| In the pale blue light | |
| the gull sees its reflection -- | |
| as a pale blue gull. | |
| In het blauwe licht | Im blauen Licht sieht |
| ziet de meeuw zijn spiegelbeeld -- | der Möwe sein Spiegelbild -- |
| als lichtblauwe meeuw. | als blaue Möwe. |
Amsterdam, 2026-10-02
The blue bird (Mary E. Coleridge) - 1908
Poem (collection "Poems")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Coleridge, Mary E.
| You don't see vastness, | |
| it is experiencing -- | |
| travelling for days. | |
| Weidsheid zie je niet, | Weite ist kein Bild, |
| het is de ervaring lang -- | sondern die Erfahrung ein- |
| onderweg te zijn. | er langen Reise. |
Amsterdam, 2026-09-07
Joseph Anton. A memoir (Salman Rushdie) - 2012
Autobiography, chapter 6. 'Why it is impossible to photograph the pampas' (reflection by Jorge Luis Borges in an essay on the photographer Gustavo Thorlichen)
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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Surveying the landscape |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-16
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1990
Novel, chapter 14
Collection: web tissue
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S.
| The fish swim around | |
| between the islets, around -- | |
| between mountaintops. | |
| De vissen zwemmen | Die Fische schwimmen |
| rond tussen de eilandjes -- | zwischen den Inseln umher -- |
| tussen bergtoppen. | zwischen Berggipfeln. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-24
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 3, chapter 'February', § 'Fish' - Summer 1982, Tromøya
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| The dull stubble field | |
| absorbs the colourless light -- | |
| of the autumn sun. | |
| Het doffe stoppel- | Das stumpfen Stoppel- |
| veld absorbeert het vale -- | feld absorbiert das fahle -- |
| licht van de herfstzon. | Licht der Herbstsonne. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-21
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om høsten", part 2, chapter 'October', § 'Stubble field' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Van Gogh was painting | |
| the landscape as if it were -- | |
| the last thing he saw. | |
| Van Gogh schilderde | Van Gogh malte die |
| het landschap als was het het -- | Landschaft, als wäre es das -- |
| laatste dat hij zag. | Letzte, was er sah. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-21
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om høsten", part 2, chapter 'October', § 'Van Gogh' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Van Gogh, Vincent
| There stands a rock here, | |
| the Queen; the King has fallen -- | |
| into the breakers. | |
| Er staat hier een rots, | Hier steht ein Felsen, |
| de Koningin; de Koning -- | die Königin; der König -- |
| is in zee gestort. | ist eingefallen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-13
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1991
Novel, chapter 12 - June 15th, 1859 (Flamborough, south of Scarborough)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1990-1999
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S.
| Unstable weather. | |
| Now the mountains up here look -- | |
| like the underworld. | |
| Wisselvallig weer. | Wechselndes Wetter. |
| Nu lijken de bergen op -- | Die Berge sehen jetzt aus -- |
| de onderwereld. | wie die Unterwelt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-24
Collection: Local inconveniences
| Quietly I climb | |
| up, while the wind curls thinly -- | |
| towards the White Tooth. | |
| Rustig beklim ik | Leise steige ich |
| de berg, ijl kringelt de wind -- | hinauf, der Wind kräuselt sich -- |
| naar de Witte Tand. | dünn zum Weißen Zahn. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-24
White Tooth Peak (Pieter de Mast) - 2004
Composition "La Dent Blanche", recorded in 2004 by the Windstreken Ensemble (Pieter de Mast, Jozef Dumoulin and Sandip Bhattacharya), and performed in the Organpark on March 31st, 2007 by Pieter de Mast (flute), Sebastiaan van Delft (harmonium), and Sandip Bhattacharya (percussion)
Mountain west of Zermatt (Switzerland)
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: De Mast, Pieter
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From The Horse |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-18
On the north side of the IJ River, you find on Marken: lighthouse The Horse (Het Paard), the Oostervaart canal, Mound White (Wittewerf, the White family's mound), and in Waterland: the Big Lake (het Groote Meer), the Border Ditch (het Zwet), Hollow Ditch (Holysloot), the Flower Valley Country Road (Bloemendalergouw), and Waterland Dam (Durgerdam); here, from 1825 to 1828, the Goudriaan Canal was dug to open up the port of Amsterdam for larger ships; later, the dikes were shoveled back into the dry bed
Collection: New Ago
| The heath is hazy, | |
| fringed by snow-capped spruce trees, with -- | |
| deer eyes in between. | |
| De hei is heiig, | Diesige Heide, |
| omzoomd door witte sparren -- | gesäumt von weißen Fichten -- |
