| This day and the year, | |
| my clothes too, it takes a while -- | |
| and then new is old. | |
| Deze dag, het jaar, | Dieser Tag, das Jahr, |
| mijn kleren, het duurt even -- | Kleidung, eine Weile und -- |
| en dan is nieuw oud. | dann wird aus neu alt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-17
With a photo of Lotte and Neon-advertising (Amsterdam, February 17th, 2023), neon = new; written on my 73rd birthday
Collection: Metamorphic body
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| The past is hidden | |
| like a treasure, it's hard work -- | |
| excavating it. | |
| Het verleden is | Die Vergangenheit |
| een schat, ontzettend veel werk -- | ist ein Schatz, harte Arbeit -- |
| om op te graven. | sie auszugraben. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-14
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 3 Legends of Thrace
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Bombs are everywhere, | |
| I cannot preserve any- | |
| thing permanently. | |
| Overal bommen, | Überall Bomben, |
| ik kan onmogelijk iets -- | ich werde nichts dauerhaft -- |
| blijvend bewaren. | bewahren können. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-12
Collection: Changing Times
| 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
| Priests keep repeating | |
| familiar old words, prophets -- | |
| are not understood. | |
| Priesters herhalen | Priester erhallen |
| oude woorden, profeten -- | alte Worte, Propheten -- |
| worden niet verstaan. | werden nicht kapiert. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-26
Oranges are not the only fruit (Jeanette Winterson) - 1985
Novel, part "Ruth"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Anything can be | |
| done, provided that you go -- | |
| off the beaten tracks. | |
| Alles kan worden | Alles kann getan |
| uitgevoerd, althans buiten -- | werden, verlasse einfach -- |
| gebaande paden. | den gebahnten Weg. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-23
The free bird and its cages - The history of a domicile (Simon Vestdijk) - 1957
Roman "De vrije vogel en zijn kooien - De geschiedenis van een domicilie", chapter 2-5
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Liberated sounds | |
| of the future: a poem -- | |
| in the Gothic tent. | |
| Bevrijde toekomst- | Befreite Klänge |
| klanken: een gedicht in de -- | der Zukunft: ein Gedicht im -- |
| nieuwgothische tent. | neugotischen Zelt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-07
Electronic poem (Edgar Varèse, Iannis Xenakis) - 1958
Philips pavilion at the Expo '58 World Fair in Brussels, with 425 loudspeakers
"Poème électronique" (building by Iannis Xenakis, composition by Edgar Varèse)
Collection: New Ago
Composers: Varèse, Edgar; Xenakis, Iannis
| People just believe | |
| in the new, and they forget -- | |
| that it is ageing. | |
| Mensen geloven | Die Leute glauben |
| in het nieuwe, vergetend -- | an das Neue, vergessen -- |
| dat het veroudert. | dass es altern wird. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-09
History of Russian literature (Karel van het Reve) - 1985
"Geschiedenis van de Russische literatuur"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Van Het Reve, Karel
| Between some remains | |
| and undigested houses: | |
| underground parking. | |
| Tussen wat resten | Zwischen Relikten |
| en onverteerde huizen: | und unverdauten Häusern: |
| de parkeerkelder. | die Tiefgarage. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-29
Cross-section (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2020
Poem "Dwarsdoorsnede" (collection "Reistijd, bedtijd, ijstijd")
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
| Fresh air from outside, | |
| smashed into the theatre -- | |
| by the wrecking ball. | |
| Frisse buitenlucht | Frische Außenluft |
| het theater ingeslagen -- | in das Theater, entlang -- |
| door de sloopkogel. | der Abrissbirne. |
Amsterdam, 2021-09-19
Collection: Changing Times
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It's over, foreign interests |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-11
The decline of the Royal Library of Alexandria in the first centuries of the Common Era
Collection: Changing Times
| People like to run | |
| to the latest opinions -- | |
| the latest fashion. | |
| Mensen rennen graag | Die Leute eilen |
| naar de nieuwste meningen -- | zu neuen Ansichtsweisen -- |
| de nieuwste mode. | und neuer Mode. |
Amsterdam, 2020-04-23
No success blues (Delphine Lecompte) - 2017
Poem "Geen succes blues" (collection "Western")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Lecompte, Delphine
| Progress films a war | |
| scene in the little village -- | |
| that it demolished. | |
| De vooruitgang filmt | Ja, der Fortschritt filmt |
| oorlogsscènes in het dorp -- | Kriegshandlungen in dem Dorf -- |
| dat ze heeft gesloopt. | das er zerstört hat. |
Amsterdam, 2019-12-05
The gods must have their number (Hubert Lampo) - 1969
Novella "De goden moeten hun getal hebben", chapter 8
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Lampo, Hubert
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You know what's going to happen |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-13
Diseases, migration, war, market economy
Collection: New Ago
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The holiness of life |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-26
Collection: Lilith's Powers
| The house of my youth | |
| has been rebuild: younger bricks -- | |
| for younger people. | |
| De oude woning | Die alte Wohnung |
| is verbouwd: jonge stenen -- | ist umgebaut: junger Stein -- |
| voor jonge mensen. | für junge Leute. |
Amsterdam, 2012-07-18
Collection: PumicePieces
| Destruction, and then | |
| the dust settles, the wind blows -- | |
| Of a new era? | |
| Vernietiging. Dan | Nach der Vernichtung |
| daalt het stof neer, waait de wind -- | legt sich der Staub, weht der Wind -- |
| Van een nieuwe tijd? | Einer neuen Zeit? |
Train Amsterdam-Terborg, 2012-06-30
Decay, demolition and war
Collection: New Ago
| Public workers dig | |
| in old periods, a pit -- | |
| towards a new age. | |
| De gemeente graaft | Die Gemeinde gräbt |
| in oude eeuwen een gat -- | in alten Zeiten Gruben -- |
| naar een nieuwe tijd. | zu einer Neuzeit. |
Amsterdam, 2012-06-19
Earthworks
Collection: New Ago
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| Death | |
| gives life | |
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| I too renew | |
| I transform: | |
| My needs change me | |
| My experiences change me | |
| My relationships change me | |
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| Worlds | |
| renew themselves | |
 | |
| I too renew myself | |
| I let the Energy flow through me: | |
| I release energy blockages | |
| I keep my body limber and healthy | |
| I take rest | |
