| In a safe, open | |
| society everyone -- | |
| has an open face. | |
| In een veilige, | In Gesellschaften, |
| open maatschappij zie je -- | sicher und offen, sind die -- |
| open gezichten. | Gesichter offen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-05
With a photo of Dory and Paul with a face mask due to Covid-19 (May 13th, 2020, Staringstraat, Amsterdam)
Openness: no risk of infection, no masked thugs, and no religious obligation to wear a face veil (niqab)
Collection: web tissue
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Dory dK, Paul J
| Curfew, everyone | |
| must live in their own capsule -- | |
| away from the earth. | |
| Spertijd, iedereen | Sperrzeit, jeder in |
| in een eigen capsule -- | seiner eigenen Kapsel -- |
| los van de aarde. | weg von der Erde. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-15
Lockdown measures due to Covid-19, 5 years ago
Collection: Blown sand
| In the space station | |
| I am weightless, almost all -- | |
| I am is my brain. | |
| In het ruimteschip | In der Raumstation |
| ben ik gewichtloos, bijna -- | bin ich schwerelos, bin ich -- |
| alleen nog mijn brein. | fast nur mein Gehirn. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-15
Lockdown measures due to Covid-19, 5 years ago
Astronauts as prototypes of the virtual human
Collection: Blown sand
| The theatres close, | |
| maybe we'll see that again -- | |
| in a film series. | |
| Theaters sluiten, | Theater schließen, |
| misschien zien we dat nog eens -- | vielleicht sehen wir das noch- |
| in een filmserie. | mal als Filmreihe. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Belated parliamentary questions (Lieke Marsman) - 2020
Poem "Verlate kamervragen", for the "Occupied City" project (lockdown due to covid-19), published in the collection "In mijn mand" (2021)
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke
| Empty waiting rooms | |
| in the hospital, no one -- | |
| will become ill here. | |
| Lege wachtkamers | Die Wartezimmer |
| in het ziekenhuis, niemand -- | der Poliklinik sind leer -- |
| zal hier ziek worden. | Hier wird niemand krank. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-18
Collection: Greeting from before
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Here I lie, no respiratory mask |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-29
Social distancing to prevent infection
"Il Decameron" (Boccaccio, Anno 1353), 5th day, 4th story: because of the heat, Caterina is allowed to sleep on the balcony, where she listens to the nightingale; in the morning her father Lizio sees her naked with her friend Ricciardo, holding his nightingale in her hand; Lizio calls his wife to show her what kind of bird Caterina has caught
uccello = bird, usignolo = nightingale
Pier Paolo Pasolini filmed this story in 1971
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| At times a boat, car, | |
| or delivery, the town -- | |
| has been ruralised. | |
| Af en toe een boot, | Ab und zu ein Boot, |
| een auto, de bezorger -- | ein Auto, die Lieferdienst -- |
| De stad is verdorpt. | Die Stadt ist verdorft. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-10
Lockdown because of Covid-19
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
| The nights are silent, | |
| the ferries out of service -- | |
| everyone in bed. | |
| De nachten zijn stil, | Die Nächte sind still, |
| de veerboten buiten dienst -- | die Fähren außer Betrieb -- |
| iedereen in bed. | jeder ist im Bett. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-10
Lockdown because of Covid-19
Collection: WoofWoof
| The businesses closed, | |
| quiet in the streets, and yet -- | |
| crowded in the parks. | |
| De bedrijven dicht, | Läden geschlossen, |
| stil in de straten, en toch -- | ruhige Straßen, und doch -- |
| druk in de parken. | lebhaft in den Parks. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-06
Lockdown because of Covid-19
Collection: Summer birds
| Here is the hotspot: | |
| a meander of people -- | |
| queueing for a shot. | |
| Hier is de hotspot: | Hier ist der Hotspot: |
| een lange slinger mensen -- | eine Langschnur von Leuten -- |
| die een prik willen. | für eine Impfung. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-23
Covid-19 (booster dose)
Collection: The drama
| The Welcome signposts | |
| lead me deep into the maze -- | |
| At Shot I am out. | |
| De bordjes Welkom | Willkommensschilder |
| leiden me de doolhof in -- | ins Labyrinth, bei Impfung -- |
| Bij Prik ben ik uit. | bin ich endlich Aus. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-23
Covid-19 (booster dose)
Collection: The drama
| It is a symptom | |
| of political failure: | |
| waterbed-swinging. | |
| Het is een symptoom | Es ist ein Symptom |
