| The blue flashing light | |
| appears extra bright at night -- | |
| without the siren. | |
| Het blauwe zwaailicht | Das blaue Blinklicht |
| lijkt 's nachts extra fel te zijn -- | erscheint nachts besonders hell -- |
| zonder sirene. | ohne Sirene. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-22
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om høsten", part 3, chapter 'November', § 'Ambulances' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
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My evening walk |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-03
Collection: Silent walk
| Deep in the woods, at | |
| night, you can completely merge -- | |
| into the darkness. | |
| Diep in het bos kun | Tief im Wald kann man |
| je 's nachts helemaal opgaan -- | sich nachts völlig verlieren -- |
| in de duisternis. | in der Dunkelheit. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-28
Night guide (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2025
Novel "Nachtgids", paragraph 9
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
| It is so dark that | |
| I start to smell, to hear, and -- | |
| to feel where I am. | |
| Het is zo donker, | Es ist so dunkel, |
| dat ik ga ruiken, horen, | dass ich riechen, hören muss -- |
| voelen waar ik ben. | fühlen, wo ich bin. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-27
Night guide (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2025
Novel "Nachtgids", paragraph 2 (about Vliegenbos [Fly forest] in North Amsterdam)
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
| I look up; where I | |
| see the sky between the trees -- | |
| that's where the path runs. | |
| Daar waar ik de lucht | Wo ich den Himmel |
| zie tussen de boomtoppen -- | zwischen den Bäume sehe -- |
| moet het pad lopen. | dort verläuft der Pfad. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-27
Night guide (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2025
Novel "Nachtgids", paragraph 2 (about Vliegenbos [Fly forest] in North Amsterdam)
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
| On a night, we walk | |
| through the quiet neighbourhoods -- | |
| Snow from the branches. | |
| We wandelen 's nachts | Wir spazieren nachts |
| door de stille woonwijken -- | durch die stille Wohnviertel -- |
| Sneeuw van de takken. | Schnee von den Ästen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-06
What you miss as a woman (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2026
Column "Wat je mist als vrouw", in the NRC of January 6th, 2026
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| The forest at night: | |
| black blue and black green. Bunnies -- | |
| A smell like incense. | |
| Het bos is 's nachts zwart- | Der Wald ist nachts schwarz- |
| blauw en zwartgroen. Konijntjes -- | blau und schwarzgrün. Kaninchen -- |
| Een geur als wierook. | Ein Duft wie Weihrauch. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-06
What you miss as a woman (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2026
Column "Wat je mist als vrouw", in the NRC of January 6th, 2026
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
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He reads the newspaper |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-02
Night in the park (Edward Hopper) - 1921
Etching
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward
| I fly towards the | |
| sun and through its fire-fingers -- | |
| into the darkness. | |
| Ik vlieg naar de zon | Ich fliege durch die |
| en tussen zijn vuurvingers -- | Feuerfinger der Sonne -- |
| door het donker in. | in die Dunkelheit. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-11
Dear Mrs. Eva (Valentijn de Heer) - 2023
Novel "Beste mevrouw Eva", chapter 10
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: De Heer, Valentijn
| It is fragile, the | |
| beauty of the atmosphere -- | |
| in the night cafés. | |
| Zo breekbaar is ze, | Zerbrechlich ist die |
| de schoonheid van deze sfeer -- | Schönheit der Atmosphäre -- |
| in de nachtcafé's. | in den Nachtcafés. |
Train Terborg-Amsterdam, 2025-04-16
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro) - 1986
Novel, chapter 'November 1949'
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Ishiguro, Kazuo
| The world is silent, | |
| at night people are inside -- | |
| warm or hankering. | |
| De wereld is stil, | Die Welt ist sehr still, |
| 's nachts is iedereen binnen -- | nachts sind alle drinnen, warm -- |
| warm of verlangend. | oder sehnsüchtig. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 3 "Only the moon / high in the sky / as an empty reminder - / but if looking at it, we just remember, / our two hearts may meet" (tanka by Saigyo, 1118-1190, translated by Burton Watson), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Saigyo
Composer: Garland, Peter
| The seventh day is | |
| fading away in silence -- | |
| in the seventh night. | |
| De zevende dag | Und der siebte Tag |
| schemert weg in verstilling: | dämmert hinweg in Stille -- |
| de zevende nacht. | in die siebte Nacht. |
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
| The ember mountain | |
| glows in the dark like a town -- | |
| on a hill at night. | |
| De sintelberg gloeit | Die Asche leuchtet |
| in het donker als een stad -- | im Dunkeln wie eine Stadt -- |
| 's nachts op een heuvel. | auf einem Hügel. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-06
Henry and Cato (Iris Murdoch) - 1976
Novel, part Two, The Great Teacher
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| There are sounds, as if | |
| it were night, you don't know what -- | |
| kind of world it is. | |
| Geluiden, alsof | Es gibt Geräusche, |
| het nacht is, je weet niet wat -- | als wär' es Nacht, man weiß nicht -- |
| voor wereld het is. | was für eine Welt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-25
Virtual Spaces (Dirk Veulemans) - 2016
