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The brain grew, and the neck |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-09
The Origin of Language - How We Learned to Speak and Why (Madeleine Beekman) - 2025
Study
Collection: The light of words
Tribute to: Beekman, Madeleine
| People. Chattering, | |
| gossiping and nattering -- | |
| whining and nagging. | |
| Mensen kwebbelen, | Die Leute plaudern, |
| roddelen en bazelen -- | tratschen, flunkern und faseln -- |
| drenzen en drammen. | quengeln und drängeln. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-28
Dear Alderman, Alder leaves and Alderflies (Maud Vanhauwaert) - 2017
Speech "Geachte Schepen, Boten en Sloepjes", published in the collection "het stad in mij" (2020), chapter 1, White space
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Vanhauwaert, Maud
| In my own language | |
| I can easily chat with -- | |
| people I don't know. | |
| In mijn eigen taal | In meiner Sprache |
| kan ik gewoon wat kletsen -- | kann ich mich unterhalten -- |
| met onbekenden. | mit Unbekannten. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-30
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - February 27th, 2005, Stockholm
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Sometimes the o sounds | |
| open, sometimes like thunder -- | |
| rolling down the Alps. | |
| Soms klinkt de o heel | Manchmal klingt das o |
| open, soms als een donder -- | offen, manchmal wie Donner -- |
| die de berg af rolt. | der hinunter rollt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-19
Hey good morning, how are you? (Martina Hefter) - 2024
Novel "Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?", chapter Zero
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Hefter, Martina
| We communicate | |
| in the language of the earth: | |
| rivers, roads and clouds. | |
| Wij verstaan elkaar | Wir verstehen uns |
| in de taal van de aarde: | in der Sprache der Erde: |
| wegen en wolken. | Wege und Wolken. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-15
in what language shall I give you words (Sholeh Rezazadeh) - 2025
Poem "in welke taal zal ik je woorden geven" ("Boekenweekgedicht 2025" ["Book Week Poem 2025"])
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: Rezazadeh, Sholeh
| I know the words for | |
| the vegetables I buy -- | |
| for little money. | |
| Ik ken de woorden | Ich weiß die Wörter |
| voor de groenten die ik koop -- | für alles, was ich kaufe -- |
| voor heel weinig geld. | für sehr wenig Geld. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-15
Higher physics #1 (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2019
Poem (collection "Hogere natuurkunde"), pages 9-10
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| I can already | |
| scold in this language, now I'm -- | |
| learning the sweet words. | |
| Ik kan al schelden | Nach dem Schimpfwörtern |
| in deze taal, nu leer ik -- | dieser Sprache lerne ich -- |
| de lieve woorden. | die süßen Wörter. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-17
The Saint of the Impossible (Arnon Grunberg) - 1998
Novella "De heilige Antonio", chapter 1
Collection: The sweet curve
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon
| The birches are called | |
| silvery white, yeah, language -- | |
| can be very poor. | |
| Die berken noem je | Man nennt die Birken |
| zilverwit, ach ja, de taal -- | silberweiß, ja, die Sprache -- |
| is maar armoedig. | ist mal armselig. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-24
Little poet (Nescio)
Story "Dichtertje", written in 1917, chapter 10
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio
| I write what I read, | |
| for he who speaks his own words -- | |
| is not understood. | |
| Ik schrijf wat ik lees, | Ich schreibe, was ich |
| want wie eigen woorden spreekt -- | lese; eigene Worte -- |
| wordt niet begrepen. | sind unverständlich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-16
the making visible of all kinds of raids (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "die sigbaarmaking van allerlei strooptogte" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collections: Look at me, Life line
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| No person can live | |
| outside the world, the world wide -- | |
| web of intertexts. | |
| Niemand kan leven | Niemand kann leben |
| buiten de wereld, het web -- | außerhalb der Welt: das Netz -- |
| van interteksten. | der Intertexte. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-06
The pleasure of the text (Roland Barthes) - 1973
Study "Le plaisir du Texte" (Roland Barthes)
Study "Van tekst via tekst naar betekenis. Intertekstualiteit en haar implicaties" ("From text via text to meaning. Intertextuality and its implications", 1990, Ellen van Wolde)
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Barthes, Roland
| A few single words | |
| can say more than sentences -- | |
| if there are pauses. | |
| Wat losse woorden | Einzelne Wörter |
| zeggen soms meer dan zinnen -- | sagen mal mehr als Sätze -- |
| als er pauzes zijn. | wenn es Pausen gibt. |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-06
Confessions #4 (Claudio F. Baroni) - 2021
Composition for quintet, four exciter speakers and tape
Performed in the Organpark on November 6th, 2021; texts by The Barton Workshop
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Baroni, Claudio F.
