| I like to play the | |
| organ for an audience -- | |
| a hall with old men. | |
| Ik speel graag orgel, | Ich spiele gerne |
| liefst met publiek, een zaal vol -- | Orgel in einem Saal, voll- |
| met oude mannen. | er alter Männer. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-18
Maarten Wilmink plays his graduation concert in the Organpark on June 18th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
| Forever, the last | |
| heartbeat closes the treasure -- | |
| chambers in the head. | |
| De laatste hartslag | Der letzte Herzschlag |
| sluit in het hoofd voor altijd -- | verschließt dauerhaft die Schatz- |
| de schatkamers af. | kammern im Gehirn. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-02
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
| Take good care, not of | |
| the ashes, but of the flame -- | |
| and also share it. | |
| Bekommer je niet | Versorge nicht die |
| om de as, maar om het vuur -- | Asche, nur die Flamme, und -- |
| en geef het ook door. | gebe sie weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-29
We took the flame, you kept only the ashes (Jean Jaurès) - 1910
From a speech in parliament: "Nous en avons pris la flamme, vous nen avez gardé que la cendre" >> "Être fidèle à la tradition, c'est être fidèle à la flamme et non à la cendre" >> "Tradition ist die Weitergabe des Feuers und nicht das Bewahren der Asche" (Gustav Mahler)
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Jaures, Jean
| Bombs are everywhere, | |
| I cannot preserve any- | |
| thing permanently. | |
| Overal bommen, | Überall Bomben, |
| ik kan onmogelijk iets -- | ich werde nichts dauerhaft -- |
| blijvend bewaren. | bewahren können. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-12
Collection: Changing Times
| There are no limits | |
| to culture, kitsch flourishes -- | |
| and it overgrows. | |
| Er zijn geen grenzen | Die Kultur hat nie |
| aan cultuur, de kitsch floreert -- | Grenzen gekannt, der Kitsch blüht -- |
| overwoekerend. | überwuchernd auf. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-08
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Seven
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| The new era, well, | |
| old glory, cheaply copied -- | |
| in rotting concrete. | |
| De nieuwe tijd, ach, | Die neue Zeit, ach, |
| oude glorie, nagemaakt -- | alter Ruhm, billig kopiert -- |
| in rottend beton. | in sprödem Beton. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-12
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 4, chapter 10 The Woman in the Veil (burqa)
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Closed museums, all | |
| objects rot away if they -- | |
| have not been sold off. | |
| In de gesloten | Keine Museen. |
| musea rot alles weg -- | Alles verrottet, was nicht -- |
| wat niet verpatst is. | verschachert wurde. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-13
Collection: The Praised One
| I write what I read, | |
| so it is, for no one speaks -- | |
| their own words, do they? | |
| Ik schrijf wat ik lees, | Ich schreibe, was ich |
| zo is het, want niemand spreekt -- | lese, schließlich spricht niemand -- |
| woorden van hemzelf. | eigene Worte. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-16
the making visible of all kinds of raids (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "die sigbaarmaking van allerlei strooptogte"(collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collections: Look at me, Life line
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
|
Notre-Dame, she is quite old: although she may |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-20
The Notre-Dame of Paris (Gérard de Nerval) - 1832
Poem "Notre-Dame de Paris" (collection "Odelettes", 1834/1853)
Novel "Notre-Dame de Paris" (1831, Victor Hugo)
Translation contest "The Netherlands translates"
Collection: Reaching out
Tribute to: De Nerval, Gerard
| Who still wants to have | |
| the treasures of the book age? | |
| Who has a chimney? | |
| Wie wil de schatten | Die Schätze des Buch- |
| uit het boekentijdperk nog? | zeitalters, wer will sie noch? |
| Wie heeft een schoorsteen? | Vielleicht ein Schornstein? |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-24
An antiquarian bookshop puts 80,000 books (in good condition and including special copies) for free in public bookcases ('Street Library'-boxes); other shops, libraries and museums are not interested in them
Collection: Changing Times
| Everything passes, | |
| so we have to build bridges -- | |
| roads over the sea. | |
| Alles gaat voorbij, | Alles geht vorbei, |
| dus moet je bruggen bouwen -- | baue deshalb Hochstraßen -- |
| wegen over zee. | über dem Weltmeer. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-09
Proverb - 44. Everything passes and everything remains (Antonio Machado) - 1912
Poem, Proverbio - 44. "Todo pasa y todo queda" (collection "Campos de Castilla")
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio
| Experience and | |
| competence, toiled together -- | |
| And then the end comes. | |
| Zoveel ervaring | Geschuftet: so viel |
| heb ik bij elkaar gezwoegd -- | Erfahrung und Sachverstand -- |
| En dan komt het eind. | Und dann: das Ende. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-09
The hard core - 1, Diary 1968-1969, and Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 1992
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1 (1992), "Dagboek 1968-1969" (2010), and "Dagboek 1970-1971" (2011) - Autumn 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I have walked for hours | |
| and I didn't see anyone -- | |
| Yet there is a path. | |
| Ik loop al uren | Ich laufe, lange, |
| en ik kom niemand tegen -- | treffe niemanden, dennoch -- |
| Toch is er een pad. | gibt es einen Pfad. |
Amsterdam, 2013-04-23
Collection: NightWatch
