| Blessings rest upon | |
| the great king, the eternal -- | |
| flame burns night and day. | |
| Er rust zegen op | Der Segen ruht auf |
| de koning, de eeuwige -- | dem König, das ewige -- |
| vlam brandt dag en nacht. | Licht brennt Tag und Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-19
The future of truth (Werner Herzog) - 2024
Book "Die Zukunft der Wahrheit", chapter Numa Pompilius (king from 716 to 673 BC)
The Vestal Virgins
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Herzog, Werner
| The replicas are | |
| very precious: they protect -- | |
| the original. | |
| De replica's zijn | Die elf Repliken |
| kostbaar: ze beveiligen -- | sind sehr wertvoll: sie schützen -- |
| het origineel. | das Original. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-19
The future of truth (Werner Herzog) - 2024
Book "Die Zukunft der Wahrheit", chapter Numa Pompilius (about the divine shield and its copies, the ancilia, to prevent theft)
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Herzog, Werner
| In the fake village | |
| where no one lives, the garbage -- | |
| truck comes every week. | |
| In het namaakdorp | In dem falschen Dorf |
| woont niemand, maar elke week -- | wohnt niemand, die Müllabfuhr -- |
| komt de vuilnisdienst. | kommt aber trotzdem. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-19
The future of truth (Werner Herzog) - 2024
Book "Die Zukunft der Wahrheit", chapter Potemkin villages (about Kijong-dong, the 'Peace Village', in the [North] Korean Demilitarised Zone)
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Herzog, Werner
| He overstrains his | |
| voice, what a clownish display! | |
| People fall silent. | |
| Hij overschreeuwt zich, | Er überschreit sich, |
| wat een potsierlijk vertoon! | wie possierlich das nun ist! |
| Iedereen valt stil. | Alle verstummen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-02
Fantasia and fugue on B.A.C.H. (Max Reger) - 1900
Composition "Phantasie und Fuge über B.A.C.H." (opus 46) for organ, performed by Cor van Wageningen in the Organpark on November 2nd, 2024 (Sauer-organ)
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Reger, Max
| The anointed priest | |
| is adorned with energy: | |
| twelve precious gemstones. | |
| De hogepriester | Der Hohepriester |
| is getooid met energie: | ist mit Energie geschmückt: |
| twaalf edelstenen. | zwölf Edelsteine. |
De Koog, 2024-09-16
Gut Symmetries (Jeanette Winterson) - 1997
Novel; Gut = Grand unified theory), chapter The Star - Stella (Sarah)
The priestly breastplate (Israel)
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| The palace houses | |
| parties, madness, betrayal -- | |
| Still it does remain. | |
| Het paleis huisvest | Im Palast wohnen |
| feesten, waanzin en verraad -- | Feier, Wahnsinn und Verrat -- |
| Toch blijft het bestaan. | Dennoch besteht es. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-14
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapter (1-) 6
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Killing people and | |
| leaving them in the streets day -- | |
| after day to rot. | |
| Mensen vermoorden | Menschen ermorden |
| en hen dag na dag op straat -- | und sie dann auf der Straße -- |
| laten verrotten. | verrotten lassen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-08
Antigone (Sophocles) - -442
Play
Terror of gangs and regimes
Collection: PumicePieces
Tribute to: Sophokles
| He is trying so hard | |
| that he doesn't realise he -- | |
| makes no impression. | |
| Hij doet zo zijn best, | Er gibt sich Mühe |
| dat hij niet doorheeft dat hij -- | und merkt deshalb nicht, dass er -- |
| juist geen indruk maakt. | keinen Eindruck macht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-08
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 439, Maarten Koning and Jaap Balk (1976)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| It is threatening, | |
| a gigantic shadow falls -- | |
| over the frontier. | |
| Het is bedreigend, | Es ist bedrohlich, |
| er valt een grote schaduw -- | ein riesiger Schatten fällt -- |
| over de landsgrens. | über die Grenze. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-18
The smile of the sphinx (Ingeborg Bachmann) - 1949
Story "Das Lächeln der Sphinx" (Wiener Tageszeitung, 1949)
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Bachmann, Ingeborg
| He is so holy! | |
| Wine on his lips instantly -- | |
| turns into water! | |
| Hij is zo heilig, | Er ist so heilig! |
| dat de wijn aan zijn lippen -- | Der Wein auf seinen Lippen -- |
| meteen water wordt! | wird zu Wasser! |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-17
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie) - 1988
Novel, chapter IV. Aisha
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Pantomime-players: | |
| none of them dares to play yet -- | |
| because the drum beats. | |
| Pantomiemorkest: | Pantomim-Musik: |
| niemand durft te gaan spelen -- | keiner traut sich zu spielen -- |
| omdat de trom slaat. | weil die Trommel schlägt. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
No movement (Jan van de Putte) - 2019
Composition "Keine Bewegung", performed by Orkest de Ereprijs and Katharina Gross (cello) on April 3rd, 2022 in the Organpark
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Van de Putte, Jan
| A cacophony, | |
| the audience freezes, great -- | |
| we play the boss here. | |
| Een kakofonie, | Die Kakophonie |
| het publiek verstart, heerlijk -- | versteift das Publikum, toll -- |
| wij zijn hier de baas. | wir spielen den Chef. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
No movement (Jan van de Putte) - 2019
Composition "Keine Bewegung", performed by Orkest de Ereprijs and Katharina Gross (cello) on April 3rd, 2022 in the Organpark
