| My ambitions force | |
| materials together -- | |
| into a grand work. | |
| Mijn plannen dwingen | Die Pläne zwingen |
| materialen samen -- | Baustoffe zusammen, zu -- |
| tot een groots bouwwerk. | einem großen Werk. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-17
He who, from unruly materials (Frida Vogels) - 2011
Verse "Wie, uit weerbarstige materialen", published in "Diary 1970-1971" - August 11th, 1970, Pieve di Tremosine
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Competition is | |
| creative: no more wheels, but -- | |
| coaches on sledges. | |
| Concurrentie is | Wettbewerb ist schlau: |
| creatief: geen wielen, maar -- | keine Räder mehr, sondern -- |
| koetsen op sledes. | Kutschen auf Schlitten. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-12
To reduce traffic congestion on the quays, Amsterdam levied a tax on vehicle wheels from 1737 onwards
Collection: Local traffic
| The fastest blower | |
| has curly hair, it is stuffed -- | |
| with the paper darts. | |
| De snelste blazer | Der schnellste Bläser |
| heeft krullend haar, het zit vol -- | hat lockiges Haar, besteckt -- |
| papieren pijltjes. | mit Papierpfeilen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-01
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Een migrantengezin in Milaan' (A migrant family in Milan) - Shooting paper darts with a blowpipe (Milan, 1959)
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Certainly, AI | |
| isn't the future, it does not -- | |
| escape from what is. | |
| AI is zeker | KI ist bestimmt |
| niet de toekomst, ze ontsnapt -- | nicht die Zukunft, sie entkommt -- |
| niet uit wat er is. | nicht dem, was da ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-31
AI is making our culture uniform (Jonasz Dekkers) - 2025
Article "AI maakt eenheidsworst van onze cultuur" in the NRC of May 31st, 2025
AI = Artificial intelligence
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Dekkers, Jonasz
| With interruptions | |
| my peace deepens, then it starts -- | |
| I get creative. | |
| Haperend verdiept | Stockend vertieft sich |
| mijn rust zich, dan begint het -- | meine Ruhe, dann gehts los -- |
| Ik word creatief. | Ich bin kreativ. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-09
Turning inwards (John Kameel Farah) - 2023
Composition, performed by John Kameel Farah in the Organpark on November 9th, 2024, on organs, synthesizers and piano
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Farah, John Kameel
| Commandos climb through | |
| the cave at night with torches -- | |
| Into the city. | |
| Commando's klimmen | Kommandos klettern |
| 's nachts met toortsen door de grot -- | nachts mit Fackeln durch die Schlucht -- |
| de bovenstad in. | in die Oberstadt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-11
Stained glass windows (Hansjörg Fink and Elmar Lehnen) - 2022
Composition "Vitraux", part "Jesus jagt die Händler und Käufer aus dem Tempel" ("Jesus drives the merchants and buyers out of the temple"), performed by Hansjörg Fink (trombone) and Elmar Lehnen (organ) at the Organpark on October 11th, 2024
The stained glass windows in question were installed by Arcabas (Jean-Marie Pirot) in the Notre-Dame des Neiges in Alpe d'Huez
Mark 14:10,20 Judas, the commander of the 'dagger-men', enters the city of Jerusalem through the shaft above the Siloam spring on the Thursday after the festive entry, and the next day he is the first of the Twelve (the king's council) to be 'baptised' with Jesus as a martyr for God's rule
Collections: The King, org anp ARK
Tribute to: Pirot, Jean-Marie
Composers: Fink, Hansjörg; Lehnen, Elmar
| Da Vinci: the first | |
| bicycle; fabricate it -- | |
| then you can ride it. | |
| Da Vinci tekent | Da Vinci zeichnet |
| de eerste fiets; wie hem maakt -- | ein Fahrrad; wer es herstellt -- |
| kan er op rijden. | kann damit fahren. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-04
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Five
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Progress is the storm | |
| that has risen at the gates -- | |
| of Eden's garden. | |
| Vooruitgang: de storm | Fortschritt ist der Sturm |
| die opstak aan de poorten -- | der aufkam vor den Toren -- |
| van het paradijs. | des Paradieses. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-23
On the concept of history (Walter Benjamin) - 1940
Historical-philosophical theses "Über den Begriff der Geschichte"
Walter Benjamin bought in 1921 the painting "Angelus Novus" ("New Angel" / "Young Angel") by Paul Klee, painted in 1920, about which the 9th thesis is about
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Benjamin, Walter
| Man as Creator | |
| keeps grafting new qualities -- | |
| onto ancient roots. | |
| De mens als Schepper | Der Mensch als Schöpfer |
| ent nieuwe eigenschappen -- | pfropft neue Eigenschaften -- |
| op oude stammen. | auf alten Wurzeln. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-03
Sexing the cherry (Jeanette Winterson) - 1989
Novel, chapter "1649" (Anno Domini 1649)
Romans 11:19-20 Jewish branches are broken off in order to graft the shoots of the Christian faith onto the trunk of the Old Covenant
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| I wrap the towel | |
| tightly around my sports shoes -- | |
| to form a pillow. | |
| De handdoek wikkel | Das Handtuch wickle |
| ik strak om mijn sportschoenen -- | ich um meine Turnschuhe -- |
| tot een hoofdkussen. | zu einem Kissen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-12
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - The inn at Goundam (Mali)
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Twelve)
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| God has fled, somewhere | |
