| An interview is | |
| mainly about the person -- | |
| not about the work. | |
| Een interview gaat | Ein Interview geht |
| vooral over de persoon -- | hauptsächlich um die Person -- |
| niet over het werk. | und nicht um das Werk. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-06
The bad luck, the heaviness, and the floating (Nicolien Mizee) - 2025
Diary novel "De pech, de zwaarheid en het zweven" ("Faxing to Ger #7") - April 28th, 2001
People are more interested in each other's experiences than in each other's achievements
Collections: In the light, Look at me
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| I despised him, and | |
| then realised that I was -- | |
| the monster myself. | |
| Ik verachtte hem, | Ich verachte ihn, |
| en besefte toen dat ik -- | und erkenne dann, dass ich -- |
| zelf het monster was. | selbst das Monster bin. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-06
My struggle 5. Some Rain Must Fall (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2010
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Femte bok" (translated 2015), part 7 - July 1990, Haugesund (between Bergen and Stavanger)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| People are unique, | |
| as rare as the colour shades -- | |
| of their skin and eyes. | |
| Mensen zijn uniek, | Menschen sind einzig- |
| zo zeldzaam als de kleuren -- | artig, so selten wie Haut- |
| van huid en ogen. | und Augenfarbe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-03
With a photo of Paul, a close-up of his face; he has green eyes, which is said to be rare (April 4th, 2012, NDSM-werf, Amsterdam)
Collection: Life line
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Paul J
| I feel more at home | |
| with trees and a wide river -- | |
| than with company. | |
| Ik voel me meer thuis | Bäume und Flüsse, |
| bij bomen en rivieren -- | da bin ich mehr zu Hause -- |
| dan in gezelschap. | als in Gesellschaft. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-14
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 3 Glory, chapter 14
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Knowledge of human | |
| nature: learning that people -- | |
| are not characters. | |
| Met mensenkennis | Mit Menschenkenntnis |
| moet ik leren: mensen zijn -- | muss ich lernen: Menschen sind -- |
| geen personages. | keine Figuren. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-26
The character's helplessness (Marjoleine de Vos) - 2024
Column "De hulpeloosheid van het personage", in the NRC of February 26th, 2024) - Reality and fiction: do movies and novels teach us not only to understand people, but also to see them as characters?
Collection: Known
Tribute to: De Vos, Marjoleine
| The gnome leans over, | |
| with a wide open muzzle -- | |
| he's limping on stilts. | |
| De kabouter helt | Der Gnom hängt furchtbar |
| voorover, met open muil -- | über, mit offenem Maul -- |
| hinkt hij op stelten. | hinkt er auf Stelzen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-21
The Gnome (Modest Mussorgski) - 1874
Composition "Pictures at an Exhibition", part "Gnomus" ("The Gnome" [a nutcracker]), in an arrangement (2023) by Marc Kaptijn performed in the Organpark by the Amsterdam Wind Quintet and Maarten van der Bijl (organ) on January 21st, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Mussorgski, Modest
| I am a writer, | |
| I see into people's hearts -- | |
| and into their thoughts. | |
| Ik ben schrijver, ik | Ich bin Schriftsteller, |
| heb inzage in harten -- | ich hab Einsicht in Herzen -- |
| en in gedachten. | und in Gedanken. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-23
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 2-6 "My tenth birthday"
Collections: Shadows, Look at me
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I write about you, | |
| you are a human being -- | |
| human, just like me. | |
| Ik schrijf over jou, | Ich schreibe über |
| ik denk dat jij een mens bent -- | dich, denke, du bist ein Mensch -- |
| mens, net zoals ik. | Mensch, genau wie ich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-20
the vulgarity of verses (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Empathy <> Cultural appropriation
Poem "die vulgariteit van verse" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| It is just cardboard, | |
| not a human, yet I can't -- | |
| take shooting lessons. | |
| Het is maar karton, | Es ist nur Pappe, |
| geen mens, toch kan ik het niet -- | kein Mensch, aber ich will nicht -- |
| Ik wil geen schietles. | zum Schießunterricht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-19
your first night in jail (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "jou eerste nag in die tronk" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| Enthralling people | |
| are misunderstood, they are -- | |
| too enigmatic. | |
| Interessante | Interessante |
| mensen zijn onbegrepen -- | Menschen, selten verstanden -- |
| Te raadselachtig. | Zu mysteriös. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-28
The girl in the supermarket (Lars Gustafsson) - 2002
Poem "Flickan i snabbköpet" (collection "En tid i Xanadu")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gustafsson, Lars
| I don't control her, | |
| there is no need to do so -- | |
| I can see through her. | |
| Ik controleer niet, | Keine Kontrolle, |
| dat is bij haar niet nodig -- | das ist bei ihr nicht nötig -- |
| want ik doorzie haar. | ich durchschaue sie. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-22
The cup of love - The history of a first year (Simon Vestdijk) - 1956
Roman "De beker van de min - De geschiedenis van een eerste jaar", chapter 3-3 [1918]
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Voting: politics | |
| is means, not a power play -- | |
| It's about people. | |
| Stemmen: politiek | Stimmen: Politik |
| is een middel, geen machtsspel -- | ist ein Mittel, kein Machtspiel -- |
| Het gaat om mensen. | Es geht um Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-16
The Office - And melancholy, too (Han Voskuil) - 1999
Novel "Het Bureau - En ook weemoedigheid"
Page 112, Maarten Koning and Tjitske van den Akker speaking about the PSP (Pacifist Socialist Party, 1957-1991) - 1980
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| People are equal, | |
| Article 1 states, but who -- | |
| does obey the law? | |
| Mensen zijn gelijk, | Die Menschen sind gleich, |
| stelt Artikel 1, maar wie -- | laut Artikel 1, aber -- |
| houdt zich aan de wet? | wer folgt dem Gesetz? |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-29
Article 1 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands reads: "All persons in the Netherlands shall be treated equally in equal circumstances. Discrimination on the grounds of religion, belief, political opinion, race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or on any other grounds whatsoever shall not be permitted.
