| Van Gogh was painting | |
| the landscape as if it were -- | |
| the last thing he saw. | |
| Van Gogh schilderde | Van Gogh malte die |
| het landschap als was het het -- | Landschaft, als wäre es das -- |
| laatste dat hij zag. | Letzte, was er sah. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-21
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om høsten", part 2, chapter 'October', § 'Van Gogh' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Van Gogh, Vincent
| Stay with me, don't die, | |
| let me cherish you always -- | |
| and be there for you. | |
| Blijf bij me, ga niet | Bleib bei mir, stirb nicht, |
| dood, laat me jou koesteren -- | lass mich dich immer hegen -- |
| en er voor jou zijn. | und für dich da sein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-28
The Capulets and the Montagues (Felice Romani / Vincenzo Bellini) - 1830
Conclusion of the opera "I Capuletti e i Montecchi" (libretto Felice Romani, music Vincenzo Bellini), 2nd act, 3rd scene - Romeo and Juliet
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Romani, Felice
Composer: Bellini, Vincenzo
| I can't fall asleep, | |
| and you don't sleep either, you'll -- | |
| never sleep again. | |
| Ik kan niet slapen, | Ich kann nicht schlafen, |
| jij ligt stil en slaapt ook niet -- | und auch du schläfst nicht, du wirst -- |
| zult nooit meer slapen. | nie wieder schlafen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-04
Your life, those days when you were no longer alive (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Je leven, die dagen dat je niet meer leefde", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part V [Mother], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - March 11th, 1966, Bologna (about March 6-11th, 1957, the days after her mother's death)
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The moon draws an arc | |
| through the lonely dreariness -- | |
| of my empty head. | |
| De maan trekt een boog | Der Mond zieht einen |
| door het eenzame duister -- | Bogen durch die Dunkelheit -- |
| van mijn lege hoofd. | in meinem Schädel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 4 "As I look at the moon / my mind goes roaming / till I live again / the autumn that I / knew long ago" (tanka by Saigyo, 1118-1190, translated by Burton Watson), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Saigyo
Composer: Garland, Peter
| How to do it, to | |
| look at a dying person -- | |
| look for the last time? | |
| Hoe moet je dat doen, | Wie macht man das, sich |
| kijken naar een stervende -- | einen Sterbenden zum letzt- |
| kijken voor het laatst? | en Mal anschauen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-27
You can't stop summer either (Dimitri Verhulst) - 2015
Novella "De zomer hou je ook niet tegen", page 44
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Verhulst, Dimitri
|
Mother Earth, farewell |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-03
Space Oddity (David Bowie) - 1969
Song (album "David Bowie" #2)
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Bowie, David
| Back in the Garden | |
| of Love, I walk around lost -- | |
| among gravestones. | |
| Terug in de Tuin | Zurück im Garten |
| van de Liefde, loop ik rond -- | der Liebe geh ich herum -- |
| tussen grafstenen. | zwischen Grabsteinen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-17
The Garden of Love (William Blake) - 1789
Poem, set to music in 2003 by Jacob ter Veldhuis ('Jacob TV'), for audio with soprano sax or clarinet or flute or oboe or violin or xylophone or guitar, performed by Lichtbende in the Organpark on November 17th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Blake, William; Ter Veldhuis, Jacob
| We check on mum, if | |
| she's getting her colour, if -- | |
| she's alive again. | |
| We gaan steeds kijken | Wir schauen ständig |
| bij mama, of ze kleur krijgt -- | nach, ob Mama Farbe hat -- |
| en weer gaat leven. | ob sie wieder lebt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-15
Seymour (Ronelda Kamfer) - 2016
Poem (collection "Hammie")
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda
| What is left to write? | |
| My sweet body is drowning -- | |
| with empty letters. | |
| Wat nog te schrijven? | Was soll ich schreiben? |
| Mijn lieve lichaam verdrinkt -- | Mein süßer Körper ertrinkt -- |
