| The animals flee, | |
| only fleetingly in view: | |
| ghosts, to stay alive. | |
| De dieren vluchten, | Die Tiere fliehen, |
| vluchtig zichtbaar: spoken, om -- | flüchtig sichtbar: Geister, um -- |
| te overleven. | zu überleben. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-06
Ghost Elephants (Werner Herzog) - 2025
Documentary film - About the large elephants in the highlands of Angola
Collection: On living on [2]
Tribute to: Herzog, Werner
| The little songbird | |
| warms my heart and fills my soul -- | |
| with feathers of hope. | |
| Het zangvogeltje | Das Singvögelchen |
| verwarmt mijn hart, vult mijn ziel -- | wärmt mein Herz, erfüllt meine -- |
| met vleugels van hoop. | Seele mit Hoffnung. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-03
'Hope' is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson) - 1861
Poem (1861, first publication 1891, J254, F314)
Collection: Tightrope walk
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| I don't dare, I dive | |
| between the bushes, alive -- | |
| I wait for the moon. | |
| Ik durf niet, duik weg | Ich traue mich nicht, |
| tussen de struiken, levend -- | tauche zwischen die Büsche, |
| wacht ik op de maan. | warte auf den Mond. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-19
Cowardice is going to meet the enemy (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Lafheid is de vijand tegemoet gaan", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]), and in "Diary 1954-1957" - December 27th, 1956, Rome
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I was hungry, ate | |
| adders, although the adults -- | |
| didn't like that at all. | |
| Ik had honger, at | Ich war hungrig, aß |
| adders, de volwassenen -- | Nattern, die Erwachsenen -- |
| vonden dat niet goed. | hießen das nicht gut. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-16
Higher physics #2 (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2019
Poem (collection "Hogere natuurkunde"), pages 20, (21,) 40 - Grandmother (1921-2014) in the Japanese internment camp
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| In the camp you eat | |
| diplomas, quarrels, and stench -- | |
| and you poop them out. | |
| In het kamp eet je | Im Lager isst man |
| diploma's, ruzies en stank -- | Diplome, Streit und Gestank -- |
| en je poept ze uit. | und man kackt sie aus. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-16
Higher physics #10 (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2019
Poem (collection "Hogere natuurkunde"), page 55 - Japanese internment camp
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| As a little child | |
| I already cried and laughed: | |
| don't leave me alone. | |
| Als baby en kind | Als Baby und Kind |
| huilde en lachte ik al: | weinte und lachte ich schon: |
| laat me niet alleen. | lass mich nicht allein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-23
Don't leave me alone (Renate Dorrestein) - 2008
Essay "Laat me niet alleen", chapter "Step Four: Let's stop for a moment and consider cross-generational relationships and their intrinsic value in Western civilization"
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| He thrusts into me | |
| and I hold on to the red -- | |
| patch before my eyes. | |
| Hij stoot in mij, ik | Er stößt, ich halte |
| houd me vast aan de rode -- | mich fest an dem roten Fleck -- |
| vlek voor mijn ogen. | vor meinen Augen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-06
Art & Lies, A piece for three voices and a bawd (Jeanette Winterson) - 1994
Novel, chapter Picasso #3
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| The applause rumbles | |
| appallingly, people scream -- | |
| because the earth shakes. | |
| Het applaus rommelt | Der Applaus grollt sehr |
| vervaarlijk, mensen gillen -- | gefährlich, Leute schreien -- |
| want de aarde beeft. | denn die Erde bebt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-13
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 1 The Keeper of Bees
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The underwater | |
| organ takes a breath, gurgles -- | |
| and splutters out tones. | |
| Het onderwater- | Die Unterwasser- |
| orgel hapt adem, gorgelt -- | orgel schnappt nach Luft, gurgelt -- |
| en proest tonen uit. | und prustet Töne. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-18
Sonate 2 (Jean-Pierre Leguay) - 1983
Composition "2me Sonate" for organ, performed by Jean-Luc Etienne in the Organpark on February 18th, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Leguay, Jean-Pierre
| Life always goes on, | |
| even if, right next to us -- | |
| the heavens crash down. | |
| Het leven gaat door, | Wir müssen leben, |
| ook al vallen de hemels -- | auch wenn die Himmel um uns -- |
| naast ons in stukken. | herum abstürzen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-13
Lady Chatterley's lover (David Lawrence) - 1928
Novel (chapter 1)
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Lawrence, David
| Anyone who wants | |
| renewal must eat others: | |
| Eat or be eaten. | |
| Wie vernieuwing wil | Erneuerung: man |
| moet anderen opeten -- | muss andere fressen, sonst -- |
| of wordt gegeten. | wird man gegessen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-16
An Edible Family in a Mobile Home (Bobby Baker) - 1976
Growth through digestion
Artwork, also exhibited and eaten at Tate Britain, 2023-2024
In an armchair sits a father made of fruitcake, in the kitchen a pink mother as a mannequin with three compartments containing biscuits, on the bed a daughter covered in meringues, in a bath with water made of chocolate cake a skeletal son made of garibaldi biscuits ['sultanas']), and in the bedstead a baby of coconut cake
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Baker, Bobby
| My spirit is drowned, | |
| my body still gasps for air -- | |
| still gasps to live on. | |
| Mijn geest verdronk al, | Mein Geist ertrank schon, |
| mijn lichaam hapt nog naar lucht -- | mein Körper schnappt noch nach Luft -- |
| naar verderleven. | nach weiterleben. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-01
Losing (Her Meaning) (Marlene Dumas) - 1988
Painting, a diptych with "Waiting (For Meaning)" - see poem 5322. Lying in state
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Dumas, Marlene
| Would the alehoof and | |
| creeping-flower wish to flee? | |
| From my weeding hand? | |
| Willen de kruipbloem | Möchten Hahnenfuß |
| en de hondsdraf vluchten? Voor -- | und Gundelkraut fliehen? Vor -- |
| mijn wiedende hand? | der jätenden Hand? |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-24
Like in a mirror (Cor Jellema) - 2000
Poem "Als in een spiegel" (collection "Stemtest")
Alehoof and Ranunculus repens
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Jellema, Cor
| Touched by her death, | |
| we're taking refuge in life -- | |
| In each other's warmth. | |
| Geraakt door haar dood, | Bewegt von ihrem |
| schuilen we in het leven -- | Tod, suche ich nun Zuflucht -- |
| In elkaars warmte. | im Leben, in dir. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-30
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - January 19th, 1978, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| There's a small, crushed plant | |
| rising up in the cart track -- | |
| It's going to bloom. | |
| In het karrenspoor | Auf der Karrenspur |
| richt een geplet plantje zich -- | erhebt sich eine kleine -- |
| op, het gaat bloeien. | Pflanze, und sie blüht. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-19
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels) - 2012
"Dagboek 1972-1973" - June 25th, 1973, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Slowly I sink away, into the deep sea |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-11
Soft song (Ton Bruynèl) - 1974
Composition for oboe and 2 sound tracks, performed at the Organpark on March 2nd, 2014
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Bruynèl, Ton
| The little plant bends | |
| with the sun and the wind, blooms -- | |
| as much as it can. | |
| Het plantje buigt mee | Die Pflanze biegt sich |
| met de zon en de wind, bloeit -- | mit der Sonne und dem Wind -- |
| zoveel als het kan. | blüht so viel sie kann. |
Amsterdam, 2012-02-09
Collection: The Big Secret
