| The legal order | |
| is falling apart, you can -- | |
| only be in love. | |
| De rechtsorde valt | Wenn die Rechtsordnung |
| uit elkaar, je kunt alleen -- | auseinanderfällt, kann man -- |
| nog maar verliefd zijn. | nur noch verliebt sein. |
Amsterdam, 2026-10-15
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (Bob Dylan) - 1975
Song, album "Blood on the Tracks"
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| I had odd jobs and | |
| some relationships, always -- | |
| I got tangled up. | |
| Ik had baantjes, had | Ich hatte Jobs und |
| wat relaties, en raakte -- | Beziehungen, habe mich -- |
| steeds weer in de knoop. | immer verheddert. |
Amsterdam, 2026-10-14
Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan) - 1975
Song, album "Blood on the Tracks"
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| You breath twists things in | |
| such a way that they go wrong -- | |
| Yet we are alive. | |
| Jouw adem verdraait | Dein Atem verzerrt |
| alles tot iets dat fout gaat -- | alles so, dass es schiefgeht -- |
| Maar we leven nog. | Doch, wir leben noch. |
Amsterdam, 2026-10-14
Idiot Wind (Bob Dylan) - 1975
Song, album "Blood on the Tracks"
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| Punch is a wooden | |
| puppet that can talk, it has -- | |
| the gift of the gab. | |
| Jan Klaassen is een | Kasperl ist eine |
| houten pop die kan praten -- | Holzpuppe, die reden kann -- |
| als een kletsmajoor. | wie ein Quasseler. |
Amsterdam, 2026-09-22
Tomorrow the Christmas bear is coming (Janosch) - 1995
Children's book "Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsbär", chapter December 10th
Collection: Spirals
Tribute to: Janosch
| Gods do whatever | |
| they like to do, they have all -- | |
| the time in the world. | |
| De goden doen maar | Die Götter machen |
| wat, want ze hebben alle -- | was sie wollen, sie haben -- |
| tijd van de wereld. | alle Zeit der Welt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-02
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood) - 2005
Novel, chapter 19, Yelp of Joy
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Atwood, Margaret
| The items pile up | |
| in the rooms, in the closets: | |
| a messy order. | |
| Spullen hopen zich | Die Dinge stapeln |
| op in kamers en kasten: | sich in Zimmern und Schränken: |
| slordige orde. | schmutzige Ordnung. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-23
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 1, chapter 'December', § 'Clutter' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| What is wrong with this | |
| country, that someone's good deeds -- | |
| are always punished? | |
| Wat is er met dit | Was läuft schief in die- |
| land, dat goede daden er -- | sem Land, dass guten Taten -- |
| afgestraft worden? | abgestraft werden? |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-19
No Good Deed (Stephen Schwartz) - 2003
Song (sung by Idina Menzel [Elphaba], musical "Wicked")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Schwartz, Stephen
| Certainly, AI | |
| isn't the future, it does not -- | |
| escape from what is. | |
| AI is zeker | KI ist bestimmt |
| niet de toekomst, ze ontsnapt -- | nicht die Zukunft, sie entkommt -- |
| niet uit wat er is. | nicht dem, was da ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-31
AI is making our culture uniform (Jonasz Dekkers) - 2025
Article "AI maakt eenheidsworst van onze cultuur" in the NRC of May 31st, 2025
AI = Artificial intelligence
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Dekkers, Jonasz
| Do you have to want | |
| to see the mess in your home -- | |
| the mess in your life? | |
| Moet je het willen | Muss man das Chaos |
| zien, de rommel in je huis -- | sehen wollen, Zuhause -- |
| en in je leven? | und auch im Leben? |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-31
Little Things (Nele Pollatschek) - 2023
Novel "Kleine Probleme", chapter To do: 3. Cleaning
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Pollatschek, Nele
| From a bird's-eye view | |
| the child looks at the chaos -- | |
| of adult people. | |
| In vogelvluchten | Das Kind betrachtet |
| beziet het kind de chaos -- | in Vogelflug das Chaos -- |
| van grote mensen. | der Erwachsenen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-05
Bird (Andrea Arnold) - 2024
Film
Collection: I am
Tribute to: Arnold, Andrea
| Codes cutpaste poems | |
| and lyrically they call -- | |
| themselves Rozalie. | |
| Codes knipplakken | Codes schneidfügen |
| gedichten, lyrisch noemen -- | Gedichte, lyrisch nennen -- |
| ze zich Rozalie. | sie sich Rozalie. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-08
The poems in the collection "dagtekening van liefdesvormen" ("date stamp of love forms", 2024, Rozalie Hirs) could have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI)
Collection: Mosaic virus
Tribute to: Hirs, Rozalie
| Only this I can | |
| describe: the chaos, of us -- | |
| and everything else. | |
| Alleen maar dit kan | Einfach nur das kann |
