| When you look back, you | |
| never see life, only what -- | |
| is no longer there. | |
| Wie terugkijkt ziet | Wer zurückblickt, sieht |
| nooit het leven, alleen maar -- | nie das Leben, sondern das -- |
| wat er niet meer is. | was nicht mehr da ist. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-26
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - July 29th, 2008, Malmö
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| It is a story | |
| from the past: large stone figures -- | |
| in the barren land. | |
| Het is een verhaal | Eine Geschichte |
| van vroeger: grote beelden -- | von früher: die Figuren -- |
| in het lege land. | in dem öden Land. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-17
Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii) - 1985
Video-animation film "Tenshi no Tamago"
Moai Maea ('Stone Figures') on Rapa Nui (Big Rapa, Easter Island)
Collection: Plasma
Tribute to: Oshii, Mamoru
| Sepia postcards, | |
| with signatures of names that -- | |
| have been forgotten. | |
| Oude kaarten, met | Antike Karten, |
| handtekeningen, namen -- | mit Unterschriften, Namen -- |
| die vergeten zijn. | die niemand mehr kennt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-18
The Man in the Wooden Hat (Jane Gardam) - 2017
Novel, part 3: Life, chapter 23
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane
| 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
| From the discarded | |
| past, some mute shards still stick up -- | |
| in the arable. | |
| Van vroeger steken | Aus dem Land ragen |
| er in het bewerkte land -- | aus der Vergangenheit noch -- |
| wat scherven omhoog. | einige Scherben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-05
The past that was given for better (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Het verleden dat men voor beter gaf", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VIII [Authorship], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - July 27th, 1966, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| What we push behind | |
| us piles up, it is blocking -- | |
| our escape route back. | |
| Wat we achter ons | Was wir hinter uns |
| wegduwen hoopt op, blokkeert -- | schieben, häuft sich an, versperrt -- |
| onze terugweg. | uns den Weg zurück. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-02
They only had eyes for what lay before them (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Zij hadden slechts oog voor wat voor hen lag", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VII [Acquiescence]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - October 5th, 1965, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| What the sea washes | |
| up is ballast, not kept for -- | |
| long by anyone. | |
| Wat de zee aanspoelt | Was das Meer anspült, |
| is ballast, wordt door niemand -- | ist Ballast, von niemandem -- |
| langdurig bewaard. | lange aufbewahrt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-31
What remains when the sea retreats (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Wat achterblijft wanneer de zee zich terugtrekt", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VII [Acquiescence]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - April 24th, 1965, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Recovery can | |
| take a long time, like waiting -- | |
| for what is over. | |
| Herstellen duurt soms | Genesung kann sein |
| heel erg lang, alsof je wacht -- | wie das Warten auf etwas -- |
| op wat voorbij is. | das vergangen ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-04
With a photo of marble fragments on the Acropolis during the restauration of the Parthenon (September 27th, 1989, Athens)
Collection: Local tardiness
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| An open space, for | |
| fantasy, how it was here -- | |
| once, in ancient times. | |
| Een open plek, voor | Ein offener Raum, |
| fantasie, hoe het hier was -- | für Fantasie, wie's hier war -- |
| ooit, in de oudheid. | in der Antike. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-16
With a photo of Paul in the Circus Maximus, the stadium for chariot racing in ancient Rome (September 11th, 1985)
Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Paul J
| Around the ruins | |
| of the distillery still -- | |
| smell bells of lungwort. | |
| Om de ruïne | In den Ruinen |
| van de stokerij geuren -- | der Brennerei riechen noch -- |
| nog klokjes longkruid. | Lungenkrautglöckchen. |
Silvolde, 2025-04-15
Alsem (wermod ['wormwood'], artemisia absinthium, flowering period in summer) and lungwort (pulmonaria, flowering period in spring) are used in the preparation of vermouth and absinthe
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
| The circus, cancan, | |
| from times we know so well from -- | |
| movies. Black and white. | |
| Het circus, cancan, | Der Zirkus, Cancan, |
