| Time does not change, it | |
| always remains what it is -- | |
| Only man changes. | |
| De tijd is altijd | Die Zeit ändert sich |
| hetzelfde, veranderen -- | nicht, sie bleibt, was sie ist; nur -- |
| doet alleen de mens. | der Mensch ändert sich. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-24
Reflection (Bob Dylan) - 2026
Bob Dylan published a reflection on life as an eighty-year-old in the New York Times on June 14th, 2026, at the request of that newspaper
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| One is waiting, and | |
| the other must run, in the -- | |
| same amount of time. | |
| De een moet wachten, | Der eine wartet, |
| en de ander moet rennen -- | der andere rennt, alles -- |
| in hetzelfde uur. | in derselben Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-24
The Masterpiece (Anna Enquist) - 1994
Novel "Het meesterstuk" (translation 1995), part 1, chapter 1
Collection: Glimpsed
| Spring and summer will | |
| pass quickly and everything -- | |
| will be cold and bare. | |
| Lente en zomer | Frühling und Sommer |
| gaan vlug voorbij en alles -- | vergehen schnell und alles -- |
| zal koud en kaal zijn. | wird kalt und kahl sein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-12
Green meadows (Antonio Fanzanglia / Georg Friedrich Händel) - 1728
Air "Verdi prati" (based on the epic "Orlando furioso" ["The Frenzy of Orlando", 1516, Ludovico Ariosto], music 1735, Georg Friedrich Händel, HWV34), from the opera "Alcina", 2nd act - Knight Ruggiero
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Fanzanglia, Antonio; Ariosto, Ludovico
Composer: Handel, Georg Friedrich
| Time: a kind of soup | |
| in which we are doing things -- | |
| and growing older. | |
| Tijd is een soort soep | Die Zeit ist eine |
| waarin we van alles doen -- | Suppe, in der wir handeln -- |
| en ouder worden. | und älter werden. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-10
Hey good morning, how are you? (Martina Hefter) - 2025
Novel "Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?", chapter Thirteen
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Hefter, Martina
| Many people are | |
| in chase of minutes and hours -- | |
| and they gulp them down. | |
| Veel mensen jagen | Viele jagen den |
| op minuten en uren -- | Minuten und den Stunden -- |
| en verslinden die. | und verschlingen sie. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-13
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 2 Exile, chapter 10
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Lost music, lost notes, | |
| or just lost thoughts, waifs and strays -- | |
| Elusive moments. | |
| Verdwaalde noten, | Verirrte Noten, |
| of verdwaalde gedachten -- | oder verirrtes Denken -- |
| Ongrijpbare tijd. | Ungreifbare Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-11
Collection: Local traffic
| Only slept little: | |
| you were looking for something -- | |
| and then time crawled on. | |
| Weinig geslapen: | Wenig geschlafen: |
| jij zocht naar iets en daarna -- | du hast nach etwas gesucht -- |
| kroop de tijd voorbij. | die Zeit kroch weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-08
In bed together
Collection: Greeting from before
| We do this, do that, | |
| as it suits us, everything -- | |
| lasts longer that way. | |
| We doen dit, doen dat, | Wir machen dies, das, |
| zoals het uitkomt, en zo -- | wie es uns passt, so dauert -- |
| duurt alles langer. | alles viel länger. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-14
An empty head (Frank Huiskamp) - 2023
Column "Een leeg hoofd" / "Een vakantie als exposuretherapie, de psycholoog zou trots zijn" ("An empty head" / "A holiday as exposure therapy, the psychologist would be proud", in NRC, August 14th, 2023)
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Huiskamp, Frank
| The study takes years, | |
| so it easily will take -- | |
| me even longer. | |
| De studie duurt lang, | Dieses Studium |
| zodat je er haast vanzelf -- | dauert lange! Man braucht fast -- |
| langer over doet. | von selbst noch länger. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-21
The cup of love - The history of a first year (Simon Vestdijk) - 1956
Roman "De beker van de min - De geschiedenis van een eerste jaar", chapter 2-4 [1917]
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Along with the waste, | |
| two men visibly sweep up -- | |
| the minutes as well. | |
| Twee mannen vegen | Zwei Männer fegen |
| met het vuil zienderogen -- | mit dem Müll sichtbar auch die -- |
| de minuten aan. | Minuten voraus. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-20
Sweepers' clock (Maarten Baas) - 2009
"Sweepers' clock" in the Erasmus Clinical Centre in Rotterdam
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Baas, Maarten
| Inside the big clock, | |
| time is moving, pushed forward -- | |
| by two road sweepers. | |
| Je kunt de tijd zien | Die Zeit bewegt sich |
| bewegen, vooruitgeveegd -- | in der Uhr, vorwärtsgefegt -- |
| door twee luiwagens. | mit zwei Schrubbesen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-20
Sweepers' clock (Maarten Baas) - 2009
"Sweepers' clock" in the Erasmus Clinical Centre in Rotterdam
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Baas, Maarten
| At night, the music | |
| and remote animal sounds -- | |
| are our hands of time. | |
| 's Nachts zijn de muziek | Nachts dienen uns die |
