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Vote for me, I have a big one - |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-25
Collection: Half The Work
| She searches for her | |
| baptismal certificate -- | |
| in the pastor's bed. | |
| De vrouw zoekt samen | Die Frau sucht in dem |
| met de pastoor in zijn bed -- | Bett des Pastors nach ihrer -- |
| naar haar doopakte. | Taufbescheinigung. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapter 'The drunk letters'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Müller, Herta
| I've to pay extra | |
| for my application, time -- | |
| after time, in kind. | |
| Voor mijn aanvraag moet | Ich muss für meinen |
| ik steeds weer bijbetalen -- | Antrag extra zahlen, in -- |
| weer in natura. | Naturalien. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapter 'The drunk letters'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Müller, Herta
| The postwoman buys | |
| booze with the franking and throws -- | |
| the letters away. | |
| De postvrouw koopt drank | Die Postfrau kauft sich |
| van het frankeergeld en de -- | von dem Porto Branntwein, die -- |
| brieven gooit ze weg. | Briefe wirft sie weg. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapter 'The drunk letters'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Mueller, Herta
| The honest people | |
| always will pay the piper -- | |
| he hears the walls say. | |
| Eerlijke mensen | Ehrliche Menschen |
| zijn altijd de klos, hoort hij -- | sind ja der Dumme, hört er -- |
| de muren zeggen. | die Wände sagen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapters 'The Secret Word' and 'The High Mass'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Mueller, Herta
| He remains poor, here | |
| you can only do business -- | |
| if you are corrupt. | |
| Hij blijft arm, want hier | Er bleibt arm, hier kann |
| kun je alleen zaken doen -- | man nur Geschäfte machen -- |
| als je corrupt bent. | wenn man korrupt ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-16
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - July 22nd, 1977, San Severo (Apulia)
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Both parties pamper | |
| me, and I am supposed to -- | |
| side with their mercy. | |
| Beiden verwennen | Sie verwöhnen mich, |
| mij, opdat ik partij kies -- | ich soll Partei ergreifen -- |
| voor hun genade. | für ihre Gnade. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-23
I got involved in a conflict (Frida Vogels) - 2007
Verse "Ik werd betrokken in een strijd", published in "Diary 1962-1963" - September 19th, 1962, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Understanding lawyers |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-24
In Iran: ("Sigheh") "Nikah al-mut'ah" = ("Temporary") "Pleasure marriage"
Collection: PumicePieces
| In the rich district, | |
| there is a faint smell, I breathe -- | |
| the hidden issues. | |
| In de rijke wijk | Im Reichen-viertel |
| hangt een flauwe geur, ik ruik -- | riech ich den schwachen Geruch -- |
| verzwegen kwesties. | versteckter Fragen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-08
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 1, chapter 2 A Necklace of Shoes
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The king and the pope, | |
| God too, they say, and Satan -- | |
| are De' Medici. | |
| De vorst en de paus, | Der Fürst und der Papst, |
| ook God, zegt men, en Satan -- | auch Gott, sagt man, und Satan -- |
| zijn De' Medici. | sind De' Medici. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-28
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 3, chapter 16-17 - Florentine De' Medici family in the 15th century
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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There's a new boy on our street Clumsy at hopscotch and marbles he has to borrow Today he has something, a blood marble According to him, it is real blood but not human The marble rolls in his hand It's heavy blood, he says you know, like heavy water There are mutated animals that survive better with heavy blood In Nagasaki We want to play against him He hesitates, Joris makes a proposal: they form a team and share the profit It's ten milk against a flame ten flames against one blood and air bubbles do not count |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-04
Collection: Mosaic virus
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Coins to sow unity |
Amsterdam, 2018-04-29
Fascio, Fascism
Collection: Bruises