| in a hole of the cosmos -- | |
| He's creating worlds. | |
| God is weggevlucht, | Gott ist geflohen, |
| in een hoek van het heelal -- | in einem Loch des Weltalls -- |
| schept Hij werelden. | erschafft Er Welten. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-30
The waiter and the living (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Novel "De kellner en de levenden", chapter X. The temptation
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
|
Most people walk past |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-16
For Nina T, who was born on January 17th, 2007
Poem to "Colors for a large wall" (1951, Ellsworth Kelly)
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Nina T
| Go push your way through | |
| the forest, to the fortress -- | |
| and set yourself free! | |
| Baan jezelf een weg | Bahne dich einen |
| door het woud, naar de vesting -- | Weg durch den Wald, zur Festung -- |
| en bevrijd jezelf! | und befreie dich! |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-29
The forest and the citadel. Memoires of a composer (Simeon ten Holt) - 2009
"Het woud en de citadel. Memoires van een componist"
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Ten Holt, Simeon
Composer: Ten Holt, Simeon
| Calm before the storm | |
| of my creativity: | |
| I am very bored! | |
| Stilte voor de storm | Ruhe vor dem Sturm |
| van mijn creativiteit: | meiner Kreativität: |
| ik verveel me zo! | mir ist langweilig! |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-28
The Gay Science (Friedrich Nietzsche) - 1882
"Für den Denker und für alle erfindsamen Geister ist Langeweile jene unangenehme 'Windstille' der Seele, welche der glücklichen Fahrt und den lustigen Winden vorangeht" ("To the thinker, and to all inventive minds, boredom is that disagreeable 'calm' of the soul which precedes happy voyages and merry winds"), 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche, in: "Die fröhliche Wissenschaft" ("The Gay Science")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Nietzsche, Friedrich
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From times of which I have no idea |
Amsterdam, 2021-01-02
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Yuk Lin M, Philip L
| Thanks to the moth holes | |
| in the umbrella, I count -- | |
| the stars exactly. | |
| Dankzij de motten- | Dank des Mottenlochs |
| gaten in de paraplu -- | im Regenschirm zähle ich -- |
| tel ik de sterren. | die Sterne genau. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-05
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1961
Novella "El colonel no tiene quién le escriba"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| Pencil sharpeners | |
| cannot make an arrowhead -- | |
| from a pebble stone. | |
| Een puntenslijper | Ein Anspitzer kann |
| kan geen pijlpunten maken -- | keine Pfeilspitzen machen -- |
| van kiezelstenen. | aus Kieselsteinen. |
Amsterdam, 2020-08-19
Boyhood (Richard Linklater) - 2014
Film
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Linklater, Richard
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Mum is beautiful, and the garage |
Amsterdam, 2017-05-08
Collection: Life line
| Modern Construction | |
| regards doors as a problem -- | |
| and reinvents them. | |
| Het Nieuwe Bouwen | Das Neue Bauen |
| vindt deuren een probleem en -- | fasst Türen auf als Problem -- |
| vindt ze opnieuw uit. | und entwirft sie neu. |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-09
Tom Puss and The Fidler (Marten Toonder) - 1958
Comic strip #81 - "Tom Poes en De beunhaas", tier 3463
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| I write 'you', just look, | |
| then you can see what it says -- | |
| and you will read love. | |
| Ik schrijf jij, kijk maar, | Ich schreibe du, schau |
| dan kun je zien wat er staat -- | mal, dann siehst du, was es sagt -- |
| en lees je liefde. | und liest du Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-24
Petite suite for solo voice (Ellen Warmond) - 1961
Poem "Petite suite voor solostem" (collection "Warmte, een woonplaats")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: Warmond, Ellen
| My index finger | |
| writes in the water the words -- | |
| that swim out of me. | |
| Mijn wijsvinger schrijft | Mein Zeigefinger |
| in het water de woorden -- | schreibt ins Wasser die Worte -- |
| die uit mij zwemmen. | die herausschwimmen. |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-28
The child and me (Martinus Nijhoff) - 1934
Poem "Het kind en ik" (collection "Nieuwe gedichten")
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Nijhoff, Martinus
| Look, I made something | |
| beautiful from an idea -- | |
| that attracted me. | |
| Kijk, ik heb iets moois | Ich mache etwas |
| gemaakt van een ideetje -- | Schönes aus einer Idee -- |
| dat mij verleidde. | die mich verführt hat. |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-11
Collection: Life line
| Is it strange? Much of | |
| everything that exists is -- | |
| too big or too small. | |
| Is het gek? Veel van | Ist es seltsam, dass |
| alles wat er bestaat, is -- | vieles entweder zu groß -- |
| te groot of te klein. | oder zu klein ist? |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-10
Is it strange? Not in nature, but perhaps with screws, bolts, and parts to make something fit?
Collection: Mosaic virus
| Just keep going, you | |
| may be successful, and be -- | |
| called a creator. | |
| Blijf gewoon bezig, | Mach einfach weiter, |
| dan heb je misschien succes -- | vielleicht hast du Erfolg, und -- |
| en heet je schepper. | bist du ein Schöpfer. |
Amsterdam, 2013-02-23
Collection: BloodTrunk
Photographer
Rekem, 1986-09-20
Dark room for a film roll problem
Collection: Photo's 1986