| van falende politiek: | der fehlenden Politik: |
| waterbed-deining. | Wasserbett-Wellen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-01
Society as free flow mattress
Collection: PumicePieces
| It's solemnly wrong | |
| with the world: the choir members -- | |
| are wearing black masks. | |
| Het is plechtig mis | Die Welt ist ernsthaft |
| met de wereld: het zangkoor -- | verkehrt, denn der Chor tritt auf -- |
| draagt zwarte maskers. | mit schwarzen Masken. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-27
Collection: A Home
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Another boring day |
Amsterdam, 2021-04-15
Covid-19 Lockdown
Police series "Professor T" (2015-2018) with Koen de Bouw as Jasper Teerlinck
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: De Bouw, Koen
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I take a bath in salt water |
Amsterdam, 2021-04-15
Space Oddity (David Bowie) - 1969
Covid-19 Lockdown
Song "Space Oddity" (album "David Bowie")
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: Bowie, David
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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
| Christmas, visitors | |
| absent -- as the saying goes: | |
| peace starts with yourself. | |
| Kerst zonder bezoek: | Weihnacht, kein Besuch: |
| vrede, zei het spreekwoord al -- | Frieden, wie das Sprichwort sagt -- |
| begint bij jezelf. | beginnt bei dir selbst. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-12
Mohanda Ghandi (1869-1948): If you want to change the world, first change yourself
Collection: The drama
Tribute to: Ghandi, Mohanda
| Love does not anchor | |
| in the time of corona -- | |
| catching up for years. | |
| Liefde blijft varen | Liebe ankert nicht |
| in tijden van corona -- | in Zeiten der Korona -- |
| ze haalt jaren in. | holt jahrelang auf. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-12
Gabriel García Márquez:"El amor en los tiempos de cólera" (1985, "Love in the Time of Cholera")
Fermina and Florentino sail on "La Nueva Fidelidad" ("The New Fidelity") in quarantine back and forth on the river Magdalena
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| I want to enjoy | |
| strawberries with sweet slipstream -- | |
| be healthy again. | |
| Ik wil genieten | Ich will Erdbeeren |
| van aardbeien met shampoo -- | mit Tagrahmen genießen -- |
| en weer gezond zijn. | wieder gesund sein. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-14
Report by Ellen de Bruin in nrc.next - 2020
Exhaustion and confusion from Covid-19 disease
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: De Bruin, Ellen
| In the empty streets | |
| I am a living statue -- | |
| feeling a bit dead. | |
| In de lege stad | Die Straßen sind leer, |
| ben ik een levend standbeeld -- | nur lebende Statuen -- |
| Ik voel me half dood. | schon ein bisschen tot. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-14
Interview with Maartje Wortel - 2020
Interview in the nrc.next of November 14th, 2020
Lockdown measures due to Covid-19
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Wortel, Maartje
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Sometimes you look up, listening |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-30
Covid-19 pandemic, Social distancing
Dule si (Temple of Solitary Joy, in Tianjin, dedicated to Guanyin, built in 984)
Collection: Changing Times
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We swarm across the border |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-29
Covid-19 pandemic, Social distancing
The virion enters the cell with an S-spike glycoprotein (spike-shaped protrusion)
Collection: Changing Times
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We are close together |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-28
Covid-19 pandemic, Social distancing
Collection: Changing Times
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Hey, there you are again |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-27
Covid-19 pandemic, Social distancing
Collection: Changing Times
| My mask is smiling, | |
| quite happily, I'm not sick -- | |
| but I'm frustrated. | |
| Mijn mondkapje lacht, | Die Maske lächelt, |
| heel vrolijk, ik ben niet ziek -- | sehr fröhlich, ich bin nicht krank -- |
| maar wel gefrustreerd. | aber frustriert schon. |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-15
Collection: Greeting from before
| Blind premature deaths | |
| sneak around in sheep's clothing -- | |
| we look them away. | |
| Voortijdige dood | Vorzeitiger Tod |
| sluipt blind rond in schaapskleren -- | schleicht blind herum im Schafspelz -- |
| we kijken hem weg. | wir schauen ihn weg. |
, 2020-06-12
Collection: Greeting from before
