| My drawing: it turns | |
| out beautifully, until -- | |
| the paper tears in. | |
| Ik zit heel verwoed | Ich koloriere |
| te kleuren. Het wordt erg mooi -- | ganz eifrig. Es wird sehr schön -- |
| tot het papier scheurt. | bis das Papier reißt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-06
The bad luck, the heaviness, and the floating (Nicolien Mizee) - 2025
Diary novel "De pech, de zwaarheid en het zweven" ("Faxing to Ger #7") - March 25th, 2001
Collection: In the light
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| My lyrical heart | |
| practises in the bathroom -- | |
| to sing itself out. | |
| Mijn lyrische hart | Mein lyrisches Herz |
| oefent in de badkamer -- | übt im Badezimmer, sich -- |
| zich uit te zingen. | herauszusingen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-21
Second string quartet (Arthur Lourié) - 1923
Performed in the Organpark on March 21st, 2026, by the Utrecht String Quartet: Eeva Koskinen and Katherine Routley (violin), Sebastian Koloski (violoncello), and Harke Wiersma (double bass)
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Lourie, Arthur
| Being together, | |
| a family, with clay and -- | |
| paint: free expression! | |
| Kleien en kleuren, | Basteln und malen, |
| samenzijn, familie zijn: | eine Familie sein: |
| vrije expressie! | sich frei ausdrücken! |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-17
With a photo of Dory (October 6th, 2002, Wolhusen)
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Dory dK
| Striking and stroking | |
| the mime artist pushes air -- | |
| through the organ pipes. | |
| Zwaaiend en aaiend | Stoßend und streichelnd |
| duwt de mimespeler lucht -- | drückt die Pantomime Luft -- |
| door orgelpijpen. | durch Orgelpfeifen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-22
Kataloga (Jan-Bas Bollen) - 2025
Composition for HyperTheremin and three organs, performed by Jan-Bas Bollen in the Organpark on March 22nd, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Bollen, Jan-Bas
| The sensitive rod | |
| antenna picks up the chords -- | |
| of my gesture play. | |
| De antenne vangt | Die Stabantenne |
| ze op, de akkoorden van -- | empfängt sie, die Akkorde -- |
| mijn gebarenspel. | meines Gestenspiels. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-22
Kataloga (Jan-Bas Bollen) - 2025
Composition for HyperTheremin and three organs, performed by Jan-Bas Bollen in the Organpark on March 22nd, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Bollen, Jan-Bas
| It is best to write | |
| with a fountain pen, with ink -- | |
| as warm as your blood. | |
| Het beste schrijf je | Am besten schreibst du |
| met een vulpen, dus met inkt -- | mit einem Stift, mit Tinte -- |
| zo warm als je bloed. | so warm wie dein Blut. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-02
Interview with Harry Mulisch - 1980
Interview by Jan Brokken with Harry Mulisch, in the Haagse Post, collected in "Schrijven" (1980), and quoted in "Schrijven" (1980), en geciteerd in "Het geheim van de schrijver" ("The writer's secret", 2000, Renate Dorrestein), part 'Love', chapter 'Do you write with a pen or on the computer?'
Collection: Look at me
Tribute to: Mulisch, Harry
| The Sunday child looks | |
| at the stars, no matter what -- | |
| happens, they will shine! | |
| Het zondagskind kijkt | Das Sonntagskind schaut |
| naar de sterren, ze stralen -- | auf die Sterne, sie leuchten -- |
| wat er ook gebeurt! | egal was passiert! |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-25
For Mark H and family
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Mark H
| I relieve my heart, | |
| howling, flowing out, floating -- | |
| over the lowlands. | |
| Wijd lucht ik mijn hart, | Ich mache mir Luft, |
| jankend, uitstromend, zwevend -- | heulend, ausströmend, schwebend -- |
| over de laagvlakte. | über das Tiefland. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-30
Mantram (Giacinto Scelsi) - 1987
Composition for double bass, arranged for trombone by Mike Svoboda; performed by Yiannis Bontis and Juan Cancer Navarro in the Organpark on November 30th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Scelsi, Giacinto
| Please touch the fossil, | |
| my petrified frustration -- | |
| squeezed into the clay. | |
| Betast het fossiel, | Taste das Fossil, |
| mijn versteende frustratie -- | versteinerte Frustration -- |
| geknepen in klei. | in den Ton gedrückt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-14
Fossils of Feelings (Anna Szvák) - 2024
Ceramics in the exhibition "Sensory Dialogues Through Touch" in Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, opened on November 14th, 2024
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Tribute to: Szvák, Anna
| I sing, cautiously, | |
| just to myself, still without -- | |
| anyone hearing. | |
| Voorzichtig zing ik, | Er überschreit sich |
