| Then everything changed, | |
| but very soon everyone -- | |
| adapted to it. | |
| Toen veranderde | Dann änderte sich |
| alles, maar al gauw paste -- | alles, aber bald passten -- |
| iedereen zich aan. | sich alle dran an. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-29
One shock, one boulder (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Eén schok, één rotsblok", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IV [Frida], and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - July 1st, 1964, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Gold medallions melt | |
| in the blazing pyre, become -- | |
| tiny lumps of lead. | |
| Gouden medaillons | Die Goldmedaillons |
| smelten in de brandstapel -- | schmelzen auf Scheiterhaufen -- |
| worden klompjes lood. | zu Klümpchen aus Blei. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-11
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 3, chapter 7 Blushing
Alchemy
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| See what's happening: | |
| citizens stomping around -- | |
| like real mastodons. | |
| Zie wat er gebeurt: | Siehe, was passiert: |
| zie de burgers rondstampen -- | die Bürger stampfen herum -- |
| als mastodonten. | wie Mastodonten. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-24
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
Sancho is overcome by a fantasy about a small town in New Jersey called Berenger
Populism, incitement to discontent
Novel, part 2, chapter 12
Play "Rhinocéros" ("Rhinoceros", 1959, Eugène Ionesco) about fascist conformism
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman; Ionesco, Eugène
| We are united | |
| by poverty, the future -- | |
| requires action now! | |
| Onze armoede | Unsere Armut |
| verenigt ons, de toekomst -- | verbindet uns, die Zukunft -- |
| vereist nu actie! | erfordert Handeln! |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-17
This is what happened (Sayed Darwish)
Song "Aho da elly sar" about the 1919 Egyptian Revolution against the British occupation ("This is what happened" ["please don't blame me"], sung by Hamdy Baraa, with Orchestre Partout and the Cello Octet in the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam on November 25th, 2023 (1919 composition by Sayed Darwish, arranged by Oene van Geel)
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Darwish, Sayed
| Changes can be hard, | |
| or smooth, be destruction or -- | |
| a pile of boxes. | |
| Veranderingen, | Veränderungen, |
| hard of zacht, verwoesting of -- | hart, weich, Zerstörung oder -- |
| een stapel dozen. | ein Stapel Kisten. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-06
Collection: Migration
| It's raining tonight, | |
| on our summer memories -- | |
| They are washed away. | |
| Het regent vannacht, | Nacht voller Regen, |
| zomerherinneringen -- | Sommererinnerungen -- |
| worden weggespoeld. | werden weggespült. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-21
Death of a season (Antonia Pozzi) - 1937
Poem "Morte di una stagione", written on September 20th, 1937
"Piovve tutta la notte sulle memorie dell'estate"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia
| The revolution | |
| is not a telecast, you -- | |
| must do it yourself! | |
| De revolutie | Die Revolution |
| is geen tv-programma -- | läuft nicht im Fernsehen, du -- |
| je moet het zelf doen! | musst es selber tun! |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-12
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron) - 1970
Composition (albums "Small talk at 125th and Lenox" and "Pieces of a Man")
Collection: High gear
Tribute to: Scott-Heron, Gil; Jackson, Brian
| At the road junctions | |
| you see the signs of the times: | |
| fists up in the air! | |
| Op de kruispunten | An den Kreuzungen |
| staan de tekens van de tijd: | stehen die Zeichen der Zeit: |
| vuisten in de lucht! | Fäuste in die Luft! |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-12
A Sign of the Ages (Gil Scott-Heron) - 1971
Composition (album "Pieces of a Man")
Collection: High gear
Tribute to: Scott-Heron, Gil; Jackson, Brian
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I don't understand dad |
Amsterdam, 2018-08-11
Ines in the film 'Toni Erdmann' (Maren Ade) - 2016
Collection: Half The Work
Tribute to: Ade, Maren
|
Sometimes, adults are going in front |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-14
Collection: Short Sermons
|
Zooming outside |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-06
Disintegration (Wouter Snoei) - 1998
Composition for fixed media, performed in the Organpark on November 5th, 2016
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Snoei, Wouter
| Step aside! Don't speak | |
| of what you don't understand -- | |
| This road is our road! | |
| Ga opzij! Zeg niets | Beiseite! Sag nichts |
| over wat je niet begrijpt -- | über das, was du nicht weißt -- |
| Dit is onze weg! | Es ist unser Weg! |
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
The times they are a-changin' (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The times they are a-changin' ")
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| Destruction, and then | |
| the dust settles, the wind blows -- | |
| Of a new era? | |
| Vernietiging. Dan | Nach der Vernichtung |
| daalt het stof neer, waait de wind -- | legt sich der Staub, weht der Wind -- |
| Van een nieuwe tijd? | Einer neuen Zeit? |
Train Amsterdam-Terborg, 2012-06-30
Decay, demolition and war
Collection: New Ago
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| Signs | |
| point the other way | |
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| I too turn the action around | |
| I change what happens: | |
| I stop doing what I do | |
| I'm going to do the opposite | |
| I make a negative charge positive | |
