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I hand over tasks |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-22
Intelligence cannot be artificial, not even in the future - 'AI' is an oxymoron, an internal contradiction
Collection: Half The Work
| At the funeral, | |
| the chiming of bells crackles -- | |
| from the gramophone. | |
| Een begrafenis: | Die Beerdigung: |
| krassend klokkengebeier -- | das Läuten der Glocken kratzt -- |
| uit de grammofoon. | aus dem Grammophon. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-09
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Oom Virgilio' ('Uncle Virgilio') - December 6th, 1980, San Severo
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Above the trees flows | |
| the water to the city -- | |
| In the blazing sun. | |
| Boven de bomen | Über den Bäumen |
| stroomt het water naar de stad -- | fließt in der prallen Sonne -- |
| In de hete zon. | das Wasser zur Stadt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-28
With a photo of the roman Aqüeducte de les Ferreres (October 9th, 1984, between Tarragona and Tarraco)
Collection: Local interest
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| A man who can hold | |
| his own in case of fire, or... | |
| is it a woman? | |
| Een mannetje dat | Ein Mann, der im Brand- |
| bij brand zijn mannetje staat... | fall seinen Mann steht, oder... |
| of is het een vrouw? | ist es eine Frau? |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-21
With a photo of Dory next to a fire hydrant (September 5th, 1983, Bern)
Collection: Half The Work
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Dory dK
| A slot in the floor | |
| for the very large painting: | |
| entrance and exit. | |
| Een gleuf in de vloer | Eine Rinne im |
| voor het grote schilderij: | Boden für das Gemälde: |
| de in- en uitgang. | der Ein- und Ausgang. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-23
In the vault at the southern gate of the passage under the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam there is an elongated hatch, which closes the slot for transferring Rembrandt's Night Watch
Collection: Local traffic
| Salvaging the ship | |
| full of dead sheep with a big -- | |
| load of ping-pong balls. | |
| Het gezonken schip | Bergung des Schiffes |
| vol dode schapen bergen -- | voller toter Schafe nur -- |
| met pingpongballen. | mit Pingpongbällen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-15
The sunken yacht (Carl Barks) - 1949
Comic strip "The sunken yacht" (in Donald Duck #104, May 1949)
Karl Kroyer obtained a patent on the idea of ??the ping-pong balls in 1964 >> Salvage of the Al-Kuwait in December 1964
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Barks, Carl
| Eyes that are swimming | |
| behind very thick glasses: | |
| fish under the ice. | |
| Ogen die zwemmen | Augen, die schwimmen |
| achter heel dikke glazen: | hinter sehr dicken Gläsern: |
| vissen onder ijs. | Fische unter Eis. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-28
This is my Body (Renate Dorrestein) - 1997
Novella "Want dit is mijn lichaam", the translation of the Words of Institution: "Hoc est enim Corpus Meum", chapter April
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| The gnome leans over, | |
| with a wide open muzzle -- | |
| he's limping on stilts. | |
| De kabouter helt | Der Gnom hängt furchtbar |
| voorover, met open muil -- | über, mit offenem Maul -- |
| hinkt hij op stelten. | hinkt er auf Stelzen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-21
The Gnome (Modest Mussorgski) - 1874
Composition "Pictures at an Exhibition", part "Gnomus" ("The Gnome" [a nutcracker]), in an arrangement (2023) by Marc Kaptijn performed in the Organpark by the Amsterdam Wind Quintet and Maarten van der Bijl (organ) on January 21st, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Mussorgski, Modest
| The front wheel drags, grr, | |
| short of breath I cycle on -- | |
| panting like a dog. | |
| Het voorwiel loopt aan, | Das Vorderrad schleift, |
| amechtig fiets ik verder -- | atemlos fahr ich weiter -- |
| hijgend als een hond. | hechelnd wie ein Hund. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-24
In my bicycle (Lies Van Gasse) - 2013
Poem "In mijn fiets", on cd-rom with the poem-collection "blijven & verreizen" by Herman Groenewegen
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Van Gasse, Lies
| I manufacture | |
| tools with tools to be able -- | |
| to construct something. | |
| Met gereedschap maak | Mit den Werkzeugen, |
| ik gereedschap om daarmee -- | die ich herstelle, kann ich -- |
| iets te gaan maken. | etwas herstellen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-25
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - January 6th, 1977, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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More computers |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-15
Collection: Half The Work
