| Come to me, I need | |
| to live today, breathe calmly -- | |
| lying close to you. | |
| Kom bij mij, ik moet | Komm zu mir, ich muss |
| leven, rustig ademen -- | leben, muss ruhig atmen -- |
| dicht bij jou liggen. | nah an dir liegen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-24
Collection:
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| I want to see you, | |
| that's it, you really don't have -- | |
| to be sociable. | |
| Ik wil je graag zien, | Ich will dich sehen, |
| dat is alles, je hoeft niet -- | das ist alles, du musst ja -- |
| gezellig te zijn. | nicht gesellig sein. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-24
I kiss your hands a thousand times - Faxing to Ger #6 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2024
Diary novel "Ik kus uw handen duizendmaal - Faxen aan Ger #6", November 6th, 2000
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| Our conversations | |
| are silent conversations -- | |
| There is no anger. | |
| Onze gesprekken | Unsre Gespräche |
| zijn zwijggesprekken zonder -- | sind schweigende Gespräche -- |
| enige boosheid. | ohne jede Wut. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-14
Big Eight (Vrouwkje Tuinman) - 2005
Novel "Grote acht" (route of two circles in dressage), chapter Twenty-one (years old)
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Tuinman, Vrouwkje
| It's like a Hopper | |
| painting, sitting on a bench -- | |
| next to my father. | |
| Als een schilderij | Wie ein Gemälde |
| van Hopper, met mijn vader -- | von Hopper, neben Vater -- |
| samen op de bank. | auf einer Parkbank. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-20
Scenes with My Father (Biserka Suran) - 2022
Documentary "Scenes with My Father" - Conversation on a bench in front of an abandoned factory; there is a loudspeaker next to the entrance - Scenery as a painting by Edward Hopper (Nyack 1882-1967)
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Suran, Biserka; Hopper, Edward
| My father narrates, | |
| the speaker is off, I film -- | |
| deep inside his mind. | |
| Mijn vader vertelt, | Vater erzählt, der |
| de luidspreker zwijgt, ik film -- | Lautsprecher schweigt, ich filme -- |
| binnen in zijn hoofd. | tief in seinem Kopf. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-20
Scenes with My Father (Biserka Suran) - 2022
Documentary "Scenes with My Father" - Conversation on a bench in front of an abandoned factory; there is a loudspeaker next to the entrance
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Suran, Biserka
| I tell everything. | |
| You look at me guiltily -- | |
| I understand you. | |
| Ik vertel alles. | Ich sage alles. |
| Jij kijkt me schuldbewust aan -- | Du siehst mich schuldbewusst an -- |
| en ik begrijp jou. | Ich verstehe dich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-31
and when i have finished telling you my story (Ronelda Kamfer) - 2008
Poem "en as ek klaar my verhaal vir jou vertel het" (collection "Noudat slapende honde")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda
| Quietly she looks | |
| at me -- a comb through my mind, | |
| waving in her wind. | |
| Stil kijkt ze mij aan -- | Ihr ruhiger Blick |
| een kam door mijn gedachten, | kämmt durch meine Gedanken -- |
| wuivend in haar wind. | in ihrer Brise. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-02
Wild crops (Bruno van Imschoot) - 2014
Poem "Wilde gewassen" (collection "Wuivend gras")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Van Imschoot, Bruno
| With a background buzz | |
| people may start whispering -- | |
| Their secrets of heart? | |
| In geroezemoes | In Stimmengewirr |
| fluisteren de mensen soms -- | flüstern die Menschen manchmal -- |
| Hun hartsgeheimen? | Herzgeheimnisse? |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-06
Confessions #2 (Claudio F. Baroni) - 2021
Composition for quintet, four exciter speakers and tape
Performed in the Organpark on November 6th, 2021; texts by The Barton Workshop
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Baroni, Claudio F.
| The deer is close by, | |
| it breathes and looks, motionless -- | |
| I feel being seen. | |
| Het hert is dichtbij, | Die Rehgeiß ist nah, |
| het ademt en kijkt, roerloos -- | sie schaut, regungslos fühle -- |
| voel ik me gezien. | ich mich gesehen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-03
That the animal saw you (Marjoleine de Vos) - 2019
Article "Dat het dier je zag" in nrc.weekend
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: De Vos, Marjoleine
| Trembling in my view: | |
| a woman, looking at me -- | |
| through my telescope. | |
| Bibberend in beeld: | Bibbernd im Visier: |
| een vrouw, ze kijkt mij recht aan -- | eine Frau, die mich ansieht -- |
| door mijn verrekijker. | durch mein Teleskop. |
Train Vlissingen-Amsterdam, 2019-06-07
The ferry (Willem van Toorn) - 1997
Poem "Het veer" (collection "Dooltuin")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Van Toorn, Willem
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This in between the operations |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-12
February 2000
Collection: Pending rain
Dedicated to: Amira S
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Times have changed, people have not |
Amsterdam, 2018-10-27
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
| I am close to you, | |
| look at the compass needles: | |
| they're spinning around. | |
| Ik ben dicht bij jou, | Ich bin ganz nah bei |
| kijk maar, de kompasnaalden -- | dir, schau, die Kompassnadeln -- |
| tollen in het rond. | drehen sich wie wild. |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-14
I'm approaching you: compasses are spinning madly (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Ik nader je: dol draaien de kompassen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part VI, Kees], and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - January 7th, 1965, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The bicycle tires | |
| hum and the backs bend over -- | |
| word-bits drift along. | |
| De banden zoeven, | Die Reifen brummen, |
| de ruggen zijn gebogen -- | die Rücken beugen sich vor -- |
| woorden waaien mee. | Worte wehen mit. |
Amsterdam, 2011-12-17
Collection: Changing Times