| en de dierengeluiden -- | Musik und Tiergeräusche -- |
| onze tijdwijzers. | als Zeiger der Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-21
In response to the title of the composition "The Hands of Time" (2018, Jean-Baptiste Robin) for organ, performed by Una Cintina in the Organpark on April 21st, 2023
Collection: Heart's Delight
| Time is different: | |
| not eternal, it follows -- | |
| itself by itself. | |
| Alles is eeuwig, | Alles ist ewig, |
| behalve de tijd, die volgt -- | außer der Zeit, denn die folgt -- |
| vanzelf op zichzelf. | von selbst auf sich selbst. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Cage, John
| The wheels keep rolling, | |
| non stop in and out the time- | |
| zones we oversleep. | |
| De wielen rollen | Die Räder rollen |
| onafgebroken de tijd- | immerfort die Zeitzonen -- |
| zones in en uit. | hinein und hinaus. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-30
Different Trains - America, before the war (Steve Reich) - 1988
Composition for string quartet and three string quartets on tape, performed on September 30th, 2022 in the Organpark by the Dudok Quartet
Virginia (Steve Reich's governess) and Lawrence Davis (a servant on the Pullman sleeping cars) retrieve memories about their train journeys (New York Central Railroad & Union Pacific Railroad) --- From 1939 to 1942, Steve Reich regularly traveled with his governess from Los Angeles, where his mother June Sillman (Detroit 1917-2004) lived, to New York, where his father Leonard Reich lived
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Reich, Steve
| The clouds are playing | |
| light and twilight with the hall -- | |
| the play-act of time. | |
| De wolken spelen | Die Wolken spielen |
| licht en schemer met de zaal -- | Licht und Zwielicht mit dem Saal -- |
| het spel van de tijd. | der Spieltrieb der Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
Daylight in the Organpark concert hall
Collection: ORG anp ark
| You have to play out | |
| time to experience it -- | |
| it is so fleeting. | |
| Je moet tijd rekken | Man muss Zeit schinden, |
| als je tijd ervaren wilt -- | wenn man Zeit erleben will -- |
| zo vluchtig is het. | so flüchtig ist sie. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
Compositions by Jan van de Putte, performed in the Organpark on April 3rd, 2022
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Van de Putte, Jan
| The world keeps turning | |
| its wheel of time before me -- | |
| It makes me dizzy. | |
| De wereld draait steeds | Die Welt dreht immer |
| haar rad van de tijd vóór mij -- | wieder ihr Zeitrad vor mir -- |
| Ik word duizelig. | Mir wird schwindelig. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-30
Farewell to sorrow (Jotie T'Hooft) - 1977
Poem "Vaarwel aan het verdriet" (collection "Poezebeest")
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: T'Hooft, Jotie
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The arc of the sun: counted |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-03
Collection: Secrets & Believers
Dedicated to: Mark H
| In the evening | |
| the sun appears and it sinks -- | |
| down under the clouds. | |
| De avond begint, | Anfang des Abends, |
| de zon verschijnt en ze zakt -- | die Sonne erscheint und sinkt -- |
| onder de wolken. | unter den Wolken. |
Scheveningen, 2018-06-19
Collection: Heart's Delight
| How much of your life | |
| do you really live, is there -- | |
| more than time passing? | |
| Hoeveel leef je echt | Wie viel lebst du in |
| in je leven, is er meer -- | deinem Leben, gibt es mehr -- |
| dan tijd die verstrijkt? | als Zeit die vergeht? |
Amsterdam, 2017-05-24
On the Shortness of Life (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) - 49
Dialogue "De brevitate vitae"
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
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The window is up |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-12
Office at night (Edward Hopper) - 1940
Painting
Film "Shirley: visions of reality (2013, Gustav Deutsch)
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward; Deutsch, Gustav
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In bed, in the dark |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-09
Collection: Local traffic
| Solemnly the clock | |
| strides in long strokes low and slow -- | |
| following the time. | |
| Plechtig schrijdt de klok | Die Glocke schreitet |
| in slagen laag en langzaam -- | in Schlägen tief und langsam -- |
| achter de tijd aan. | hinter der Zeit her. |
Amsterdam, 2012-07-30
Collection: Untwisted
| Bell strokes vibrate | |
| over the canal, you feel -- | |
| time's elusiveness. | |
| Klokslagen trillen | Die Glockenschläge |
| over de gracht, maken tijd -- | vibrieren, machen die Zeit -- |
| voelbaar ongrijpbaar. | tastbar ungreifbar. |
Train Terborg-Amsterdam, 2012-06-30
Collection: Metamorphic body
| In the train I rush | |
| past the railroad crossing bell -- | |
| past a spacetime warp. | |
| In de trein snel ik | Im Zug eile ich |
| voorbij de overwegbel -- | vorbei dem Bahn-Läutewerk -- |
| De ruimtetijd kromt. | Die Raumzeit krümmt sich. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-21
Doppler effect
Collection: Metamorphic body
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Balloons sail above the sea |
Amsterdam, 2010-05-23
Pranayama
Collection: WoofWoof