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Van de Putte, Jan
| The flags are blowing: | |
| a miserable view, these -- | |
| ostentatious flags. | |
| Er waaien vlaggen: | Die Flaggen wehen: |
| een treurig gezicht, deze -- | kein schöner Anblick, diese -- |
| verkeerde vlaggen. | verkehrte Flaggen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-26
Collection: The Praised One
| Roaring, the sea god | |
| splashes around, brutally -- | |
| he belittles me. | |
| De oude zeegod | Der Gott des Meeres |
| spat bulderend om zich heen -- | spritzt tobend um sich herum -- |
| ruw slaat hij mij klein. | grob schlägt er mich klein. |
Amsterdam, 2021-08-22
The Red and the Green (Iris Murdoch)) - 1965
Novel
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Having a stare-down, | |
| as if the other is wrong -- | |
| sitting on your seat. | |
| Elkaar aanstaren | Wir starren uns an, |
| alsof de ander fout is -- | als säßen die Anderen -- |
| en op jouw stoel zit. | auf unsren Sitzen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-28
It melts (Lize Spit) - 2016
Novel "Het smelt", July 15th, 2002
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize
| After our argument | |
| he points to a comet: there! | |
| where I see nothing. | |
| Na onze ruzie | Nach dem Streit zeigt er |
| wijst hij naar een komeet: daar! | auf einen Kometen: da! |
| waar ik weer niets zie. | wo ich nichts sehe. |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-21
Comet (James Salter) - 2005
Story (collection "Last Night")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
| Play the waiting game, | |
| scan each other silently: | |
| brainstorming session? | |
| In afwachting zijn, | In Erwartung sein, |
| elkaar zwijgend aftasten: | einander still abtasten: |
| samen brainstormen? | Gedankenaustausch? |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-09
Grand Hotel Europa (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2018
Novel
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard
|
It was great to be king but I don't have the power to hold up the end They undress me completely and smear me with grease with pipes, they blow dust gold on me, they cover me with years of envy The procession leads me to the throne on the raft it is a ruthless play Shining in the light of my father, the sun I float across the lake to lurking eyes on the other side that would come to skin me if I didn't have a wash and hastily gave the sun to the greedy water |
Amsterdam, 2019-03-01
Collection: Mosaic virus
| Well, in the army | |
| you inflate yourself and then -- | |
| of course you will rise. | |
| Militaire dienst: | Im Militärdienst |
| jezelf opblazen en dan -- | bläst man sich groß auf und dann -- |
| vanzelf omhoog gaan. | geht man von selbst hoch. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-18
A Frisian does not cry (Gerrit Krol) - 1980
Novel "Een Fries huilt niet", chapter 2.5
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
| The mandatory: | |
| surrounded by wall and moat -- | |
| of grey eminence. | |
| De plaatsvervanger: | Der Stellvertreter: |
| omgeven door wal en gracht -- | umgeben von Graben und -- |
| van hoogwaardigheid. | Mauern der Würde. |
Train Amsterdam-Brussels, 2018-01-10
Green (Albert Alberts) - 1952
Story "Groen", collection "De Eilanden" ("The Islands")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Alberts, Albert
|
It's almost impossible to get through |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-19
Jesus (Jerusalem, Friday the 14th of Nisan, April 7, 30 CE, this is the preparation day for the Great Shabbat of Passover on the 15th of Nisan)
Ecce homo (behold the man)
Mark 15:33 Solar eclipse on the day of Jesus' death, the 14th of Nisan. This is recorded as such because three years later, precisely on the 14th of Nisan, Friday, April 3rd, 33 CE, there was a solar eclipse, which a few centuries later also nicely aligned with the shift of Jesus' birth to December 25th of the year 0 CE, so that it is correct then that Jesus lived to be 33, just short of 34, according to the Roman calendar
Isaiah 6:3, Luke 23:27, Psalm 22:19
Collection: The King
|
Shrubs protect the back door |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-04
Vesta
Collection: Silent walk
|
A fan is running |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-27
Film "Werckmeister harmóniák" ("Werckmeister harmonies", 2000, Béla Tarr)
Solar eclipse
Collection: On living on [2]
| In the golden dress | |
| of the palace city, we -- | |
| poor rats are smothered. | |
| In de gouden jurk | Im goldenen Kleid |
| van de paleisstad gestikt: | der Palaststadt erstickt, ach -- |
| wij arme ratten. | wir arme Ratten. |
Konstanz, 2015-06-19
La Superba (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2013
Genoa
Novel
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard
| The dog barks passers- | |
| by away from the fencing -- | |
| It's a great success! | |
| Blaffend jaagt de hond | Der Hund bellt und jagt |
| passanten weg van het hek -- | die Passanten vom Zaun weg -- |
| Wat heeft hij succes! | Mit großem Erfolg! |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-27
Collection: The King
| A football pennant, | |
| crookedly on the dune top -- | |
| The king is not there. | |
| Een voetbalvaantje | Ein Fußballfähnchen |
| wappert scheef op de duintop -- | flattert schief auf der Düne -- |
| De koning is weg. | Der König ist fort. |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-01
Collection: The King
| A gale bumps and beats | |
| branches away, gates open -- | |
| bears into their caves. | |
| Stormwind botst en slaat | Sturmwind stößt und schlägt |
| takken weg, hekken open -- | Zweigen weg, Zäune offen -- |
| beren in hun hol. | Bären in Höhlen. |
De Cocksdorp, 2012-02-01
Collection: Without reserve