| met hertenogen. | Hirschaugen darin. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-14
High Fens (Pieter de Mast) - 2004
Composition "Hautes Fagnes" (on the northern edge of the Ardennes), recorded in 2004 by the Windstreken Ensemble (Pieter de Mast, Jozef Dumoulin and Sandip Bhattacharya), and performed twice in the Organpark: on March 31st, 2007 by Pieter de Mast (flute), Sebastiaan van Delft (harmonium), and Sandip Bhattacharya (percussion), and on February 14th, 2026 by Pieter de Mast (flute), Sebastiaan van Delft (harmonium), and Modar Salama (percussion)
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: De Mast, Pieter
| Among all the snow | |
| there are many blacks, and much -- | |
| that is not alive. | |
| Tussen al de sneeuw | Zwischen all dem Schnee |
| is er opvallend veel zwart -- | ist auffallend viel Schwarz, und -- |
| en veel dat niet leeft. | vieles, das nicht lebt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-30
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - January 2005, Gnesta (Södermanslands län, south-west of Stockholm)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Traces of the past | |
| in the landscape, leave them as -- | |
| they are, they are dead. | |
| Sporen van vroeger | Spuren von früher |
| in het landschap, laat het zo -- | in der Landschaft, lass sie, wie -- |
| Dit vroeger is dood. | sie sind, sie sind tot. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-28
Lines, figures exposed: a city (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Lijnen, figuren die men blootlegt: een stad", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part XI, Deceased]), and in "Diary 1974-1976" (2013) - March 19th, 1974, Amsterdam
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| We follow the dike, | |
| the sun has sunk next to us -- | |
| and makes the grass gleam. | |
| We volgen de dijk, | Wir folgen dem Deich, |
| de zon is naast ons gezakt -- | die Sonne sinkt neben uns -- |
| laat het gras glanzen. | die Gräser glänzen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-24
We looked out over the land (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Wij overzagen het land" / "Dal sentiero sopra la diga", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part XII [Evaluation]), in "Diary 1972-1973" (2012), and in the autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" ("In foreign parts - Chronicles", 2024, Frida Vogels), chapter 'Epiloog' (Epilogue) - June 2nd, 1972, Bologna (about the Wormer, May 12th, 1972)
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The long train journey: | |
| the landscape. It glides by and -- | |
| I memorise it. | |
| De lange treinreis: | Die lange Zugfahrt: |
| het landschap. Het glijdt voorbij -- | die Landschaft. Es zieht vorbei -- |
| Ik prent het me in. | Ich merke es mir. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-17
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - September 5th, 1970, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| There, mountains floating | |
| violet on olive-green, | |
| in the sky blue sea. | |
| De bergen drijven | Die Berge schwimmen |
| paarsig op olijvengroen, | violett auf Olivgrün, |
| in de blauwe zee. | im hellblauen Meer. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-17
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - September 5th, 1970, Bologna (the Gargano forms the peninsula in the north of Apulia [Puglia])
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| It is raining large | |
| loose drops and the lightning paints -- | |
| the mountains purple. | |
| Het regent grote | Es regnet große, |
| losse druppels, de bliksem -- | lose Tropfen, der Blitz färbt -- |
| kleurt de bergen paars. | die Berge lila. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-16
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - August 9th, 1970, Pieve di Tremosine
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| No separation | |
| of sea and land: the dike curves -- | |
| between grass and sheep. | |
| De dijk scheidt geen zee | Der Deich trennt kein Meer |
| van het land, hij slingert zich -- | vom Land, er schlängelt sich -- |
| tussen gras en vee. | zwischen Gras und Vieh. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-18
Sleeper dike (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Slapersdijk", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]), and in "Diary 1954-1957" (2005) - December 19th, 1956, Luxemburg
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Rigi, the Fuji | |
| of Küssnacht, with bare branches -- | |
| reaching for the snow. | |
| Rigi, de Fuji | Rigi, der Fuji |
| van Küssnacht, kale takken -- | von Küssnacht, kahle Zweige -- |
| reiken naar de sneeuw. | greifen nach dem Schnee. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-31
With a photo of Mount Rigi (February 9th, 2008, Walchwil)
The name Küssnacht ('Kissnight') comes from the Latin: Cossiniacus = Estate of Cossinius
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Madelief dK
| In the hairy mouth | |
