| Philosophers are | |
| exiles, for no one follows -- | |
| them, their discernment. | |
| Filosofen zijn | Philosophen sind |
| ballingen, want niemand volgt -- | Verbannte, denn niemand folgt -- |
| hen, hun inzichten. | ihren Einsichten. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-15
Mozes Maimonides - 1204
Maimonides (1138-1204) was a Jewish physician in an Islamic society, for whom being Jewish was not a religious matter, but entailed following traditional laws, rites, and ceremonies
Collection: Half The Work
Tribute to: Maimonides, Moses
| I want to study, | |
| want to describe precisely -- | |
| the maths of the heart. | |
| Ik wil studeren, | Ich will studieren |
| de wiskunde van het hart -- | und die Mathe des Herzens -- |
| precies beschrijven. | genau beschreiben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-07
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Herbert' - May 28th, 1976, Bologna (about her choice of studies in 1948 in Amsterdam)
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| He wants to obtain | |
| a title, it's a long march -- | |
| through all the footnotes. | |
| Hij wil een titel, | Für einen Titel |
| dus maakt hij een lange mars -- | macht er einen langen Marsch -- |
| door de voetnoten. | durch die Fußnoten. |
De Koog, 2024-09-26
Fuss about doctoral degrees is also a nice tradition (Sjoerd de Jong) - 2024
Column "Heibel rond promoties is ook een mooie traditie", in the NRC of September 26th, 2024
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: De Jong, Sjoerd
| Under ice you must | |
| swim away from the light, to -- | |
| a black opening. | |
| Onder het ijs moet | Unter der Eisschicht |
| je van het licht weg zwemmen -- | muss man vom Licht wegschwimmen -- |
| naar een inktzwart wak. | zur schwarzen Wake. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-27
Sonnet XXVII (Lars Gustafsson) - 1977
Poem "Sonett XXVII" (collection "Sonetter")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gustafsson, Lars
| Science blows around | |
| the world in circles, never -- | |
| rooting anywhere. | |
| De wetenschap waait | Die Wissenschaft kreist |
| rondjes over de wereld -- | um die ganze Welt, sie wird -- |
| Ze wortelt nergens. | nirgendwo wurzeln. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-27
In the old physics textbooks (Lars Gustafsson) - 1982
Poem "I de gamla fysikläroböckerna" [?] (collection "Världens tystnad före Bach")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gustafsson, Lars
| Causes and effects, | |
| implicated in something -- | |
| like the One and All. | |
| Oorzaak en gevolg, | Ursache, Wirkung, |
| besloten in zoiets als -- | implizit in etwas wie -- |
| het Ene Alles. | das Eine Alles. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-19
Singularity
Collection: Metamorphic body
| Are dissertations | |
| anti-science? Given that -- | |
| they're unreadable? | |
| Zijn masterscripties | Masterarbeiten |
| anti-wetenschap? Omdat -- | sind wissenschaftsfeindlich? Weil -- |
| ze onleesbaar zijn? | sie unlesbar sind? |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-15
The Office - And melancholy, too (Han Voskuil) - 1999
Novel "Het Bureau - En ook weemoedigheid"
Page 83, Maarten Koning and Ad Muller speaking about Sien de Nooijer-Flipse (1980)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| We land on the moon, | |
| it's pockmarked, lots of craters -- | |
| from many rock rains... | |
| We landen, de maan | Landung, der Mond ist |
| is pokdalig, veel kraters -- | pockennarbig, viele Krater: |
| van veel rotsregens... | viele Steinregen! |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: "landing on the moon" - NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred
| In stories about | |
| the past we read how people -- | |
| looked back at the time. | |
| In de verhalen | Geschichten über |
| over vroeger lees je hoe -- | früher erzählen uns, wie -- |
| men toen terugkeek. | man zurückblickte. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-09
The Office - The A.P. Beerta-Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 598, Maarten Koning (1977)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| A scientist fears | |
| not knowing something, he flees -- | |
| into a safe niche. | |
| Een wetenschapper | Ein Wissenschaftler |
| vreest dat hij iets niet weet, vlucht -- | fürchtet Unwissenheit, flieht -- |
| daarom in een niche. | in eine Nische. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-02
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 551, Maarten Koning (1974)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
|
The student is curious |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-17
Fathers and children (Ivan Turgenev) - 1862
Hellstone is the name for AgNO3 (silver nitrate oxide)
Novel "Otcy i deti"
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: Turgenev, Ivan
|
We haven't made any gold |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-05
Extracting gold from urine (1669, Hennig Brand)
Song "Auld lang syne" (1788, Robert Burns)
Collection: Pending rain
Tribute to: Brand, Hennig; Burns, Robert
|
I do remember |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-20
Chaincurve II (David Dramm) - 2011
Composition, performed on November 12th, 2011 and November 3rd, 2013 in the Organpark
The 7 W's: Why/What to/for What/Wherefore (vision), Whither/Where to/What result (mission), Who, What, When, What way, Where
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Dramm, David
| By sailing the seas | |
| discovering the earth: cliffs -- | |
| plants, prehistory. | |
| Varend de aarde | Fahrend die Erde |
| ontdekken: kliffen, planten -- | entdecken: Klippen, Pflanzen -- |
| de prehistorie. | die Uhrgeschichte. |
Train Amsterdam-Terborg, 2012-06-30
[1] The English Channel, [2] Charles Darwin
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: Darwin, Charles