| ik beschrijven: de chaos -- | ich beschreiben: das Chaos -- |
| van ons, van alles. | von uns, von allem. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-16
Chaos (Erik Jan Harmens) - 1998
Poem (collection "Ik noem dit poëzie (verzamelde gedichten)")
Collection: WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Harmens, Erik Jan
| India is much | |
| more than chaos: through and through -- | |
| logical chaos. | |
| India is veel | Indien ist viel |
| meer dan chaos: door en door -- | mehr als Chaos: durch und durch -- |
| logische chaos. | logisches Chaos. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-06
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter India - 'India is chaos making sense'
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I clean up, you don't | |
| feel like it, so you too are -- | |
| now dissatisfied. | |
| Ik ruim op, voor jou | Ich räume auf, du |
| hoeft het niet, dus ook jij bent -- | willst nicht, also bist auch du -- |
| nu ontevreden. | jetzt unzufrieden. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-07
Collection: Froend
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Is she here, is this the address, or |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-09
Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Bob Dylan) - 1978
Song, album "Street-Legal"
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| In the commotion, | |
| police officers salute -- | |
| in all directions. | |
| In de opschudding | Die Polizisten |
| salueren agenten -- | salutieren im Tumult -- |
| alle kanten op. | ins Blaue hinein. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-20
Mr. Fisher's harrowing of hell (Simon Vestdijk) - 1934
Novel "Meneer Visser's hellevaart" (published 1936), chapter 4
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Textbooks in a heap, | |
| the pages held together -- | |
| by dog-ears only. | |
| Boeken op een hoop, | Auf einem Haufen: |
| de bladzijden verbonden -- | Bücher, die Seiten verknüpft -- |
| door ezelsoren. | durch Eselsohren. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-02
Ivory guardians (Simon Vestdijk) - 1951
Novel "Ivoren wachters", chapter V
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| He contradicts him- | |
| self, says, without studying -- | |
| he is a student. | |
| Hij spreekt zich tegen, | Er widerspricht sich, |
| zegt, zonder te studeren -- | sagt, ohne zu studieren -- |
| dat hij student is. | er sei ein Student. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-22
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 2-1 [1919]
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Before departure | |
| the co-pilot asks: who would -- | |
| like to stay alive? | |
| Bij het opstijgen | Beim Hinaufsteigen |
| vraagt de piloot: wie wil er -- | fragt der Pilot: wer möchte -- |
| in leven blijven? | am Leben bleiben? |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-17
Air route (Meity Völke) - 2020
Poem "Vluchtroute" (collection "aan het licht")
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Völke, Meity
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At home, Lonely Hearts sing |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-14
"Their Satanic Majesties Request" (1967) and "Beggars Banquet" (The Rolling Stones) - 1968
Albums from 1967 and 1968
With a reference to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967, The Beatles)
Collection: Mosaic virus
Tribute to: The Rolling Stones
| Chaos is normal, | |
| stability is formal -- | |
| armoured in its form. | |
| Chaos is gewoon, | Chaos ist normal, |
| stabiliteit is formeel -- | Stabilität ist förmlich -- |
| geharnast in vorm. | in Form gepanzert. |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-05
Debris - 2019
Performed in the Organpark on October 5th, by Ensemble Klang and Kit Downes
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Downes, Kit
| Just making up for | |
| the wasted day, not sleeping -- | |
| and watching movies. | |
| De verloren dag | Den vertanen Tag |
| 's nachts goedmaken, niet slapen -- | nachts einholen, nicht schlafen -- |
| en naar films kijken. | mal Filme schauen. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-25
Collection: Blown sand
| Blocks on the carpet: | |
| messy, but very precise -- | |
| any way they lie. | |
| Blokken op het kleed: | Klötze im Zimmer: |
| slordig, maar heel nauwkeurig -- | schlampig, aber sehr genau -- |
| hoe ze ook liggen. | wie sie auch liegen. |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-02
Out of the picture (K. Schippers) - 2014
Poem "Buiten beeld" (collections "Buiten beeld" en "Fijn dat u luistert")
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Schippers, K.
| Chaos every day: | |
| the weather, the people, and -- | |
| I keep sorting out. | |
| Elke dag chaos: | Chaos jeden Tag: |
| het weer en de mensen, en -- | das Wetter und die Menschen -- |
| ik maar ordenen. | und ich ordne nur. |
Amsterdam, 2016-10-26
Collection: The drama
