Step all those tectonic plates of history are set in motion. The film, with its digital interventions, is also a ‘next step’ for Marijke van Warmerdam herself. The image of Rome as an artefact, archaeological site and cradle of architecture that she has depicted now enters a ‘next level’ as a video game. Rome is a city of construction and demolition, of building blocks that are thrown around in space like pixels. It is this very game that is crucial in van Warmerdam’s work. She impinges on the situations she films, whether through sound or objects dancing on water, so that
The Next Step is also a reflection on her entire Rome project. Dana Linssen
In The Next Step, an appendix to the project, nothing has been left
to chance. Digital media are used to defeat the weight of history.
The illusionary power of traditional film falls into insignificance compared with what yet awaits us. In this film van Warmerdam questions the tenability of not only film but also herself as an artist. The entire Then, Now, and Then project, as exhibited in this stately home, can be considered a radical break with the framework of her own oeuvre.
Bart Rutten
Rome is een trappenstad. Laag op laag gebouwd. In The next
step worden al die tektonische platen van de geschiedenis aan
het schuiven gebracht. De film is met z’n digitale interventies ook een ‘volgende stap’ voor Marijke van Warmerdam zelf. Het beeld van Rome dat ze als archeologische site, artefact en architectonisch baken heeft neergezet, gaat nu als videogame een ‘next level’ in. Rome is een stad van bouwen en breken, van bouwstenen die als pixels in de rondte worden gesmeten. Precies dat spel is cruciaal
in Van Warmerdams werk. Ze breekt in op de situaties die ze filmt, of het nu middels geluid of op het water dansende objecten is. Daarmee is The next step ook een reflectie op haar gehele Rome- project. Dana Linssen
In The next step, appendix van het project, is niets aan het toeval overgelaten. Met digitale middelen wordt het gewicht van de geschiedenis verslagen. De illusionaire kracht van de traditionele film valt in het niet bij wat ons nog te wachten staat. Met deze korte film stelt Van Warmerdam vragen over de houdbaarheid van film – en daarmee ook over die van haarzelf als kunstenaar. Het totale project Then, now, and then, zoals nu getoond in dit landhuis, kan worden gezien als radicale breuk met de kaders van haar eigen oeuvre. Bart Rutten
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