| As a woman, I | |
| may be smart, but not close, there -- | |
| I have to be sweet. | |
| Als vrouw mag ik wel | Als Frau darf ich zwar |
| slim zijn, maar niet dichtbij, daar -- | klug sein, aber nicht nah dran -- |
| hoor ik lief te zijn. | dort soll ich lieb sein. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-01
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood) - 2005
Novel, chapter 6, My Marriage
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Atwood, Margaret
| On that day we were | |
| are frustrating and induce -- | |
| genital panic. | |
| Zedigheidsregels | Wir waren wirklich |
| frustreren en leiden tot -- | frustrieren und führen zu -- |
| genitaalpaniek. | Genitalpanik. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-28
Action Pants: Genital Panic (Valie Export) - 1969
Performance "Aktionshose: Genitalpanik" in the rows where the filmgoers sit, performed in an art-house cinema in Munich: look at a real woman, not a filmed woman (the pants are cut open at the vulva)
Collection: Froend
Tribute to: Export, Valie
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Was Mama too strong |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-30
Night Guide (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2025
Novel "Nachtgids", paragraph 15
Collection: web tissue
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
| Like black toads, they crawl | |
| slowly up to the altar: | |
| the pious women. | |
| Als zwarte padden | Wie schwarze Kröten |
| kruipen ze naar het altaar: | kriechen sie zahm zum Altar: |
| de vrome vrouwen. | die frommen Frauen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-29
Churches - II (Hubert van Herreweghen) - 1958
Poem "Kerken - II" (collection "Gedichten II - Brieven uit Portugal")
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Van Herreweghen, Hubert
| Well, when others are | |
| the bosses, you better can -- | |
| serve the sweetest one. | |
| Als zij de baas zijn, | Wenn sie die Chefs sind, |
| ga dan degene dienen -- | diene demjenigen, den -- |
| die je het liefst vindt. | du am liebsten magst. |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-14
Collection: On living on [2]
| Without seeing you, | |
| without understanding you -- | |
| I do what you want. | |
| Zonder jou te zien, | Ohne zu sehen, |
| zonder jou te begrijpen -- | ohne zu verstehen: ich -- |
| doe ik wat jij wilt. | tue, was du willst. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-29
You lay there, and you didn't lie still (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Je lag daar, en je lag niet stil", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part XI, Deceased]), and in "Diary 1974-1976" (2013) - March 20th, 1974, Amsterdam - Acting according to the wishes of the deceased
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The revelation | |
| wakes me: 'I speak to you, and -- | |
| thereby you exist'. | |
| De openbaring | Die Offenbarung |
| wekt mij: 'Ik spreek tot je, en -- | weckt mich: 'Ich spreche zu dir -- |
| daarmee besta je'. | also bist du da'. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-29
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) - 1985
Novel
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Atwood, Margaret
| He makes me wait, and | |
| then I want to say something -- | |
| that will affect him. | |
| Hij laat me expres | Er lässt mich warten. |
| wachten, en dan wil ik iets -- | Ich möchte etwas sagen -- |
| zeggen dat hem raakt. | dass ihn tief berührt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-27
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels) - 2012
"Dagboek 1972-1973" - December 7th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| He remains silent, | |
| he knows better, and I'm once -- | |
| again too stupid. | |
| Hij kijkt kwaad en zwijgt, | Er schweigt wütend, er |
| hij weet het beter, en ik -- | weiß es besser, und ich bin -- |
| ben weer eens te dom. | mal wieder zu dumm. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-23
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels) - 2012
"Dagboek 1972-1973" - April 22nd, 1972, Amsterdam
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| He holds on to his | |
| faith that he can set me free -- | |
| with Kamasutra. | |
| Hij wil geloven | Er will dran glauben, |
| dat het kan, mij vrij maken -- | dass er mich befreien kann -- |
| met Kamasutra. | mit Kamasutra. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-12
Diary 1968-1969 (Frida Vogels) - 2010
"Dagboek 1968-1969" - January 27th, 1969, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Things will be okay | |
| with us, you think, because you -- | |
| are the stronger one. | |
| Het zal goed komen | Es wird alles gut |
| tussen ons, denk jij, want jij -- | zwischen uns, denkst du, weil du -- |
| bent de sterkere. | der Stärkere bist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-31
You refuse the fight I'm a master of (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Je weigert de strijd waar ik meester in ben", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage], and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - Maye 13th, 1965, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The guard has flat feet, | |
| they are a lot longer than -- | |
| my nuptial chamber. | |
| De platvoeten van | Der Wächter hat Platt- |
| de bewaker zijn langer -- | füße, und sie sind länger -- |
