| Accidents are sad, | |
| but they happen quite often -- | |
| and that's comical. | |
| Ongelukken zijn | Unfälle: traurig, |
| triest, maar ze gebeuren vaak -- | aber sie passieren oft -- |
| en dat is komisch. | und das ist komisch. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-21
Haroun and The Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie) - 1990
Fairy tale, chapter 2, The Mail Coach (page 14)
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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The world has become too big |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-15
In the Shadow of Tomorrow. A diagnosis of the spiritual suffering of our time (Johan Huizinga) - 1935
Chapter: VII. The general weakening of judgement
"Homo ludens. Proeve eener bepaling van het spel-element der cultuur" ("Homo Ludens. A study of the play element in culture", 1938)
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Huizinga, Johan
|
Within the hedge, I walk |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-10
Three poems by Frida Vogels
1952 - A quest for reality
October 2nd, 1969 - You climb up at the risk of your life
February 4th, 1970 - One's own territory
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Yeah, grandpa, you know, | |
| it's really not that easy -- | |
| Well, it just depends. | |
| Ja, opa, weet je, | Ja Opa, weißt du, |
| dat is zo makkelijk niet -- | das ist gar nicht so einfach -- |
| Het ligt er maar aan. | Es kommt darauf an. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-24
With a photo of Madelief taken during a video call (June 1st, 2014, Grossdietwil)
Collection: web tissue
Dedicated to: Madelief dK
| To capture people | |
| is harder with descriptions -- | |
| than with fantasies. | |
| Boeiend beschrijven | Spannend zu schildern |
| is moeilijker dan boeiend -- | ist schwieriger als spannend -- |
| te fantaseren. | zu phantasieren. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-26
Collection: org aNp arK
| First the door lets in | |
| street noise, then a thunderstorm -- | |
| Radio crackles. | |
| Eerst waait de deur stads- | Erst lässt die Tür Stadt- |
| rumoer binnen, dan onweer -- | lärm herein, dann Gedonner -- |
| De radio ruist. | Die Radio rauscht. |
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
| Subjectivity | |
| and objectivity are -- | |
| quite often confused. | |
| Subjectiviteit | Subjektivität |
| en objectiviteit: vaak -- | und Objektivität: oft -- |
| wordt het verwisseld. | verwechselt man sie. |
De Koog, 2024-09-20
Requiem for a friend (Han Voskuil) - 2002
Novel "Requiem voor een vriend", chapter 1951-1956, October 22nd, 1954 - Amsterdam, letter from Han Voskuil
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| The cave fell away, | |
| I was standing in the sun -- | |
| in the real world now. | |
| Ineens viel de grot | Die Höhle fiel weg |
| weg en stond ik in de zon -- | und ich stand in der Sonne -- |
| de echte wereld. | in der echten Welt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-02
Henry and Cato (Iris Murdoch) - 1976
Novel, part One, Rites of passage
Cato experiences a revelation, as if leaving Plato's cave
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris; Plato
| There is a strange smell | |
| in the city, of olives -- | |
| so it's not a dream. | |
| Wat een vreemde geur | In der Stadt riecht es |
| in de stad, van olijven -- | seltsam, nach Oliven, es -- |
| dus is het geen droom. | ist also kein Traum. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-30
about the level of reality (Erik Bindervoet) - 2023
Poem "over het werkelijkheidsgehalte van de werkelijkheid" (collection "over het werkelijkheidsgehalte van de werkelijkheid")
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Bindervoet, Erik
| Characters, even | |
| life-like, are only alive -- | |
| within the story. | |
| Ook een levensecht | Auch lebensecht lebt |
| personage leeft alleen -- | eine Figur nur inner- |
| binnen het verhaal. | halb der Geschichte. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-27
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
End of the novel, part 3, chapter 21
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| It's unreal, the world | |
| of the screens, you live in it -- | |
| like Don Quixote. | |
| Onechte wereld | Die unechte Welt |
| van het scherm, daarin leef je -- | der Schirme, du lebst darin -- |
| als een Don Quichot. | wie Don Quijote. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-20
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
Novel, part 1, chapter 1