| of the mountain we shelter -- | |
| Spittle everywhere. | |
| In de harige | Im haarigen Mund |
| mond van de berg schuilen we -- | des Berges suchen wir Schutz -- |
| Overal speeksel. | Überall Speichel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-29
With a photo of the Grotte de Baume-les-Messieurs at the Cascade du Dard (September 6th, 1984, Jura)
Collection: Pending rain
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| The rolling hills are | |
| silent without cowbells, not -- | |
| yet a building site. | |
| Zonder koebellen | Ohne Kuhglocken |
| is het glooiende land stil -- | ist das Hügelland still, noch -- |
| nog geen bouwterrein. | kein Baugelände. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-21
With a photo of the hills behind Lotte's house on the Swiss Plateau (Schweizer Mittelland)
Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| Horses' hooves dance us | |
| on our way and then we glide -- | |
| through changing landscapes. | |
| De hoeven dansen | Die Hufe tanzen |
| ons op weg, daarna glijden -- | uns auf dem Weg, dann gleiten -- |
| we door het landschap. | wir durch die Landschaft. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-07
On vacation, part 1, "Departure" (Alfredo Piatti) - 1891
Composition "In vacanza", part 1 "Partenza", for four cellos, performed by Frans Helmerson, Hayoung Choi, Ella van Poucke and Alexander Warenberg in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 7th, 2024
Collection: Migration
Composer: Piatti, Alfredo
| Barefoot I'm gliding, | |
| waddling, across the mudflats -- | |
| Birds all around me. | |
| Blootsvoets glibber ik | Barfuß glitsche ich |
| wankelend over het wad -- | wackelig über das Watt -- |
| Vogels om mij heen. | Vögel überall. |
De Koog, 2024-09-20
Requiem for a friend (Han Voskuil) - 2002
Novel "Requiem voor een vriend", chapter 1951-1956, May 13th, 1956 - Warffum, Han and Lousje Voskuil, Jan Bruggeman ('Breugelman'), and Frida Vogels
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
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Drawn night, summer night |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-08
19 titles of poems from the collection "dagtekening van liefdesvormen" ("date stamp of love forms", 2024, Rozalie Hirs)
extracted landscape 2015, drawn night 1975, summer night 1982, the sky above montpellier 1983, venus 2010, breath over hills 1994, nothing less than spring 1969, silver needles 1981, delusion-less and windless awake 1986, right next to the waterfall 2008, the springs 2017, steam with love 1974, enraptured with love 1999, atoms of love 1974, expressions 1972, fragments of we 1978, elementary particles 2013, mystical body 2002, secret body of this second 2016
Collection: Mosaic virus
Tribute to: Hirs, Rozalie
| The landscape forces | |
| me to put it on canvas -- | |
| and then it won't work. | |
| Het landschap dwingt me | Die Landschaft zwingt mich, |
| om het te gaan schilderen -- | sie zu malen, aber dann -- |
| en dan lukt het niet. | schaffe ich es nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-26
Teen Titans (Nescio) - 1915
Story "Titaantjes", chapter 13
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio
| Sand lays a ribbon | |
| of rolling shapes covering -- | |
| the edge of the land. | |
| Het zand legt een lint | Der Sand legt ein Band |
| van vormen over de rand -- | von Formen über den Rand -- |
| de rand van het land. | den Rand des Landes. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-18
In the Great Storm of / Sand is a shape (Wendela de Vos) - 2017
Dunes - Poems "In de Grote Storm van" en "Zand is een vorm" (collection "Waar leg ik mijn hart")
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: De Vos, Wendela
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Since my slumber |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-12
Forrig, Diobaig, The Molendinar (Claire M. Singer) - 2023
Compositions by Claire M. Singer for organ: "Forrig" (2023), "Diobaig" (2016, the village of Diabaig in Scotland) and "The Molendinar" (2016, the brook Molendinar in Scotland), performed by her at the Organpark on November 11th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Singer, Claire M
| Moving is too bad | |
| when you have to leave something -- | |
| Neighbours. The garden! | |
| Verhuizen is erg | Ein Umzug ist schlimm, |
| als je iets moet verlaten -- | wenn man was verlassen muss -- |
| Buren. En de tuin! | Nachbarn. Der Garten! |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-05
Collection: Heart's Delight
| She's looking outside, | |
| but still, does she see the view -- | |
| our beautiful view? | |
| Ze kijkt naar buiten, | Sie schaut nach draußen, |
| maar ziet ze het uitzicht wel -- | aber sieht sie die Aussicht -- |
| ons mooie uitzicht? | die schöne Aussicht? |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-23
The birds under the sky (Karl Ove Knausgard) - 2019
Novella "Fuglene under himmelen"
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| A silvery sky, | |
| dark and quiet the mountains -- | |
