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We shake hands, finally |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-02
The Misunderstanding 'Psychotherapy' (Flip Jan van Oenen)
Enduring (Flip Jan van Oenen) - 2019
Books from 2019 and 2025
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
Tribute to: Van Oenen, Flip Jan
Dedicated to: Marije S
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No more bicycles: |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-28
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
'Hongerwinter': the Dutch famine of 1944-1945
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Oorlogsherinneringen' (Memories of war)
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Well, what I long for | |
| in my life is quite a lot -- | |
| that I still hope for. | |
| Waar ik naar verlang | Was ich mir wünsche |
| in mijn leven, dat is veel -- | in meinem Leben: vieles -- |
| waar ik nog op hoop. | was ich erhoffe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-17
You now (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2016
Short stories "Gij nu", story 'mensen gilden alsof ze op een rollercoaster zaten maar dan zonder het plezier' ('people were screaming like they were on a rollercoaster but without the fun'), chapter Four
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet
| Hope is not purely | |
| positive, because it goes -- | |
| hand in hand with fear. | |
| Hoop is niet zuiver | Hoffnung ist nicht nur |
| positief, hij gaat helaas -- | positiv, sie geht leider -- |
| gelijk op met angst. | oft mit Angst einher. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-15
You now (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2016
Short stories "Gij nu", story 'zijn familie geloofde heilig dat doen alsof eigenlijk ook een kunst was' ('his family firmly believed that pretending was actually an art too'), chapter Three
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet
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Only with a stranger |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-14
All we imagine as light (Payal Kapadia) - 2024
Film "Prabhayay Ninachathellam"
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Kapadia, Payal
| Isn't it allowed to | |
| be angry, may I only -- | |
| hope for equity? | |
| Mag ik niet boos zijn, | Darf ich nicht wütend |
| mag ik alleen maar hopen -- | sein, darf ich ja nur hoffen -- |
| op rechtvaardigheid? | auf Gerechtigkeit? |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-13
All we imagine as light (Payal Kapadia) - 2024
Film "Prabhayay Ninachathellam"
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Kapadia, Payal
| I don't want to spoil | |
| my happiness, I have to -- | |
| keep hoping in you. | |
| Ik wil mijn geluk | Ich will mir mein Glück |
| niet bederven, dus moet ik -- | nicht verderben, deshalb muss -- |
| wel op jou hopen. | ich auf dich hoffen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-06
Beloved, you are my hope (Giovanni Palazzi and Domenico Lalli / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1720
Air "Amato ben, tu sei la mia speranza" from the opera "La verità in cimento" ("Truth in Contention", RV 739), 2nt act, 2nd scene - Rosane
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Palazzi, Giovanni; Lalli, Domenico
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| I sometimes wish that | |
| my next life would begin now -- | |
| I'll be happy then. | |
| Ik verlang wel eens | Mal wünsche ich mir, |
| dat mijn volgende leven -- | dass mein nächstes Leben jetzt -- |
| nu alvast begint. | beginnen würde. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-17
The Saint of the Impossible (Arnon Grunberg) - 1998
Novella "De heilige Antonio", chapter 14
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon
| The wind wails for me. | |
| Bring my love to my darling -- | |
| on swift rosy wings. | |
| De wind klaagt om mij. | Der Wind klagt um mich. |
| Breng mijn liefde naar mijn lief -- | Bring mein Herz zu meinem Schatz -- |
| op roze vleugels. | auf rosa Flügeln. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-10
On rosy wings of love (Salvatore Cammarano / Giuseppe Verdi) - 1853
Air "D'amor sull'ali rosee", opera "Il trovatore" ("The troubadour") - Leonora, act 4
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Cammarano, Salvatore
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
| The field is open. | |
| Would there come out of the earth -- | |
| of here, a thinking? | |
| Het veld ligt open. | Das Feld ist offen. |
| Zou er uit de aarde, hier -- | Gäbe es von der Erde -- |
| een denken komen? | von hier, ein Denken? |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-16
the making visible of all kinds of raids (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "die sigbaarmaking van allerlei strooptogte"(collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| For years, refugees | |
| have to stay in the waiting -- | |
| area of hope. | |
| De vluchtelingen | Flüchtlinge sitzen |
| zitten jaren in de wacht- | jahrelang nur im Warte- |
| kamer van de hoop. | zimmer der Hoffnung. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-23
That afternoon (Nafiss Nia) - 2023
Refugees, asylum seekers
Film "Die middag"
Collection: Local tardiness
Tribute to: Nia, Nafiss
| The Messiah will | |
| come, but unfortunately -- | |
| just one day too late. | |
| De Messias zal | Der Messias wird |
| zeker komen, maar helaas -- | ja kommen, aber leider -- |
| net een dag te laat. | einen Tag zu spät. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-24
Octave booklet G (Franz Kafka) - 1917
Oktavheft G, December 4th, 1917
"Der Messias wird nicht am letzten Tag kommen, sondern am allerletzten" (The Messiah will not come on the last day, but on the very last)
Collection: Secrets & Believers
Tribute to: Kafka, Franz
| It was a long week | |
| of waiting, yet very short -- | |
| was this happiness. | |
| Wat was de week lang | Die Woche war lang |
| van het wachten, en zo kort -- | wegen des Wartens, doch kurz -- |
| duurde dat geluk. | währte dieses Glück. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-09
The Crow (Kader Abdolah) - 2011
Novella "De kraai"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Abdolah, Kader
| For me, the greatest | |
| happiness might be the hope -- | |
| it will come someday. | |
| Het grootste geluk | Vielleicht ist für mich |
| is voor mij misschien de hoop -- | das größte Glück die Hoffnung -- |
| dat het zal komen. | dass es kommen wird. |
Amsterdam, 2019-04-28
The introduction - Faxing to Ger #1 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2017
Diary-novel "De kennismaking - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| Waiting for good luck: | |
| long trains crowded with chances -- | |
| rushing, rushing past. | |
| Wachten op geluk: | Auf das Glück warten: |
| lange treinen vol kansen -- | Eilzüge voller Chancen -- |
| die voorbij razen. | die vorbei rasen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-04-15
The escape of Gilles Whalecutter (M.M. Schoenmakers) - 2019
Novel "De vlucht van Gilles Speksneijder"
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Schoenmakers, M.M.