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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If possible, I would close my eyes |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-09
Holm / Helm
Farsi song "Holm" / "Helm", translation by singer Emel Mathlouthi (Tunis 1982), on her album "The Tunis Diaries" (2020)
Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Hashem K
| Doctor, please help me, | |
| reality is far too -- | |
| real, far too boring! | |
| Dokter, help me toch, | Doktor, bitte hilf |
| de werkelijkheid is veel -- | mir, die Realität ist -- |
| te echt, veel te saai! | zu echt, langweilig! |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-31
The Cold Eye (Michiel Peters, Nits) - 1983
Song (album "Omsk")
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Nits; Peters, Michiel
| Facts are like bags, they | |
| only stand when you fill them -- | |
| with your affection. | |
| Feiten zijn zakken, | Fakten sind Säcke, |
| ze staan pas als je ze vult -- | sie stehen, wenn du sie füllst -- |
| met je gevoelens. | mit deinem Gefühl. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-19
The royal banner (Luigi Pirandello) - 1897
Stories "Vexilla Regis..." ("The royal banner", hymn in honour of the Holy Cross, 1897), and "La distruzione dell' uomo" ("The destruction of man", 1912) by Luigi Pirandello
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| The world does exist, | |
| finally I know for sure: | |
| I am dying there. | |
| De wereld bestaat, | Die Welt besteht, doch |
| alsnog weet ik het zeker -- | weiß ich es, sehr sicher, jetzt -- |
| nu ik er doodga. | wo ich dort sterbe. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-23
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie) - 1988
Novel, chapter IX. A wonderful lamp
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| From the silagehill | |
| I see what I may not see: | |
| all the filthiness. | |
| Vanaf de kuilberg | Vom Siloberg aus |
| zie ik wat verzwegen wordt: | seh ich, was verschwiegen wird: |
| alle smerigheid. | alle Dreckigkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-28
It melts (Lize Spit) - 2016
Novel "Het smelt", July 12th, 2002
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize
| Ideas may not be, | |
| but their consequences are: | |
| real reality. | |
| Gedachten misschien | Gedanken vielleicht |
| niet, maar wel hun gevolgen: | nicht, aber die Folgen schon: |
| die zijn altijd echt. | wahre Wirklichkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-11
Vanishing point (Wytske Versteeg) - 2020
Story "Verdwijnpunt"
"The Child in America: Behavior Problems and Progress" (1928, William & Dorothy Thomas)
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Versteeg, Wytske
| Carbon is keeping | |
| things together, from inside -- | |
| This must be Atlas. | |
| Koolstof houdt alles | Kohlenstoff hält die |
| bij elkaar, van binnenuit -- | Welt zusammen, von innen -- |
| Dit moet Atlas zijn. | Das muss Atlas sein. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-21
The Atlas of Elements (Michael "Justaguy") - 2018
Poem (AllPoetry.com)
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Justaguy, Michael
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This is what it is about |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-10
Collection: The light of words
| When snow has fallen | |
| you must take it in your hands -- | |
| and you sense the cold. | |
| Wanneer er sneeuw ligt | Immer wenn Schnee liegt, |
| neem je die in je handen -- | nimmt man ihn in die Hände -- |
| en voel je de kou. | spürt man die Kälte. |
Amsterdam, 2018-10-08
when the cold comes (Radna Fabias) - 2018
Poem "als de koude komt" (collection "Habitus")
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Fabias, Radna
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I am a giant, with |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-18
Collection: Changing Times
| I cut the rank growth | |
| of my dreams, I am chopping -- | |
| me a view again. | |
| Ik kap de wildgroei | Ich kapp den Wildwuchs |
| van mijn dromen, zo hak ik -- | meiner Träume, hacke mir -- |
| me weer een uitzicht. | wieder einen Blick. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-01
Collection: Summer birds
| Shadows slide quickly | |
| through the water, elusive -- | |
| is reality. | |
| Schaduwen glijden | Schatten gleiten schnell |
| door het water, ongrijpbaar -- | durch das Wasser, ungreifbar -- |
| de werkelijkheid. | die Realität. |
Julianadorp, 2012-01-01
Collection: Life line