A composition of sound files and eight loudspeaker whistles (eight loudspeakers on which a flute is mounted), performed by Dirk Veulemans in the Organpark on May 25th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Veulemans, Dirk
| The sun is setting, | |
| from the water there's darkness -- | |
| rising everywhere. | |
| De zon gaat onder, | Sonnenuntergang, |
| overal uit het water -- | überall aus dem Wasser -- |
| klimt het donker op. | steigt Dunkelheit auf. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-26
Teen Titans (Nescio) - 1915
Story "Titaantjes", chapter 7
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio
| The cars are coming | |
| home, in the valley, I hear -- | |
| them on the high dike. | |
| De auto's komen | Die Autos kommen |
| thuis, in het dal, ik hoor ze -- | heim, ins Tal, ich höre sie -- |
| op de hoge dijk. | auf dem hohen Deich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-31
In the Dutch mountains (Henk Hofstede, Nits) - 1987
Song (album "In the Dutch mountains")
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Nits; Hofstede, Henk
| My poet friends sleep, | |
| it's quiet, I look at them -- | |
| eat a banana. | |
| De dichters slapen, | Die Dichter schlafen, |
| het is stil, ik kijk naar hen -- | ich schaue auf sie, esse -- |
| en eet een banaan. | eine Banane. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-18
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 2-1-13: Mexico City, written 1961
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| In the neon light, | |
| shadows appear and vanish -- | |
| Strolling nightlife girls. | |
| In het neonlicht | Im Neonblitzlicht |
| komen en gaan er schimmen -- | kommen und gehen Schatten -- |
| Meisjes in de nacht. | Mädchen in der Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-15
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-2-65, written 1956: "Neons, Chinese restaurants / coming on - / Girls come by shades"
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| 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
| It is night, I walk | |
| across the metropolis -- | |
| which denies the night. | |
| Midden in de nacht | Mitten in der Nacht |
| loop ik door de wereldstad -- | laufe ich durch die Weltstadt -- |
| die de nacht ontkent. | die die Nacht leugnet. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-14
Fury (Salman Rushdie) - 2001
Novel, § 4
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Great, swimming at night, | |
| alone in the silent lake -- | |
| black trees around me. | |
| 's Nachts zwemmen, alleen | Nachts schwimmen, allein |
| in het stille meer, omringd -- | im stillen See, umgeben -- |
| door zwarte bomen. | von schwarzen Bäumen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-21
Collection: Metamorphic body
| At night, the houses | |
| with their windows are yawning -- | |
| at me everywhere. | |
| In de nacht geeuwen | In der Nacht gähnen |
| de huizen met hun vensters -- | die Häuser mit ihren Fenstern -- |
| mij overal toe. | mich überall an. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-17
The hand of the poor sick man (Luigi Pirandello) - 1917
Story "La mano del malato povero"
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| It is the silence | |
| that I notice all night long -- | |
| as if I'm dreaming. | |
| Het is de stilte | Es ist die Stille, |
| die me heel de nacht opvalt -- | die die ganze Nacht auffällt -- |
| alsof ik het droom. | wie in einem Traum. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-17
Collection: Greeting from before
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How did we come in? |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-31
Nighthawks (Edward Hopper) - 1942
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward
| Above us, the rust | |
| holes in the roof are sparkling: | |
| the stars of the day. | |
| Boven ons stralen | Über uns strahlen |
| de roestgaatjes in het dak: | die Rostlöcher im Zinkdach: |
| sterren van de dag. | Sterne des Tages. |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-08
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
Novel "Cien años de soledad"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| The bells are ringing | |
| deep in the depths of the night -- | |
| Stars shine above us. | |
| De klokken luiden | Die Glocken läuten |
| in de diepte van de nacht -- | tief in der Tiefe der Nacht -- |
| Sterren boven ons. | Sterne über uns. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-29
Reymerswael (Frida Vogels) - 2014
Poem, published in "Diary 1977-1978" - December 21st, 1977, Bologna (Reimerswaal is a city in Zeeland)
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Under the green splendor |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-22
Collection: Froend
| Defenceless rider, | |
| at night under the whisper -- | |
| of rustling branches. | |
| Weerloos de ruiter, | Wehrlos der Reiter, |
| 's nachts onder het fluisteren -- | nachts unter das Geflüster -- |
| van ritseltakken. | der Raschelzweige. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-17
The night rider (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "De nachtelijke ruiter", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - December 8th, 1958, Milan
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The girl sings her way | |
| home at night, along shadows -- | |
| of the gibbous moon. | |
| Het meisje zingt zich | Das Mädchen singt sich |
| 's nachts naar huis langs schaduwen -- | nachts sicher nach Hause durch -- |
| van de volle maan. | die Vollmondschatten. |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-27
Collection: Moons
| Covered by the night | |
| I visit you secretly -- | |
| That is the rumour. | |
| Beschut door de nacht | Geschützt von der Nacht |
| kom ik heimelijk bij je -- | komme ich heimlich zu dir -- |
| zo gaat het gerucht. | so sagt das Gerücht. |
Amsterdam, 2013-06-27
In response to the novel "Stoner" (1965, John Williams)
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Williams, John
