| The gods think they are | |
| the elite, but popular -- | |
| is their behaviour. | |
| De goden wanen | Götter sehen sich |
| zich de elite te zijn -- | als Elite, verhalten -- |
| Volks is hun gedrag. | sich aber als Volk. |
De Koog, 2024-09-20
Requiem for a friend (Han Voskuil) - 2002
Novel "Requiem voor een vriend", chapter 1951-1956, September 16th, 1954 - Amsterdam, Han Voskuil
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| I'm afraid, free will | |
| is rare, it's a luxury -- | |
| for the happy few. | |
| Helaas, vrije wil | Der freie Wille |
| is schaars, het is een luxe -- | ist rar, er ist ein Luxus -- |
| voor weinig mensen. | für die Wenigen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-27
Frankissstein: a love story (Jeanette Winterson) - 2019
Novel, Methinks, wrote Byron
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Finally I live | |
| in a palace, as a queen -- | |
| so isolated. | |
| Eindelijk leef ik | Endlich lebe ich |
| in een paleis, als een vorst -- | in einem Palast, als Fürst -- |
| zo geïsoleerd. | völlig isoliert. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-12
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 4, chapter 10 The Woman in the Veil (burqa)
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Please forget the facts, | |
| they belong to the elite -- | |
| which is suspicious. | |
| Vergeet de feiten, | Vergiss Fakten, die |
| ze zijn van de elite -- | gehören zur Elite -- |
| en die is verdacht. | die verdächtig ist. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-20
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapter (2-) 22
This is a post-factual time
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| In the palaces, | |
| it was normal at the time: | |
| graceful seriousness. | |
| In de paleizen | In den Palästen |
| was het toentertijd normaal: | war es damals ganz normal: |
| de sierlijke ernst. | anmutiger Ernst. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-27
The Grand Duke's Ball (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck) - 1590
Composition for organ (or harpsichord), SwWV 319, on the theme of "Ballo del granduca" (1590, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck), performed on January 27th, 2024 by recorder ensemble The Royal Wind Music in the Organpark (arrangement Hester Groenleer)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Sweelinck, Jan P.
| Create enemies, | |
| then the elite can go on -- | |
| stealing from the state. | |
| Schep een vijand, dan | Schaffe Feinde, dann |
| kan de elite blijven -- | kann die Elite weiter -- |
| stelen van de staat. | den Staat ausrauben. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-11
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
Kleptocracy
Tale, part 4
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| The rich people feed | |
| each other, so the hungry -- | |
| have to do the same. | |
| De rijken voeden | Reichen speisen sich |
| elkaar, de hongerigen -- | gegenseitig, Hungrigen -- |
| moeten dat dus ook. | müssen das auch tun. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-06
(Bertolt Brecht) - 1930
Bertolt Brecht, quoted in the poem "Die hiefel en die fiefel" ("Ole and Axel", Antjie Krog, collection "Verweerskrif" ["Body bereft", 2006])
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie; Brecht, Bertolt
| The laws are asleep, | |
| with the rich, while injustice -- | |
| sleeps among the poor. | |
| De wetten slapen | Gesetze schlafen |
| bij de rijken, het onrecht -- | mit den Reichen, das Unrecht -- |
| slaapt bij de armen. | schläft mit den Armen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-06
Lady Justice blindfolded - 7 (Antjie Krog) - 2014
Poem "Vrou Justitia geblinddoek" - 7 (collection "Mede-wete" ("Synapse")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
|
After today's four steps |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-08
Four steps: four postal stops
Postilions (post-coachmen) wear heavy boots, to protect against getting jammed; these boots are named after the average distance between the posts (postal stops, relays): "bottes de sept lieues" ("seven-league boots")
Postillon d'amour = Post-coachman of love
Collection: Migration
| Am I elitist | |
| if football is new to you -- | |
| and I explain it? | |
| Ben ik elitair | Bin ich elitär, |
| als voetbal nieuw is voor jou -- | wenn Fußball neu für dich ist -- |
| en ik uitleg geef? | und ich erkläre? |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-08
I'll call you when I'm dead - Conversations with Armando (Cherry Duyns) - 2023
"Ik bel je wel als ik dood ben - Gesprekken met Armando" ("I'll call you when I'm dead - Conversations with Armando"), 2011-2018, Cherry Duyns
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Armando; Duyns, Cherry
| While we eat our fill | |
| the elite get the fattest -- | |
| from all our labour. | |
| We eten ons vol | Ich esse mich satt |
| en de elite wordt vet -- | und die Elite wird fett -- |
| van onze arbeid. | von meiner Arbeit. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-07
(Luigi Pirandello)
Story " "
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
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Wishing to live |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-01
Room in Brooklyn (Edward Hopper) - 1932
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward
|
As a baby, I was taken |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-10
As a baby, Crown Prince Thut-mosis (Moses) is brought into safety in the Temple of Ptah (the Creator) at Memphis in the Nile Delta
To break the power of the Amun priests, Pharaoh Amen-hotep III introduces the monotheistic worship of Aton (the sun, the abstract divine), but in 1351 BCE he is killed
Collection: A Home
| The court is reserved | |
| for the nobles and the cat -- | |
| who is a Lady. | |
| Aan het hof leven | Am Hof verweilen |
| edelen, en ook de kat -- | Adlige, und die Katze -- |
| die een Freule is. | die edle Freifrau. |
Amsterdam, 2020-09-30
The Pillow Book (Sei Sh?nagon) - 1002
Diary "Makura no S?shi" #7
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Shonagon, Sei
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After our working day we look |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-29
Collection: Lilith's Powers
|
Magical powers bubbling up |
Amsterdam, 2019-04-26
Islamic tradition: al-Hassan ibn Ali, Husayn ibn Ali - 625
Birth of the heirs (625-627) al-Hassan ibn Ali (2nd imam) and Husayn ibn Ali (3rd imam)
Collection: The Praised One
|
We still pretend |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-22
Collection: Mosaic virus
| Even gentlemen | |
| wish to live with dignity: | |
| just common, sometimes. | |
| Ook een heer van stand | Auch ein Herr von Stand |
| wenst menswaardig te leven: | möchte in Würde leben: |
| soms geen heer te zijn. | manchmal kein Herr sein. |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-17
Tom Puss and The Lumps (Marten Toonder) - 1955
Comic strip #67 - "Tom Poes en De klonters", tier 2654
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
