| It's the dry season, | |
| so people have to make do -- | |
| with dried fish for months. | |
| In de droge tijd | Während der Trocken- |
| eten de mensen alleen -- | zeit essen die Menschen nur -- |
| gedroogde vissen. | getrockneten Fisch. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-21
Haroun and The Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie) - 1990
Fairy tale, chapter 1, The Shah of Blah (page 9)
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The fish swim around | |
| between the islets, around -- | |
| between mountaintops. | |
| De vissen zwemmen | Die Fische schwimmen |
| rond tussen de eilandjes -- | zwischen den Inseln umher -- |
| tussen bergtoppen. | zwischen Berggipfeln. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-24
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 3, chapter 'February', § 'Fish' - Summer 1982, Tromøya
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Birds dive in and out | |
| of the turbulent water -- | |
| They hunger for fish. | |
| Vogels duiken af | Vögel tauchen ins |
| en aan het woelwater in -- | Wasser und wieder heraus -- |
| hongerend naar vis. | hungrig nach Fischen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-17
Ellis Island (Meredith Monk) - 1981
Composition for piano, performed on May 17th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Johan Luijmes (organ)
Composition for the film about the immigration post on the island in the Hudson near New York
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Monk, Meredith
| The fish is agile, | |
| but we push it down and then -- | |
| hit it on the head. | |
| De vis is lenig, | Der Fisch ist wendig, |
| we houden hem in bedwang -- | wir halten ihn fest, auf den -- |
| en slaan op zijn kop. | Kopf schlagen wir ihn. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-06
My struggle 5. Some Rain Must Fall (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2010
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Femte bok" (translated 2015), part 7 - July 1990, Haugesund (between Bergen and Stavanger)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| The fish is thrashing | |
| so violently, it doesn't -- | |
| look like it's dying. | |
| De vis spartelt zo | Der Fisch zappelt so |
| hevig in mijn handen, dat -- | heftig, dass es gar nicht so -- |
| het geen doodgaan lijkt. | aussieht wie Sterben. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-21
My struggle 3. Boyhood Island (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Tredje bok", part 4 - Summer vacation 1976, Sørbøvågen (north of Bergen)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| After the great flood, | |
| people hunt for large shadows: | |
| the fish of the past. | |
| Na de grote vloed | Nach der großen Flut |
| jaagt men op grote schimmen: | jagt man die großen Schatten: |
| vissen van vroeger. | Fische von früher. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-17
Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii) - 1985
Video-animation film "Tenshi no Tamago"
Collection: Plasma
Tribute to: Oshii, Mamoru
| Where the water has | |
| subsided the wind whistles -- | |
| through the earth. Fish flee. | |
| Waar het water zakt | Wo das Wasser sinkt, |
| fluit de wind door de aarde -- | pfeift der Wind durch die Erde -- |
| De vissen vluchten. | Die Fische fliehen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-07
Descendants (Arnold Dreyblatt) - 2025
Composition, for four pipe organs in one space, performed in the Organpark by Arnold Dreyblatt, Reinier van Houdt, Claudio Baroni, and Lucie Nezri on February 7th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Dreyblatt, Arnold
| Eyes that are swimming | |
| behind very thick glasses: | |
| fish under the ice. | |
| Ogen die zwemmen | Augen, die schwimmen |
| achter heel dikke glazen: | hinter sehr dicken Gläsern: |
| vissen onder ijs. | Fische unter Eis. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-28
This is my Body (Renate Dorrestein) - 1997
Novella "Want dit is mijn lichaam", the translation of the Words of Institution: "Hoc est enim Corpus Meum", chapter April
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| There's a lot of blood | |
| spurting out of the trawler -- | |
| Murder of the sea. | |
| Er spuit bloed, veel bloed | Da spritzt Blut, viel Blut |
| opzij uit de vissersboot -- | seitlich aus dem Fischerboot -- |
| De zee wordt vermoord. | Ermordung des Meers. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-28
Leviathan (Paravel and Castaing-Taylor) - 2012
Documentary
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: Paravel, Véréna; Castaing-Taylor, Lucien
| Order in the bowl: | |
| little fish at the bottom -- | |
| big ones at the top. | |
| Orde in de kom: | Ordnung in der Glas: |
| de grootste vissen boven -- | die größten Fische oben -- |
| kleintjes onderin. | die kleinen unten. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-20
11/3/- 16:26 (Hans Groenewegen) - 2013
Poem (collection "blijven & verreizen")
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Groenewegen, Hans
| It rains all the time, | |
| we're wading among the fish -- | |
| through the humid air. | |
| Het blijft regenen, | Es regnet weiter, |
| we waden met de vissen -- | wir waten mit den Fischen -- |
| door de natte lucht. | durch die nasse Luft. |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-07
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
Novel "Cien años de soledad"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| The deep-sea coral | |
| is a castle full of crowns: | |
| shoaling princess fish. | |
| Het diepzeekoraal | Tiefseekoralle, |
| is een kasteel vol kroontjes: | eine Burg voller Krönchen: |
| prinsessenvissen. | Prinzessinfische. |
Amsterdam, 2018-10-17
Really sexy (Renate Dorrestein) - 2007
Novel "Echt sexy", chapter Together in the park
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
Fish
Amsterdam, 2015-02-22
Collection: Pencil
| Candle fish, glowing | |
| in the moon, and in the light -- | |
| of their own burning. | |
| Kaarsvissen glimmen | Die Kerzenfische |
| in de maan, en in het licht -- | leuchten im Mond, und im Licht -- |
| waarmee ze branden. | mit dem sie brennen. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2014-11-06
Candle fish (Minako Oba) - 1986
Story "R?soku uo" (collection "Umi ni yuragu ito")
Dried these fatty fish are used as candles
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Oba, Minako
| In the canal floats | |
| a raft with a chimney: a -- | |
| houseboat for the fish? | |
| Een vlot met schoorsteen | Ein Floß mit Schornstein |
| drijft in de gracht: een woonark -- | treibt im Kanal: ein Wohnboot -- |
| voor de vissen hier? | für die Fische hier? |
Amsterdam, 2013-10-31
An elm tree fell on a houseboat, causing it to sink (October 28th, 2013, Jacob van Lennepkanaal, Amsterdam)
Collection: Inflictions