| met lege brieven. | mit leeren Briefen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-20
An empty postman drowns in the country road (Hans Lodeizen) - 1949
Poem "Een lege postbode verdrinkt in de landweg"
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans
| Darkness of the night, | |
| the genuine veil of love -- | |
| drawn over everything. | |
| De donkere nacht | Die finstere Nacht |
| is de mantel der liefde -- | ist der Mantel der Liebe -- |
| die alles bedekt. | der alles bedeckt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-06
Ode to the night (Jotie T'Hooft) - 1977
Poem "Ode aan de nacht" (collection "De laatste gedichten")
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: T'Hooft, Jotie
| About everything | |
| I saw, I cry, drowning tears -- | |
| in oblivion. | |
| Ik huil van alles | Ein ganzes Leben |
| wat ik zag, verdrink tranen -- | ertränke ich mit Tränen -- |
| in vergetelheid. | in Vergessenheit. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-25
Blade runner (Ridley Scott / Philip K. Dick) - 1982
Film "Blade runner" (1982, Ridley Scott, after a novel by Philip K. Dick)
Replicant (android) Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) saves the life of 'blade runner' Rick Deckard, although he will be killed by him afterwards, and says: 'All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain'
Collection: Pending rain
Tribute to: Hauer, Rutger
| The old goat just stares | |
| at me, I realise this -- | |
| is what is farewell. | |
| De oude geit staart | Die alte Ziege |
| naar mij en ik besef dit -- | starrt mich an und ich weiß das -- |
| is wat afscheid is. | ist, was Abschied ist. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-08
Old goat (Rutger Kopland) - 2008
Poem "Oude geit" (collection "Toen ik dit zag")
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Kopland, Rutger
|
Last goodbye |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-25
Collection: Metamorphic body
|
The world is more beautiful |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-18
Collection: Metamorphic body
| The dying man looks | |
| at me, intense, full of love -- | |
| for me, life itself. | |
| De stervende kijkt | Der Sterbende sieht |
| mij aan, intens, vol liefde -- | mich an, tief, voller Liebe -- |
| voor mij, het leven. | für mich, das Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-06
Major Decoster's film archive (Hubert Lampo) - 1992
Story "Het filmarchief van majoor Decoster" (collection "Schemertijdmuziek")
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Lampo, Hubert
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Dear friend, I can't, I don't |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-08
Collection: The climbing house
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The sun is gentle today |
Noordwijk, 2021-10-13
Collection: Heart's Delight
| Nice conversations | |
| in the shadow of her death: | |
| luminous islands. | |
| Fijne gesprekken | Nette Gespräche |
| in de schaduw van haar dood: | im Schatten ihres Todes: |
| eilanden van licht. | leuchtende Inseln. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-20
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels) - 2012
"Dagboek 1972-1973" - December 2nd, 1973, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Saying goodbye to | |
| what's beautiful: music, girls -- | |
| Young girls most of all. | |
| Afscheid nemen van | Abschied von Schönheit: |
| wat mooi is: muziek, meisjes -- | von Musik, den Mädchen, vor -- |
| Vooral de meisjes. | allem den Mädchen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-01
The young girls (Raymond Carver) - 1985
Poem, published in "Tendril" (1985), and in the collection "A new path to the waterfall" (1989)
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Carver, Raymond
|
O love my love, the summer's been so bright |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-04
Danny Boy (Frederic Weatherly) - 1910
Song ("A Londonderry Air", 1792)
Collection: Without reserve
Tribute to: Weatherly, Frederic
| Lying in my bed, | |
| I saw a house being build -- | |
| for after my life. | |
| Liggend in mijn bed | Aus dem Bett sah ich, |
| heb ik een huis zien bouwen -- | dass ein Haus gebaut wurde -- |
| voor na mijn leven. | für Menschen nach mir. |
Amsterdam, 2013-03-04
Hospital (heart monitoring department)
Collection: Greeting from before
