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The tram on the hill sings |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-09
Current Singers (Christina Kubisch) - 2022
Composition "Stromsänger" for six voices and electronics, performed on February 8th, 2026, by five female singers of the Trondheim Voices ensemble at the Organ Park
Names of stops on the Gråkallbanen ('Grey Call Line' on the mountain Gråkallen) in Trondheim: Skansen (Fortress), Nodre Hoem (North House), Søndre Hoem (South House), Munkvoli (Monk Village), Ugla (Owl), Vestmarka (Westfield)
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Kubisch, Christina
| People like to talk | |
| about the required signposts -- | |
| but who is going? | |
| Mensen praten graag | Die Leute reden |
| over de wegwijzers, maar -- | gern über die Wegweiser -- |
| wie gaat er op weg? | aber wer geht los? |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-12
No one follows the signposts anymore (Stine Jensen) - 2024
Column "Niemand volgt de richtingaanwijzers nog" (in the NRC, January 12th, 2024)
"Pour une critique de léconomie politique du signe" and "Simulacres et Simulation" ("For a Critique of the Politicval Economy of the Sign", 1972, and "Simulacra & Simulation", 1981, Jean Baudrillard)
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Jensen, Stine; Baudrillard, Jean
| Downstream, three buckets | |
| of mayonnaise are sailing -- | |
| along with our boat. | |
| Stroomafwaarts varen | Flussabwärts segeln |
| er emmers mayonaise -- | Eimer mit Mayonnaise -- |
| mee naast onze boot. | neben meinem Boot. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-15
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-2-57, written 1956: "Mayonnaise - / Mayonnaise comes in cans / down the river"
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| There are just no ways | |
| to our goals, we hesitate -- | |
| and saunter about. | |
| We volgen geen weg | Zu Zielen gibt es |
| naar een doel, we aarzelen -- | keine Wege, man zögert -- |
| en drentelen wat. | und schlendert umher. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-17
Aphorism II,4 #26: There is a goal (Franz Kafka) - 1918
"Es gibt ein Ziel, aber keinen Weg, das was wir Weg nennen ist Zögern." ("There is a goal, but no way, what we call the way is hesitation.")
Collection: Chance
| Night sky, trees above | |
| silent watering places -- | |
| on the motorway. | |
| Nachthemel, bomen | Nachthimmel, Bäume |
| hoog boven de drenkplaatsen -- | hoch über den Trinkplätzen -- |
| aan de autoweg. | auf der Autobahn. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-30
At the photo of petrol station Hendriksbos on the A28 (near Nunspeet), taken by Sander van Wettum
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Van Wettum, Sander
| By a litter bin | |
| in a whiff of petrol air -- | |
| we're at a standstill. | |
| Bij een afvalbak | An den Mülleimern |
| in een vleug benzinelucht -- | in einem Hauch von Benzin -- |
| staan we even stil. | stehen wir kurz still. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-30
Petrol station
Collection: Migration
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Inexperienced travellers get lost |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-21
[1] Moriana, [2] Four Scenes: Monologue (Aspasia Nasopoulou) - 2017
Composition "Moriana" (2017), for cello
Composition "Four Scenes: Monologue" (2021), for voice and organ
Prose poems "Le città invisibili" ("The invisible cities", 1972, Italo Calvino)
Collection: ORG anp ark
Tribute to: Calvino, Italo
Composer: Nasopoulou, Aspasia
| Don't go anywhere, | |
| there is a Way, you just walk -- | |
| That's living your life. | |
| Je hoeft nergens heen, | Geh nirgendwohin, |
| er is een Weg, je wandelt -- | es gibt einen Weg, du gehst -- |
| Dat is het leven. | So ist das Leben. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-25
The Book and the Brotherhood (Iris Murdoch) - 1987
Tao
Novel
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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A brief break on the road |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-10
Automat (Edward Hopper) - 1927
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| We're walking along, | |
| I see what you see, and I -- | |
| point out what I see. | |
| Ik loop met je mee, | Ich geh mit dir, seh, |
| ik zie wat jij ziet en wijs -- | was du siehst und ich zeige -- |
| jou aan wat ik zie. | dich was ich sehe. |
Amsterdam, 2021-09-16
Collection: Dearme
| I am on my way, | |
| with views, that's what it's about -- | |
| goals are side issues. | |
| Ik ben onderweg, | Ich bin unterwegs, |
| met uitzichten, dat is het -- | mit Aussicht, das ist's, das Ziel -- |