| dan mijn bruidskamer. | als mein Brautgemach. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-19
Poem-fragment E.154 (Sappho) - -650
From the "Lyra Graeca" (1922-1927, John Maxwell Edmonds)
Collection: May the Might
Composer: Sappho
| Men invented the | |
| witch and they raised daughters with -- | |
| a fear of the stake. | |
| Mannen bedachten | Männer erfanden |
| de heks en voedden dochters -- | Hexen und nährten Töchter -- |
| met brandstapelangst. | mit Verbrennungsangst. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-27
Susan Smit coined the term brandstapelangst (fear of the stake) and has been campaigning for a Witches Monument since 2023
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Smit, Susan
| Men had the saying: | |
| the person who delivers -- | |
| the child can keep it. | |
| Het was een oude | Die alte Männer- |
| mannenwijsheid: wie het kind -- | Weisheit: wer das Kind bekommt -- |
| krijgt mag het houden. | darf es behalten. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-04
Unnatural mothers (Renate Dorrestein) - 1992
Novel "Ontaarde moeders" ("Unnatural mothers", translation 1994: "Wicked Mothers"), chapter 0, 'Van alle vrouwen, van alle tijden' ('Of all women, of all times')
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| People spoke only | |
| of unnatural mothers -- | |
| not of such fathers. | |
| Mensen spraken van | Man sprach von schlechten |
| ontaarde moeders, niet van -- | Müttern, aber man sprach nicht -- |
| ontaarde vaders. | von schlechten Vätern. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-04
Wicked mothers (Renate Dorrestein) - 1992
Novel "Ontaarde moeders" ("Unnatural mothers", translation 1994: "Wicked Mothers"), chapter 0, 'Van alle vrouwen, van alle tijden' ('Of all women, of all times')
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| A man wants freedom, | |
| he has his job and a wife -- | |
| who is taking care. | |
| Een man wil vrijheid, | Ein Mann will Freiheit, |
| hij heeft zijn werk en een vrouw -- | mit einer Frau, die sich um -- |
| die voor de rest zorgt. | sein Leben kümmert. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-02
Cold War (Elena Ferrante) - 2013
Novel (2013) and TV series (2022) "Storia di chi fugge e di chi resta" ("[The story of] Those who leave and those who stay", translation 2014), third volume/series of the cyclus "L'Amica geniale" ("My Brilliant Friend", Elena Ferrante), TV-episode #20 'Guerra fredda' ('Cold War') - Elena (Lenù) Greco about her husband Pietro Airota, also applicable to her childhood lover Giovanni (Nino) Sarratore
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Ferrante, Elena
Amsterdam, 2025-03-10
To give rights: emancipation (e-manus-capere = to take out of the hand, to take away the right of disposal over a minor, a sick person or a spouse from the guardian and give it to the person who was being patronised)
Crook (of shepherds, later the symbol of the religious shepherding of the bishop, the crosier): to pull unwilling animals by their leg
Collection: Bruises
| Sooner or later | |
| a man finds his wife ugly, | |
| stupid and unkind. | |
| Vroeger of later | Irgendwann findet |
| vindt een man zijn vrouw lelijk, | ein Mann seine Frau hässlich, |
| dom en onaardig. | dumm und unfreundlich. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-17
The Saint of the Impossible (Arnon Grunberg) - 1998
Novella "De heilige Antonio", chapter 1
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon
| Patro, patrino. | |
| Mother: the little father -- | |
| in Esperanto. | |
| Patro, patrino: | Patro, patrino: |
| moeders heten vadertje -- | die Mutter heißt Väterchen -- |
| in Esperanto. | auf Esperanto. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-09
a word child (Iris Murdoch) - 1975
Novel, chapter Thursday [2]
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Women are allowed | |
| to enter any room, but -- | |
| the house remains locked. | |
| Vrouwen mogen wel | Frauen betreten |
| in alle kamers komen, | alle Räume, das Haus bleibt -- |
| het huis blijft op slot. | jedoch verschlossen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-12
A modern fairytale (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2024
Column "Een modern sprookje", in the NRC of November 12th, 2024 - Bluebeard's Castle
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| I suspect she is | |
| there, somewhere in the background -- | |
| there, behind the men. | |
| Ik vermoed haar ginds, | Ich vermute sie |
| ergens in de achtergrond -- | irgendwo im Hintergrund -- |
| Achter de mannen. | Hinter den Männern. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-18
In search of Ellinor Jahnn (Ruth Wiesenfeld) - 2023
Composition "Auf der Suche nach Ellinor Jahnn" for organ, performed by Kerstin Petersen on the Van Straten-organ in the Organpark on October 18th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Wiesenfeld, Ruth
| Feminists may be | |
| romantic, may be trying -- | |
| to make better men. | |
| Zijn feministen | Feministinnen |
| romantisch, bezig mannen -- | sind romantisch, sie wollen -- |
| te verbeteren? | Männer verbessern. |
De Koog, 2024-09-28
The perpetual motion machine of love (Renate Dorrestein) - 1988
Novel "Het perpetuum mobile van de liefde", chapter 2 Haar kop eraf! (Off with her head!) - Anja Meulenbelt
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate; Meulenbelt, Anja
| Men do like to see | |
| women, but will they ever -- | |
| learn to hear them too? | |