| Butt how is it dung: | |
| the hole fart in smooth poogress -- | |
| or with big assents? | |
| Hoe bil je spleten: | Wie kacken wir das: |
| in poepele poortpang -- | mit ganz offenen Koten -- |
| of met kakcenten? | oder Backzenten? |
Amsterdam, 2020-03-19
Lost in silence (Esther Apituley) - 2020
Performance "Lost in silence"
Hearing impairment
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Apituley, Esther
| Meeting a stranger: | |
| the firewood of language sounds -- | |
| is warming our hearts. | |
| Vreemden ontmoeten: | Ich treffe Fremde: |
| gesprokkelde klanken taal -- | gesammelte Sprachlaute -- |
| verwarmen ons hart. | erwärmen mein Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2019-12-12
Caravan (A.L. Snijders) - 2019
Column in the VPRO broadcasting-guide (December 14-20th, 2019)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Snijders, A.L.
| I say what I want, | |
| while you say what I don't want: | |
| what a dialogue! | |
| Ik zeg wat ik wil, | Ich sag, was ich will, |
| jij zegt juist wat ik niet wil: | und du sagst, was ich nicht will: |
| wat een dialoog! | was ein Dialog! |
Vlissingen, 2019-06-05
Dialogue (Ernesto de Melo e Castro) - 1971
Poem "Diálogo" (collection "Álea e vazio")
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: De Melo e Castro, Ernesto
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Stones are immortal |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-19
Deucalion and Pyrrha
Collection: The light of words
| The human soul needs | |
| no words for its languages -- | |
| love, care, and music. | |
| Woorden heeft de ziel | Der Geist braucht keine |
| niet nodig voor haar talen -- | Worte für seine Sprachen -- |
| liefde en muziek. | Liebe und Musik. |
Amsterdam, 2018-03-23
Collection: The light of words
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The teacher strays off |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-24
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: the Evolution of Minds (Daniel Dennett) - 2017
Book
Collection: Metamorphic body
Tribute to: Dennett, Daniel
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I get tired of hoarsely calling |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-01
Rejoice! (Sofia Gubaidulina) - 1981
Composition "Freue dich!"
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Gubaidulina, Sofia
| My words wash up on | |
| you, like no other you know -- | |
| me for a moment? | |
| Mijn woorden spoelen | Meine Poesie |
| aan bij jou, als geen ander -- | spült dich an, kurz kennst du mich -- |
| ken je mij even? | wie kein anderer? |
Amsterdam, 2016-07-17
Bottle post - 1 (Dimitri Verhulst) - 2016
Poem "Flessenpost" - 1 (in: Das Magazin #18, summer 2016)
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: Verhulst, Dimitri
| If you understand | |
| me, and then forget my words, | |
| we can start talking. | |
| Als jij me verstaat, | Wenn du mich verstehst, |
| en dan mijn woorden vergeet, | und meine Worte vergisst, |
| kunnen wij praten. | können wir reden. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-05
To catch fish, you use bait (Zhuang Zhou) - -300
Philosopher and poet Zhuang Zhou (China, 369-286)
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Zhuangzi
