On the occasion of Amsterdam Art Week, Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to dedicate its project space The Bakery to the screening of Marijke van Warmerdam’s ‘Per sempre’.
Per sempre (2021), was previously part of the successful exhibition Then, now, and then, at ZKM | Karlsruhe and Centraal Museum Utrecht, location Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd.
Per sempre (2021) was developed during Van Warmerdam's stay in Rome in 2017, where she captured the city in her characteristic manner, by filming to observe and analyse. Van Warmerdam's films create space for looking and invite profound reflection on perception and reality.
Per sempre is the counterpart to Van Warmerdam's work Ti amo (2021). Both films feature a tracking shot over the balustrade of the same bridge in Rome, but Per sempre focuses on the calm side of the river. The bridge serves as a powerful metaphor for connection and the timeless nature of love. The film ends with a lost duckling paddling through the water, a subtle reference to Van Warmerdam's film Lichte Stelle from 2000 and a scene that connects loneliness and love.
The film was realized thanks to the genorous support of the Mondriaan Fonds