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Nummer veertien, home
by Guido van der Werve
2012, 54’
Original Format: Video 4k, sonoro
Presented at the 16th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2023
In Nummer veertien, home Guido van der Werve runs, bikes and swims nearly 1,200 miles, from the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw to Père Lachaise in Paris. The Parisian cemetery is the place where Frédéric Chopin is buried, minus his heart, which his sister secretly took to the Polish church to fulfill the composer’s last wish. Dressed in a black wetsuit and goggles, Van der Werve embarks on a journey back from Poland to France as if it were a triathlon, alternating running, swimming and cycling.
The film is a requiem in three movements and twelve acts (the music was composed by the artist himself) in which three narratives intertwine: the journey completed as an Ironman marathon, an unreal return to his native Holland and some scenes inspired by the journey that Alexander the Great made from Macedonia to his final resting place in Babylon.
Guido van der Werve (1977, Papendrecht, Netherlands, lives and works between Amsterdam, Berlin, and Hassi) trained at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and in 2006 was resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 2008 he participated in the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York and in 2011 he was in residence at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Solo exhibitions include: GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam (2023); Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (2022); SongEun Art Space, Seoul (2020); CONDO São Paulo (2019); FuturDome, Milan (2018). His works have been part of group exhibitions at institutions such as Kunsthaus Zurich (2020), CCK Buenos Aires (2017), Kunsthaus Graz (2015), MAXXI Rome (2014), Fondazione Prada (2014), MoMA New York (2013), GAMeC, Bergamo (2013). He has participated in Biennials and international events such as Performa 13 (2013) and Performa 11 (2011), Moscow Biennial (2011), Venice Biennale (2010), Istanbul Biennial (2015), Manifesta 07 (2008). His works are present in the collections of international institutions such as: Fondazione Giuliani, Rome; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; MoMA, New York; M Woods Museum, Beijing; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL).
Selected Filmography
2022 Nummer Achttien, the breath of life 2015 Nummer zeventien, killing time attempt 1 from the deepest ocean to the highest mountain; Nummer zestien, the present moment 2012 Nummer veertien, home 2011 Nummer dertien, emotional poverty in three effugium 2009 Nummer twaalf, variations on a theme; the king’s gambit accepted, the number of stars in the sky, and why a piano can’t be tuned, or waiting for an earthwake 2007 Nummer negen, the day I didn’t turn with the world; Nummer acht, everything is going to be alright 2006 Nummer zeven, the clouds are more beautiful from above; Nummer zes, Steinway grand piano, wake me up to go to sleep and all the colour of the rainbow 2005 Nummer vier, I don’t want to get involved in this. I don’t want to be part of this. Talk me out of it 2004 Nummer drie, take step fall 2003 Nummer twee, just because I’m standing here doesn’t mean I want to
2022 Nummer Achttien, the breath of life 2015 Nummer zeventien, killing time attempt 1 from the deepest ocean to the highest mountain; Nummer zestien, the present moment 2012 Nummer veertien, home 2011 Nummer dertien, emotional poverty in three effugium 2009 Nummer twaalf, variations on a theme; the king’s gambit accepted, the number of stars in the sky, and why a piano can’t be tuned, or waiting for an earthwake 2007 Nummer negen, the day I didn’t turn with the world; Nummer acht, everything is going to be alright 2006 Nummer zeven, the clouds are more beautiful from above; Nummer zes, Steinway grand piano, wake me up to go to sleep and all the colour of the rainbow 2005 Nummer vier, I don’t want to get involved in this. I don’t want to be part of this. Talk me out of it 2004 Nummer drie, take step fall 2003 Nummer twee, just because I’m standing here doesn’t mean I want to