Don't send trivial

letters, then I would rather --


you remain silent.


Een nietszeggende
brief wil ik niet, hul je dan --sagenden Brief, hülle dich --
liever in zwijgen.lieber in Stille.

Gedicht S3000
Amsterdam, 2025-10-02
Then I prefer silence even more (Arnold Marinissen) - 2022
Composition "J’aime encore mieux le silence" (with the text "Lettre à Boris Souvarine" ["Letter to Boris Souvarine", 1936] from the essay "La condition ouvrière" ["The working class condition"] by Simone Weil), performed by Arnold Marinissen (vibraphone), Agathe Labadie (soprano), Levy Plet-ting (mezzo-soprano), and Trevor Brown (tenor) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keyword: Communication (half, half-hearted) 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

It's not noise, it is

labour, manufacturing --


in a large sound hall.


Het is geen herrie,
maar arbeid, fabricage --es ist Arbeit, Herstellung --
in een klankwerkplaats.In der Klangwerkstatt.

Gedicht H4317
Amsterdam, 2023-11-29
Noises that don't speak (Arnold Marinissen) - 2023
Composition "Des bruits qui ne parlent pas", for harpsichord, percussion and two cassette recorders; text (1937) by Simone Weil about the work in the Renault factory in Paris (in 1935); performed by Goska Isphording (harpsichord) and Tatiana Koleva (percussion) in the Organpark on November 29th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark 
Keywords: Music: sound, Together: labour / work / office 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

Workers have to run

machines, it's not their job to --


make them make music.


Arbeiders moeten
machines laten werken --Maschinen schuften lassen --
geen muziek maken.nicht Musik machen.

Gedicht S2997
Amsterdam, 2025-10-01
Noises that don't speak (Arnold Marinissen) - 2023
Composition "Des bruits qui ne parlent pas" (with a text from the essay "La condition ouvrière" ["The working class condition"] by Simone Weil from 1937: factory workers are not free people), performed by Arnold Marinissen (percussion and fixed medis), Agathe Labadie (voice), and Dorien Schouten (barrel organ The Busy Drone) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keyword: Equality: inequality 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

We are living by

the clock, not by the season --


the day and the night.


Naar de klok leven,
we, en niet naar het seizoen --nicht nach den Jahreszeiten --
de dag en de nacht.dem Tag und der Nacht.

Gedicht S2998
Amsterdam, 2025-10-01
An uninhabitable time (Arnold Marinissen) - 2023
Composition "Un temps inhabitable" (with the text "Expérience de la vie d'usine" ["Factory life experience"] from the essay "La condition ouvrière" ["The working class condition"] by Simone Weil from 1937), performed by Arnold Marinissen (vibraphone en fixed media), Agathe Labadie (voice), and Dorien Schouten (organ) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keyword: Balance (natural) 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

Take care of yourself

and each other, that duty --


comes before your rights.


Zorg voor jezelf en
voor elkaar, want die plicht gaat --und einander, die Pflicht geht --
boven je rechten.vor deinen Rechten.

Gedicht H5994
Amsterdam, 2025-11-01
The root of the problem (Arnold Marinissen) - 2023
Composition "La racine du mal" (based on the essay "L'enracinement - Prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l'être humain" ["The need for roots - Prelude towards a declaration of duties towards mankind", 1952] by Simone Weil from 1943), performed by Raymond Honing (bass flute), Agathe Labadie (voice, sampled), and Arnold Marinissen (fixed media) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keywords: Humanity, Will: duty 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

I can listen to

the machines like to music --


I don't work with them.


Naar de machines
luister ik als naar muziek --Maschinen wie Musik, ich --
Ik werk er niet mee.arbeite nicht dort.

Gedicht H5993
Amsterdam, 2025-11-01
Van Doorne's Audio Factory (Arnold Marinissen)
The working class condition (Arnold Marinissen)
- 2025

Compositions "Van Doorne's Audio Fabriek" (2025) and "La condition ouvrière" (2022, an essay by Simone Weil from 1937) by Arnold Marinissen, performed by Joey Marijs (percussion) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keyword: Music: sound 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

To think properly,

you have to slow down, too fast --


the world rushes on.


Om na te denken
moet je vertragen, te snel --man sich verzögern, zu schnell --
jaagt de wereld voort.rast die Welt weiter.

Gedicht H5995
Amsterdam, 2025-11-02
Thinking, that is going less fast (Arnold Marinissen) - 2025
Composition "Penser, c'est aller moins vite" (part 1 of "Kairé", with the text "Lettre à une élève" ["Letter to a student", 1934] from the essay "La condition ouvrière" ["The working class condition"] by Simone Weil), performed by Dorien Schouten (organ) en Agathe Labadie (voice) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keyword: Thinking (clear) 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 

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