| Life, gently flowing, | |
| meanders on buoyantly -- | |
| around obstacles. | |
| Het kabbelende | Plätscherndes Leben |
| leven meandert vrolijk -- | mäandriert fröhlich herum -- |
| om obstakels heen. | um Hindernisse. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-25
Cormorant 2775 (Jacob Lekkerkerker) - 2025
Tribute to Simeon ten Holt - Part of the composition, performed in the Organpark on October 25th, 2025 by Jacob Lekkerkerker (piano) and Oene van Geel (viola)
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Lekkerkerker, Jacob; Van Geel, Oene
| The fact is, only | |
| life exists, the beating hearts -- | |
| of birds in a swarm. | |
| Alleen het leven | Nun, nur das Leben |
| bestaat, harten die kloppen -- | besteht, schlagende Herzen -- |
| vogels in een zwerm. | der Vögel im Schwarm. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-07
Immortality (Clare Harner) - 1934
Poem
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Harner, Clare
| Finally he died, | |
| then the bustle began and -- | |
| the sun rose again. | |
| Toen hij eindelijk | Als er schließlich starb, |
| dood was, begon de drukte -- | begann das Treiben im Haus -- |
| kwam de zon weer op. | ging die Sonne auf. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-25
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels)
The Bustle in a House (Emily Dickinson) - 2012
"Dagboek 1972-1973" - August 13th, 1972, Bologna (poem "The Bustle in a House", 1866, Emily Dickinson, published in 1890; F1108, J1078)
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida; Dickinson, Emily
| In the tea house with | |
| the water lanterns we feel -- | |
| life flowing through us. | |
| In het theehuis met | In der Kneipe mit |
| de waterlantaarns stroomt het -- | den Wasserlaternen fließt -- |
| leven door ons heen. | das Leben durch uns. |
Terborg, 2025-04-16
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro) - 1986
Novel, chapter 'November 1949' - Reflection of lanterns on the river
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Ishiguro, Kazuo
| What is bubbling up? | |
| In how far will these lives be -- | |
| new in the old forms? | |
| Wat borrelt er op? | Was brodelt da? Wie |
| Hoe nieuw zal dit leven zijn -- | neu wird dieses Leben sein -- |
| in oude vormen? | in alten Formen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-19
From the seven days (Karlheinz Stockhausen) - 1968
Improvisation-composition "Aus den sieben Tagen" - 15 Textkompositionen für Intuitive Musik (15 text compositions for Intuitive Music), for ensemble; selection of 160 minutes, performed by Robin Rimbaud (electronics), Jakob Lekkerkerker (organ) and Gareth Davis (bass clarinet), Roland Dahinden (trombone), Dario Calderone (double bass), Pau Sola Masafrets (cello), Joao Brito (percussion), and Marketa Scaffartzek (voice) on January 19th, 2025 in the Organpark
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
| I'm thawing, so please | |
| let me sit here quietly -- | |
| until it is spring. | |
| Ik ontdooi, laat me | Ich taue schon auf, |
| hier nou maar rustig zitten -- | lass mich einfach hier sitzen -- |
| tot het lente is. | bis der Frühling kommt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-12
Collection: Local tardiness
| Wheels of energy | |
| are spinning unstoppably: | |
| eternal longing. | |
| Energiewielen | Energieräder |
| draaien maar door, onstuitbaar: | drehen sich unaufhaltbar: |
| eeuwig verlangen. | ewige Sehnsucht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-04
Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield) - 1973
Composition (arrangement Sinta Wullur), performed in the Organpark by Gamelan ensemble Global Gongs and Henk Verhoef (organ), on October 4th, 2024; also performed in the Organpark on February 10th, 2021
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Oldfield, Mike
| Everyone sits still, | |
| yet there are shadows walking -- | |
| around on the walls. | |
| Iedereen zit stil, | Alle sitzen still |
| toch lopen er schaduwen -- | da, dennoch laufen Schatten -- |
| over de muren. | über die Wände. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-29
Light scenography by Zalán Szakács at the concert of Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024 (a form of sound and light show - "Son et lumière")
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Szakacs, Zalan
| I'm thinking aloud | |
| and looking out the window -- | |
| There, the river flows. | |
| Hardop nadenken | Einfach laut denken |
| en wat uit het raam kijken -- | und aus dem Fenster schauen -- |