| nog voor mezelf, nog zonder -- | ich, nur für mich, noch ohne -- |
| dat iemand het hoort. | dass es jemand hört. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-02
Sonatine (Max Reger) - 1905
Composition "Sonatine" in e-moll, for piano (opus 89, no. 1) first part: Allegro moderato e con espressione, performed by Cor van Wageningen in the Organpark on November 2nd, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Reger, Max
| It is safe to write | |
| poems, you can stay inside -- | |
| within your own thoughts. | |
| Gedichten schrijven | Gedichte kann man |
| is veilig, je blijft binnen -- | sicher schreiben, drinnen in -- |
| eigen gedachten. | seinen Gedanken. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-03
Henry and Cato (Iris Murdoch) - 1976
Novel, part One, Rites of passage
Collections: Longing and Loss, WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| I experience | |
| the greatest liberty in -- | |
| singing out my life. | |
| De grootste vrijheid | Die größte Freiheit |
| beleef ik wanneer ik zing -- | erlebe ich beim Singen -- |
| over mijn leven. | über mein Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-09
Three Colours: Blue - Liberty (Krzysztof Kieslowski) - 1993
Film "Trois couleurs: Bleu" - Liberté (Liberty)
Collection: Summer birds
Tribute to: Kieslowski, Krzysztof
| Writing from the heart | |
| is tricky, spontaneous -- | |
| words can be faulty. | |
| Uit het hart schrijven | Spontanes Schreiben |
| luistert nauw, elk spontaan woord -- | ist schwierig, denn jedes Wort -- |
| kan een misser zijn. | kann ein Fehler sein. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-19
Collection: The light of words
| The emotions are | |
| just my style, the writing itself -- | |
| is detached, a job. | |
| De emoties zijn | Die Emotionen |
| mijn stijl, het opschrijven zelf -- | sind mein Stil, das Schreiben selbst -- |
| gaat afstandelijk. | ist ja distanziert. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-06
Like it or not - Faxing to Ger #4 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2021
Diary-novel "Hoog en laag springen - Faxen aan Ger #4"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| On unequal legs, | |
| the musicians are dancing -- | |
| fire out of the floor. | |
| Musici dansen | Musiker tanzen |
| op ongelijke benen -- | auf ihren Hinkebeinen -- |
| vuur uit de stenen. | Funken vom Boden. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-16
Celebration (Theo Loevendie) - 2001
Composition "Bayram", performed in the Organpark on October 16th, 2021
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Loevendie, Theo
| I write miracles | |
| from who I am, from my wounds -- | |
| and brutality. | |
| Ik dicht wonderen | Ich dichte Wunder |
| uit wie ik ben, mijn wonden -- | von mir, von meinen Wunden -- |
| en brutaliteit. | und Unverschämtheit. |
Amsterdam, 2020-04-29
Wounds and brutality (Delphine Lecompte) - 2020
Performance and album
Collection: Look at me
Tribute to: Lecompte, Delphine
| I let the light shine | |
| through my attentive heart, yes -- | |
| I cherryblossom! | |
| Ik laat licht schijnen | Ich lasse Licht durch |
| door mijn aandachtige hart: | mein Herz scheinen, aufmerksam: |
| ik kersenbloesem! | ja, ich kirschblühe! |
Amsterdam, 2020-04-11
Collection: Take a picture, now
|
Daddy's friends like to laugh |
Amsterdam, 2019-12-14
Collection: Inflictions
Dedicated to: Siera Mayhew
| My hands are sculpting | |
| the rough stones and the rough stones -- | |
| are sculpting my hands. | |
| Mijn handen houwen | Die Hände hauen |
| ruwe steen en ruwe steen -- | rauen Stein und rauer Stein -- |
| beeldhouwt mijn handen. | skulptiert die Hände. |
Train Vlissingen-Amsterdam, 2019-06-07
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer) - 2005
Novel
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Safran Foer, Jonathan
| Wherever I look | |
| I see buds emerging from -- | |
| my very own skin. | |
| Voor- en achterkant, | Von vorn und hinten, |
| overal botten knoppen -- | überall treiben Knospen -- |
| uit mijn eigen huid. | aus meinem Körper. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-23
Collection: Metamorphic body
| Well, of course I write | |
| about things that bother me -- | |
| so, about myself. | |
| Natuurlijk schrijf ik | Natürlich schreibe |
| over hetgeen me dwarszit -- | ich über das, was mich stört -- |
| dus over mezelf. | na, über mich selbst. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-20
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - April 16th, 1974, Amsterdam
Collections: Helices, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
|
Sipping warmth |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-25
Penis = tail
Peniculus = little tail, brush
Penicillus = little brush, paint brush
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