| as if sound asleep. | |
| Zilver de hemel, | Silbern der Himmel, |
| donker en stil de bergen -- | dunkel und still die Berge -- |
| alsof ze slapen. | als ob sie schliefen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-23
The birds under the sky (Karl Ove Knausgard) - 2019
Novella "Fuglene under himmelen"
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Next to the dead sluice | |
| there is an old spit of land -- | |
| from the river-mouth. | |
| Naast de dode sluis | An der Schleuse ragt. |
| ligt er een oude landtong -- | eine Landzunge heraus -- |
| uit de riviermond. | aus der Flußmündung. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-28
The house at the sluice - I (Hester Knibbe) - 2002
Poem "Het huis bij de sluis" - I (collection "Verstoorde grond")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Knibbe, Hester
| A grand scenery, | |
| it makes my presence smaller -- | |
| and also my thoughts. | |
| Het grootse landschap | Die weite Landschaft |
| verkleint mijn aanwezigheid -- | schrumpft meine Anwesenheit -- |
| en mijn gedachten. | und auch mein Denken. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-11
All the heaven you need (Franco Faggiani) - 2022
Novel "Tutto il cielo che serve", page 175
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco
| In a green landscape, | |
| cars are flashing around me -- | |
| It's aircon-silent. | |
| Er flitsen auto's | Autos flitzen durch |
| door het groene boslandschap -- | die grüne Landschaft vorbei -- |
| Het is airco-stil. | Es ist Airco-still. |
Amsterdam, 2021-08-24
Van der Valk-hotel Tilburg
Collection: Greeting from before
| Outside the city | |
| are distant mountains, painted -- | |
| by the spring lighting. | |
| Buiten de stad zijn | Außerhalb der Stadt |
| er verre bergen, geverfd -- | sind ferne Berge, gemalt -- |
| door het lentelicht. | von dem Frühlingslicht. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-11
Outside the city wall, the spring light paints the distant mountains (Wanli Yang) - 1160
View from the Jingyuan Pavilion
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Yang, Wanli
| Stretched out at my feet | |
| and encompassed by my gaze -- | |
| the land transcends me. | |
| Wijd aan mijn voeten: | Zu meinen Füßen: |
| het land, omvat door mijn blik -- | das Land. Mein Blick umfasst es -- |
| overstijgt het me. | Es übersteigt mich. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-29
One look (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Eén blik", published in "De harde kern" ("The hard core") - September 17th, 1981
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The path in the land- | |
| scape pulls me into the depths -- | |
| to lilac flowers. | |
| Het pad in het land- | Der Weg in der Land- |
| schap trekt me de diepte in -- | schaft zieht mich in die Tiefe -- |
| naar lila bloempjes. | zu lila Blüten. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-29
One look (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Eén blik", published in "De harde kern" ("The hard core") - September 17th, 1981
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Across the road there was the land |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-31
The Hinterland (in Switserland)
Collection: On living on [2]
Dedicated to: Madelief dK, Florentin dK, Lotte W
| Once a festival | |
| of grass and birds, no people -- | |
| there to enjoy it. | |
| Ooit een feest van gras | Festival von Gras |
| en vogels, maar geen mensen -- | und Vögel, keine Menschen -- |
| om dat te vieren. | die es genießen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-10
Lowlands (Esther Naomi Perquin) - 2017
Poem in the nrc.next of August 10th, 2017 - About the festival grounds
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Perquin, Ester Naomi
| Grey and desolate: | |
| the peat is so beautiful -- | |
| Behind the barbed wire. | |
| Het veen langs de Reest: | Das riesige Moor: |
| prachtig grauw en troosteloos -- | wunderschön grau und öde -- |
| Achter prikkeldraad. | Hinter Stacheldraht. |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-21
On closer inspection (Han Voskuil) - 1963
Autobiographical novel "Bij nader inzien" - July 7th, 1947
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Crisscrossclutterclouds, | |
| rustling complaints of fine grains -- | |
| Smokesand Drifting Dune. | |
| Wirwarrelwolken, | Wirrwarrelwolken, |
| klaagknisperende korrels -- | klagknisterde Körner -- Dunst- |
| Walmzander Stuifduin. | sänder Flugdüne. |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-26
Tom Puss and The Forgetbooklet (Marten Toonder) - 1976
Comic strip #154 - Tom Poes en Het Vergeetboekje (tiers 8501-8592), tier 8501
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
Mountain (Alps)
Alps, 1984-09-13
Route Napoléon
Collection: Photo's 1984
Dedicated to: Dory dK
Forest (Aggersee)
Gummersbach, 1976-04-18
By the Aggersee (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Collection: Photo's 1976
Park (Tilburg)
Tilburg, 1963-07-31
Leypark (Paul J)
Collection: Photo's 1963