| Mannen zien vrouwen | Ein Mann sieht gerne |
| graag, zouden ze ooit leren -- | Frauen, wird er je lernen -- |
| om hen te horen? | sie auch zu hören? |
De Koog, 2024-09-28
The perpetual motion machine of love (Renate Dorrestein) - 1988
Novel "Het perpetuum mobile van de liefde", chapter 2 Haar kop eraf! (Off with her head!)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| A woman in heat | |
| must beware of tender hands -- | |
| that will be handcuffs. | |
| Een bronstige vrouw | Eine heiße Frau |
| moet oppassen voor handen -- | muss sich vor Händen hüten -- |
| die handboeien zijn. | die Handschellen sind. |
De Koog, 2024-09-16
Gut Symmetries (Jeanette Winterson) - 1997
Novel; Gut = Grand unified theory), chapter The Fool - Alice
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
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He is late, as usual |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-08
South Carolina Morning (Edward Hopper) - 1955
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward
| The girl loops the rope | |
| around the bollard, he looks -- | |
| and does it over. | |
| De vrouw lust het touw | Die Frau schlingt das Seil |
| om de meerpaal, haar man kijkt -- | um den Poller, ihr Mann schaut -- |
| en doet het over. | und macht es noch mal. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-13
Collection: Half The Work
| He mocks her, does not | |
| mean it, not in a mean way -- | |
| not mean every time. | |
| Hij spot met haar, maar | Er verspottet sie; |
| dat meent hij niet, niet gemeen -- | das meint er nicht, nicht gemein -- |
| niet altijd gemeen. | nicht immer gemein. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-08
All the blue (Peter Terrin) - 2021
Novel "Al het blauw", part 1, chapter 3
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: Terrin, Peter
| Love affair: he walks | |
| faster than me, forcing me -- | |
| to make extra steps. | |
| Verkering: hij loopt | Romanze: er läuft, |
| harder dan ik, hij dwingt me -- | schneller als ich, er zwingt mich -- |
| tot tussenstapjes. | zu Zwischenschritten. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-29
On the way to The Hartz (Wessel te Gussinklo) - 2020
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Te Gussinklo, Wessel
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According to unwritten rules |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-02
Santarém = Holy Queen
Noblesse oblige, nobility obliges
Collection: The drama
|
I am empty, not a person anymore |
Amsterdam, 2020-07-09
LATIN "viduata" = the emptied woman, the robbed woman >> "widow"
JAPANESE "mibojin" = "she who has not yet died", the widow
Collection: On living on [2]
| Their sex, their snoring, | |
| and their taciturn breakfasts: | |
| that way, men are God. | |
| Hun seks, hun snurken, | Ihr Sex, ihr Schnarchen, |
| en hun zwijgend ontbijten: | und ihr Schweigen beim Frühstück: |
| zo zijn mannen God. | so sind Männer Gott. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-16
The Fury of Cocks (Anne Sexton) - 1974
Poem (collection "The Death Notebooks")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Sexton, Anne
| Be careful with men, | |
| because they want just one thing: | |
| your full attention. | |
| Pas op met mannen, | Vorsicht vor Männern, |
| want ze willen maar één ding: | denn sie wollen nur eines: |
| je volle aandacht. | deine Beachtung! |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-09
The perpetual motion machine of love (Renate Dorrestein) - 1988
Autobiographical account "Het Perpetuum Mobile van de Liefde", chapter 1 Zet eens een kroon op uw liehiefde (Crown your lo-ove)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Nurturers, servants: | |
| are women like that, and strained -- | |
| to be beautiful? | |
| Voedsters en diensters: | Amme, Dienerin: |
| zijn vrouwen dat, gedwongen -- | sind Frauen das, gezwungen -- |
| ook nog eens mooi zijn? | dabei schön zu sein? |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-08
The perpetual motion machine of love (Renate Dorrestein) - 1988
Autobiographical account "Het Perpetuum Mobile van de Liefde", chapter 1 Zet eens een kroon op uw liehiefde (Crown your lo-ove)
Glenn Close receives a Golden Globe (January 6th, 2019) and says: "I feel, what I've learned through this whole experience is that women, we're nurturers, that's what's expected of us. [..] But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams."
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate; Close, Glenn
| Viewpoint: I follow | |
| his gaze, he's looking for two -- | |
| and leaving nothing. | |
| Een uitzichtpunt: ik | Fernsicht: ich folge |
| volg zijn blik, hij kijkt voor twee -- | seinem Blick, er schaut für zwei -- |
| en laat niets over. | und lässt nichts zurück. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-11
The hard core - 1 (Frida Vogels) - 1992
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1, Autumn 1967, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Women's voices are | |
| strangled, but still they will sound -- | |
| until they are heard. | |
| De stem van vrouwen | Die Stimme der Frau |
| wordt gewurgd, maar blijft klinken -- | wird erstickt, aber sie klingt -- |
| tot ze wordt gehoord. | bis sie gehört wird. |
Amsterdam, 2017-05-18
The devilish verses (Ofran Badakhshani) - 2015
Poem "De duivelse verzen" (collection "de banneling")
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Badakhshani, Ofran