| Buiten stroomt de rivier. | Draußen fließt der Fluss. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-20
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapter (2-) 22
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The road makes a loop, | |
| men with bikes are peering how -- | |
| everything comes back. | |
| De weg maakt een lus, | An der Kehrschleife. |
| mannen staan te turen hoe -- | starren Männer darauf, wie -- |
| alles terugkomt. | alles zurückkommt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-28
The house at the sluice - II (Hester Knibbe) - 2002
Poem "Het huis bij de sluis" - II (collection "Verstoorde grond")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Knibbe, Hester
| After my last word, | |
| the closing point also crossed -- | |
| the border with me. | |
| Na mijn laatste woord | Nach meinem letzten |
| ging de afsluitende punt -- | Wort ging auch der Schließpunkt mit -- |
| mee de grens over. | über die Grenze. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-25
Daydreaming without date (Jila Mossaed) - 2009
Poem "Kan ingenting om svampar" (collection "Varje natt kysser jag markens fötter")
1986, fled from Iran to Sweden
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Mossaed, Jila
| The monk sews, he pulls, | |
| pulls the thread through the fabric -- | |
| No knot at the end. | |
| De monnik naait, naait, | Der Mönch näht, er zieht, |
| trekt, trekt de draad door de stof -- | zieht den Faden durch den Stoff -- |
| Geen knoop aan het eind. | Keine Endknotung. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-10
An accidental man (Iris Murdoch) - 1971
Life is a constant process without fixation
Novel
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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(Early summer)
I don't need to dream |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-24
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Honglin L
| Trees along the road | |
| continue to grow as if -- | |
| nothing had happened. | |
| Bomen langs de berm | Bäume am Rande |
| groeien gewoon door alsof -- | wachsen einfach weiter, als -- |
| er niets gebeurd is. | wäre nichts passiert. |
Amsterdam, 2021-07-04
Exposition "Without a trace" in De Pont, Tilburg
Collection: Bruises
| It is spring again, | |
| what happens is happening -- | |
| it's possible now. | |
| Het is weer lente, | Der Frühling ist da, |
| er gebeurt wat er gebeurt -- | also geschieht was geschieht -- |
| het kan allemaal. | es ist ja möglich. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-16
It is a Spring Afternoon (Anne Sexton) - 1969
Poem (collection "Love Poems")
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Sexton, Anne
| Ruins & Remains: | |
| life is quiet and festive -- | |
| the war continues. | |
| Puin & Restanten: | Ruinen, Reste: |
| het leven zwijgt en viert feest -- | wir schweigen und wir feiern -- |
| de oorlog gaat door. | der Krieg geht weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2019-04-06
Ruins & Remains (Wolfert Brederode) - 2019
Performed on April 6th, 2019 in het Orgelpark, by Wolfert Brederode, the Matangi Quartet and Joost Libaart
Collection: ORG anp ark
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When there's moving so much |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-13
The rotation of the earth is the delayed effect of the movement of the elementary particles
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
| Love keeps flowing on, | |
| with many short side branches -- | |
| of small human lives. | |
| Liefde stroomt maar door, | Die Liebe fließt, sie |
| met veel korte zijtakken -- | hat viele Verzweigungen -- |
| van mensenlevens. | menschlicher Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-28
Life is a branch of love (Toon Tellegen) - 1997
Poem "Het leven is een zijtak van de liefde" (collection "Over liefde en over niets anders")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| From the rain clouds to | |
| the sea the water flows through -- | |
| the green foliage. | |
| Van regenwolken | Von Regenwolken |
| naar de zee stroomt het water -- | bis zum Meer fließt das Wasser -- |
| door het groene blad. | durch das grüne Blatt. |
Amsterdam, 2012-07-18
Collection: Metamorphic body
| We live in over- | |
| growth, of constructions and plants -- | |
| over each other. | |
| Overwoekering: | Überwucherung: |
| van bebouwing en planten -- | von Bebauung und Pflanzen -- |
| over elkaar heen. | übereinander. |
Train Amsterdam-Terborg, 2012-06-30
Collection: PumicePieces
