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I do think of home |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-25
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Paragraphs "The Otter" and "The Social" (in Part 3, chapter 'February', of the autobiographical novel "Om vinteren" (translated in 2018)
Island Sandøya (west of Førde), where Karl Ove Knausgård stayed during the periods January-March 1999 and January-March 2002
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
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I suffered a defeat |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-18
Three poems by Frida Vogels
October 17th, 1952 - Alone, alone, one is alone too much
August 30th, 1966 - A baneling
April 1st, 1969 - A defeat is not what was expected
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Again and again | |
| the baneling draws the borders -- | |
| he desires to cross. | |
| Telkens opnieuw trekt | Immer wieder zieht |
| de banneling de grenzen -- | der Verbannte die Grenzen -- |
| die hij over wil. | die er vorbei will. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-06
A baneling (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Een banneling", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", 1994, Frida Vogels, part VII [Acquiescence]), in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009), and in the autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" ("In foreign parts - Chronicles", 2024, Frida Vogels), chapter 'Een vriendin in Rome' (A friend a Rome) - August 30th, 1966, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| You walk ahead of me, | |
| even though you are not there. | |
| I walk all alone. | |
| Je loopt voor me uit | Du gehst mir voraus, |
| al ben je er niet, ik loop -- | obwohl du nicht da bist, ich -- |
| moederziel alleen. | gehe ganz allein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-04
The horrors of that day (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "De verschrikkingen van die dag", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - January 11th, 1966, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I lost you, it was | |
| already getting dark and -- | |
| I was far from home. | |
| Ik raakte jou kwijt, | Es wurde dunkel, |
| en het ging al schemeren -- | ich war ohne dich und weit -- |
| Ik was ver van huis. | weg von zu Hause. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-31
You who were always there when I looked for you (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Jij die als ik je zocht er altijd was", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VII [Acquiescence]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - May 6th, 1965, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Within the ramparts, | |
| without any food supplies -- | |
| with only the view. | |
| Binnen de muren, | Es gibt kein Essen |
| zonder eten, met alleen -- | innerhalb der Stadtmauern -- |
| nog maar het uitzicht. | nur noch die Aussicht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-21
The besieged city no one can approach (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "De belegerde stad kan niemand benaderen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IV [Frida]), in "Diary 1958-1959" (2006), and in the autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" ("In foreign parts - Chronicles", 2024), chapter 'Brief aan Ennio' (Letter to Ennio) - December 22nd, 1959, Milan
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Our relationship | |
| endures, because it's Living -- | |
| Together Apart. | |
| Onze relatie | Unsre Beziehung |
| houdt stand, want het is Living -- | hält an, denn sie ist Living -- |
| Together Apart. | Together Apart. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-21
Under the bushel (Maarten 't Hart) - 1991
Novel "Onder de korenmaat", chapter 25
In the Dutch movie "Frank and Eve" (1973, Pim de la Parra) the term LAT-relationship was used for a couple Living Apart Together
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: T Hart, Maarten; De la Parra, Pim
| Hell would be better, | |
| but no gate opens, because -- | |
| she's already there. | |
| Ze wil naar de hel, | Sie will zur Hölle, |
| maar er gaat geen poort open -- | doch es öffnet sich kein Tor -- |
| want ze is er al. | weil sie schon da ist. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-18
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Shalimar the Clown, § 2
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| It is indolence | |
| to build up tremendous walls -- | |
| without open doors. | |
| Het is gemakzucht | Es ist nur Laschheit, |
| om muren op te richten -- | Wände zu bauen ohne -- |
| zonder open deur. | offene Türen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-10
Prisons / Immigration
Collection: The Praised One
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Without the outside world, my house |
Amsterdam, 2021-01-29
Lockdown
Collection: More
Dedicated to: Dory dK
| We hear the glass skin | |
| that separates us, ringing. -- | |
| Another outbreak. | |
| Je hoort de glashuid | Man hört die Glashaut |
| die ons scheidt vaak rinkelen. -- | die uns trennt, immer klirren. -- |
| Weer een uitbraak. | Ausbruch nach Ausbruch. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-22
Social distancing (Covid-19)
Collection: Changing Times
| Inside it's busy, | |
| outside it's cold and muddy -- | |
| down into my shoes. | |
| Binnen is het druk, | Drinnen ist es voll, |
| buiten koud en modderig -- | draußen ist's kalt und schlammig -- |
| tot in mijn schoenen. | bis auf die Socken. |
Amsterdam, 2017-04-15
The Office - Mister Beerta (Han Voskuil) - 1996
Novel "Het Bureau - Meneer Beerta" - 1959
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