Collection: Without reserve
| Man, for other men | |
| a wolf, but a human one -- | |
| so, in sheep's clothing. | |
| De mens, voor mensen | Der Mensch, für Menschen |
| een wolf, maar dan menselijk -- | ein Wolf, zwar ein menschlicher -- |
| dus in schaapskleren. | also im Schafspelz. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-28
Latin proverb "Homo homini lupus [est]" ("A man [is] a wolf to another man")
Collection: PumicePieces
| The conclusion is: | |
| we have no idea why we -- | |
| do not save someone. | |
| De conclusie is: | Der Schluss lautet: wir |
| we niet weten waarom we -- | wissen nicht, warum wir je- |
| iemand niet redden. | manden nicht retten. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-08
Fire - 3 (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Poem "Brand" - 3 (collection "Glas tussen ons")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Take off my armour, | |
| my helmet, shield and shebang -- | |
| I reach out my hand. | |
| Mijn harnas, mijn helm, | Rüstung, Helm und Schild, |
| mijn schild en rimram afdoen -- | und auch das Blech abnehmen -- |
| mijn hand uitsteken. | meine Hand reichen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-07
just by taking off your armour (Henk van der Waal) - 2003
Poem "gewoon door je harnas af te doen" (collection "De aantochtster")
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Van Der Waal, Henk
| I quiesce the storm | |
| and welcome my enemies -- | |
| people just like me. | |
| Ik leg de storm stil, | Ich stoppe den Sturm, |
| verwelkom mijn vijanden -- | begrüße meine Feinde -- |
| mensen zoals ik. | Auch sie sind Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-08-12
The tempest (William Shakespeare) - 1611
Play
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| The news-reports flush | |
| waves of drowning refugees -- | |
| into our livings. | |
| Het nieuws spoelt golven | Die Tagesschau spült |
| verdronken vluchtelingen -- | ertrunkene Flüchtlinge -- |
| de huiskamers in. | in die Wohnzimmer. |
Amsterdam, 2022-02-08
Évian (Ghayath Almadhoun) - 2017
Poem (collection "Adrenaline" and video "Évian" in 2019)
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Almadhoun, Ghayath
| While reading I meet | |
| distant people as neighbours -- | |
| so intimately. | |
| Lezend ontmoet ik | Beim Lesen treffe |
| verre en dode mensen -- | ich Menschen, fern oder tot -- |
| intiem als buren. | intim wie Nachbarn. |
Amsterdam, 2020-09-24
A good neighbour (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2020
Column "Een goede buur" (in nrc.next)
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
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With ropes in the dark |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-03
The clowns (Federico Fellini) - 1970
Film "I clowns"
Collection: I am
Tribute to: Fellini, Federico
|
I get paid and I buy |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-05
With due respect (Theo Maassen) - 2011
Cabaret
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Maassen, Theo
| Does the seeress say: | |
| Your treasure is a person... ? | |
| What is her language? | |
| Zegt de waarzegster: | Sagt die Seherin: |
| Jouw schat vind je in een mens... ? | Dein Schatz ist eine Person... ? |
| Welke taal spreekt ze? | Was ist die Sprache? |
Amsterdam, 2018-10-08
treasure (Radna Fabias) - 2018
Poem "schat" (collection "Habitus")
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Fabias, Radna
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More and more colours join the flag |
Ufhusen, 2017-08-27
Rainbow flag
Poem "Völuspá" ("Prophecy of the Sorceress/Seeress"):
The three forefathers of the divine Aesir (Breathing creatures/Asians), Odin, Vili and Ve, formed the female human from the elm tree/vine (embla) and the male human from the ash tree (asker)
Collection: Without reserve
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They say I should go |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-17
Hajj
Collection: Short Sermons
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Sometimes, I have heard something back |
Amsterdam, 2017-04-27
King's Day 2017
A peacock has colourless feathers with barbs in varying layers and at different distances from each other, which colour the light
König Pilsener (from Duisburg)
Collection: Mosaic virus
| I do love people | |
| without understanding why -- | |
| they do what they do. | |
| Ik houd van mensen | Ich liebe Menschen, |
| zonder te weten waarom -- | ohne zu wissen, warum -- |
| zij doen wat ze doen. | sie tun, was sie tun. |
Amsterdam, 2013-03-21
Collection: The climbing house
Hell of man
Amsterdam, 2012-04-03
Poster design
Collection: Pencil
Tribute to: Sartre, Jean-Paul
Dedicated to: Karin J J
Enfer du prochain
Amsterdam, 2012-04-02
Poster design ("Hell of man")
Collection: Pencil
Tribute to: Sartre, Jean-Paul
Dedicated to: Karin J J
Naastenhel
Amsterdam, 2012-04-01
Poster design ("Hell of man")
Collection: Pencil
Tribute to: Sartre, Jean-Paul
Dedicated to: Karin J J
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I am me and you are you |
Train Amsterdam-Nijmegen, 2008-07-28
Avalokitesvara (the Lord who looks [at the world],/small>)
Collection: Migration
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Tires hum, backs are bent |
Amsterdam, 2008-07-26
Collection: The climbing house