| uit de tijd die we kennen -- | aus der Zeit die wir kennen -- |
| van de film. Zwart-wit. | aus dem Film. Schwarz-weiß. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-19
The Image Book (Jean-Luc Godard) - 2018
Film "Le livre d'image", part 5 "La région centrale" ("The central region", namely the Arab-African countries), the ending of the movie
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Godard, Jean-Luc
| Fish and waterfowl, | |
| swaying algae in the shapes -- | |
| of statue remnants. | |
| Vissen en water- | Fische und Wasser- |
| vogels, algen in de vorm -- | vögel, Algen in Form von -- |
| van standbeeldresten. | Statuenresten. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-02
Flow (Gints Zilbalodis) - 2024
Animated film
Collection: A Home
Tribute to: Zilbalodis, Gints
| In the sitting room | |
| resides the old family -- | |
| in stately portraits. | |
| In de zitkamer | Im Wohnzimmer wohnt |
| woont de oude familie -- | die alte Familie -- |
| in pronkportretten. | in den Prunkporträts. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-14
Black shawl (Luigi Pirandello) - 1904
Story "Scialle nero"
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| The past constantly | |
| pops up everywhere, haunting -- | |
| around within us. | |
| Het verleden duikt | Die Vergangenheit |
| voortdurend overal op -- | taucht ständig überall auf -- |
| het spookt rond in ons. | spukt in uns herum. |
Amsterdam, 2021-07-02
Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen) - 1881
Play "Gengangere"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Ibsen, Henrik
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Between the tangible past |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-27
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Afke B
| If the start was A | |
| big bang, things only exist -- | |
| as its residue. | |
| Als het startschot 1 | Wenn der Startschuss 1 |
| oerknal was, bestaat alles -- | Urknall war, besteht alles -- |
| slechts als restafval. | nur als Überrest. |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-05
Debris - 2019
Performed in the Organpark on October 5th, 2019, by Ensemble Klang and Kit Downes
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Downes, Kit
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I have kept boxes (first quality) |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-20
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
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If only I could hire an unemployed giant |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-05
1900, Doetinchem (pocket saint)
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Cornel B
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You can only glue what is dead |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-16
Doetinchem (Ruimzichtlaan ["Broadview Lane"])
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Cornel B
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Captured from wide and far |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-16
Doetinchem (Hofstraat 161)
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Cornel B
| In previous times | |
| it was work: the crafts, the farms -- | |
| and now it's romance. | |
| Vroeger was het werk: | Es war mal Arbeit: |
| ambachten, boerderijen -- | Handwerk und Bauernhöfe -- |
| en nu: romantiek. | und jetzt: Romantik. |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-16
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton" - 1973
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| In the museum | |
| you see the past, but never -- | |
| feel what it was like. | |
| In het museum | In den Museen |
| herken je vroeger, maar nooit -- | sieht man die Vergangenheit -- |
| voel je hoe het was. | spürt sie aber nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-13
The Office - Dirty hands (Han Voskuil) - 1996
Novel "Het Bureau - Vuile handen" - 1971
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
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Ballast or log, significance |
Amsterdam, 2017-04-21
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
|
I walk twenty steps, five feet |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-14
Collection: Secrets & Believers
| There are lots of stones | |
| in my own cemetery -- | |
| heavy on my thoughts. | |
| Op mijn begraafplaats | Auf meinem Friedhof |
| liggen zoveel stenen, zwaar -- | liegen viele Steine, schwer -- |
| op mijn gedachten. | auf meiner Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-28
The weight of your own past
Collection: BloodTrunk
| Sandy beach, the crumbs | |
| being marbled and blown smooth -- | |
| look like stone again. | |
| Zandstrand, de kruimels | Sandstrand, die Krümel |
| gemarmerd en glad gewaaid -- | marmoriert und glatt geweht -- |
| lijken weer van steen. | ähneln wieder Stein. |
Texel, 2012-10-17
Collection: On living on [1]