| doelen zijn bijzaak. | ist Nebensache. |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-07
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig) - 1974
Novel
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Pirsig, Robert
| I am on my way, | |
| ignorant where to, that's how -- | |
| I get the farthest. | |
| Ik ben onderweg, | Ich bin unterwegs, |
| onwetend waar ik uitkom -- | wer weiß wo, so gehe ich -- |
| zo kom ik het verst. | ja am weitesten. |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-07
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going (Oliver Cromwell) - 1651
Oliver Cromwell's remark to Pomponne de Bellievre (quoted in the "Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz" [1717])
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Cromwell, Oliver
| Climbing a mountain | |
| you're proudly proving your worth -- | |
| But what would it be? | |
| Je beklimt een berg | Bergsteigen: du denkst, |
| en bewijst wat je waard bent -- | so beweist du deinen Wert -- |
| Maar wat is dat dan? | Aber was ist es? |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-07
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig) - 1974
Novel
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Pirsig, Robert
| Climbing a mountain | |
| while thinking about the top -- | |
| you're nowhere at all. | |
| Je beklimt een berg | Bergsteigen: du denkst |
| terwijl je denkt aan de top -- | nur an die Spitze, also -- |
| dus je bent nergens. | bist du nirgendwo. |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-07
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig) - 1974
Novel
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Pirsig, Robert
| We do move forward, | |
| but there is no way to go -- | |
| in the ship's cabins. | |
| We komen vooruit, | Wir gehen vorwärts, |
| maar we kunnen geen kant op -- | können aber nirgens hin -- |
| in de scheepshutten. | in den Schiffshütten. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-13
The general in his labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1989
Story "El general en su laberinto" about Simón Bolívar
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: GarcÃa Márquez, Gabriel
| Our view from the train: | |
| I ride away from the past -- | |
| she heads the future. | |
| Uitzicht in de trein: | Der Blick aus dem Zug: |
| ik rijd het verleden uit -- | ich, weg von was vorbei ist -- |
| zij de toekomst in. | sie, zu was noch kommt. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-25
Couple on the train (Willem Wilmink) - 1990
Poem "Echtpaar in de trein" (collection "Moet worden gevreesd dat het nooit bestond?")
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Wilmink, Willem
| I am lost, so what | |
| can I say? Nothing other -- | |
| than that I don't mind. | |
| Verdwaald, wat kan ik | Verirrt, was soll ich |
| er van zeggen? Niets dan dat -- | davon sagen? Nichts, nur dass -- |
| ik het niet erg vind. | es mir nichts ausmacht. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-23
Electro Symphonic Orchestra (June 23rd, 2018 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam), part 1 of block 2
Collection: Summer birds
Composer: Benders, Colin
| At the train station, | |
| people are in many ways -- | |
| heading for a bed. | |
| Op het treinstation | Leute am Bahnhof, |
| zijn mensen zo verschillend -- | unterschiedlich auf dem Weg -- |
| op weg naar een bed. | zu dem einen Bett. |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-02
Within the skin (Han Voskuil) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Binnen de huid" (written 1964-1967), chapter - January 10th, 1955, Amsterdam
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| What options? Which way | |
| to go? Or just keep going? | |
| Just walking further. | |
| Wat zijn de opties? | Was machen wir jetzt? |
| Welke kant op? Of gaan we? | Welchen Weg? Oder vorwärts? |
| Zomaar wat lopen. | Einfach nur laufen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-28
On closer inspection (Han Voskuil) - 1963
Autobiographical novel "Bij nader inzien" - May 4th, 1952, Amsterdam
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| The bus on the dike: | |
| an illuminated room -- | |
| through water and night. | |
| De bus op de dijk | Der Bus auf dem Deich |
| is een verlichte kamer -- | ist ein beleuchteter Raum -- |
| door water en nacht. | durch Wasser und Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-25
Enclosure Dam (M. Vasalis) - 1940
Poem "Afsluitdijk" (collection "Parken en woestijnen")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Vasalis, M.
Journey (ferry)
Kieler Förde, 1997-06-23
Stena Scandinavica (Kiel - Göteborg)
Collection: Photo's 1997
Dedicated to: Paul J
