| I'm always switching | |
| on my TV, to a place -- | |
| where I feel at home. | |
| Ik schakel steeds door | Auf dem Fernseher |
| op mijn tv, naar een plek -- | zappe ich, bis ich mich wie -- |
| waar ik me thuis voel. | zu Hause fühle. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-20
Being there (Jerzy Kosinski) - 1970
Novel "Wystarczy by?" (1970, "It's enough to be", translation "Being there", 1971), chapter 1
The novel was beautifully adapted into a film by Hal Ashby (1979, "Being there"), starring Peter Sellers
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Kosinski, Jerzy
| The world's familiar | |
| to me, it does look so much -- | |
| like television. | |
| De wereld komt me | Die Welt kommt mir |
| bekend voor, zozeer lijkt ze -- | so vertraut vor, so ähnlich -- |
| op televisie. | wie im Fernsehen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-20
Being there (Jerzy Kosinski) - 1970
Novel "Wystarczy by?" (1970, "It's enough to be", translation "Being there", 1971), chapter 3
The novel was beautifully adapted into a film by Hal Ashby (1979, "Being there"), starring Peter Sellers
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Kosinski, Jerzy
| He is the top man, | |
| he does not read newspapers -- | |
| he watches TV. | |
| Hij is de topman, | Er ist der Topmann, |
| hij leest geen kranten, hij kijkt -- | er liest keine Zeitungen -- |
| veel liever tv. | er sieht lieber fern. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-20
Being there (Jerzy Kosinski) - 1970
Novel "Wystarczy by?" (1970, "It's enough to be", translation "Being there", 1971), chapter 5
The novel was beautifully adapted into a film by Hal Ashby (1979, "Being there"), starring Peter Sellers
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Kosinski, Jerzy
| The world doesn't limit | |
| my fantasy, no, it is -- | |
| limited by it. | |
| De wereld begrenst | Die Welt beschränkt nicht |
| mijn fantasie niet, nee, ze -- | meine Fantasie, nein, sie -- |
| wordt er door begrensd. | wird von ihr beschränkt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-22
My struggle 3. Boyhood Island (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Tredje bok", part 4 - June 1982 (summer vacation), Tromøya
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
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Describing the world |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-10
From July 1st, 1957, Han Voskuil worked at "The Office", and he made extensive notes about it in his diaries
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| I stand at the edge | |
| of the moon, there in the depths -- | |
| the Earth shines softly. | |
| Ik sta aan de rand | Ich stehe am Rand |
| van de maan, in de diepte -- | des Mondes, in der Tiefe -- |
| schijnt zacht de aarde. | scheint die Erde sanft. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-22
The dust beetle lived on the moon [2] (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Short story "De stoftor woonde op de maan [2]", published in the collection "Het leed van de stoftor"
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Lightdust to lightdust | |
| There's no in-between status -- | |
| Pixels to pixels. | |
| Lichtstof tot lichtstof | Lichtstaub zu Lichtstaub |
| Er is geen tussentoestand -- | Es gibt kein Dazwischensein -- |
| Pixels tot pixels. | Pixel zu Pixel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-19
Genesis (Merel van Slobbe) - 2023
Poem "Genesis", collection "De maan schijnt feller in de metaverse" ("The moon shines brighter in the metaverse")
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Van Slobbe, Merel
| Canals: the world turned | |
| upside down, at a great depth -- | |
| the sky lighting up. | |
| Grachten: de wereld | Kanäle: die Welt |
| op zijn kop, in de diepte -- | auf dem Kopf, in der Tiefe -- |
| licht de hemel op. | leuchtet der Himmel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-27
With a photo of the reflection in a canal (May 25th, 2014, Amsterdam)
Collection: The King
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| My birthplace: a bed, | |
| actually, I happen -- | |
| to know where on earth. | |
| Mijn geboorteplaats | Mein Geburtsort ist |
| is een bed, ik weet wel waar -- | ein Bett, und sogar weiß ich -- |
| ergens op aarde. | wo auf der Erde. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-28
The warmth fortress (Lucas Rijneveld) - 2022
Childhood memories "Het warmtefort", chapter Zetpoters (Seedlings)
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Rijneveld, Lucas
| In disguise, you will | |
| be looking upon the world -- | |
| with different eyes. | |
| In een vermomming | Verkleidet wird man |
| bekijk je de wereld met -- | mit ganz anderen Augen -- |
| andere ogen. | die Welt betrachten. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-20
With a photo of colourfully dressed stilt walkers with white masks and very tall hats
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| Girls have to struggle, | |
| they have to fight, otherwise -- | |
| they will be called whores. | |
| Meisjes moeten wel | Mädchen müssen sich |
| tegenstribbelen, anders -- | widersetzen, kämpfen, sonst -- |
| heten ze hoeren. | nennt man sie Huren. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-10
Foreign places (Renate Dorrestein) - 1985
Novel "Vreemde streken", chapter 5
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Adjust your world-view, | |
| but only in case you have -- | |
| gained a better view. | |
| Stel je wereldbeeld | Pass dein Weltbild an, |
| steeds bij, maar alleen als je -- | aber nur, wenn deine Sicht -- |
| beter bent gaan zien. | sich verbessert hat. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-27
The Self and Others (Ronald David Laing) - 1961
Study "The Self and Others" - 'Do not adjust your mind, there is a fault in reality'
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 3, chapter 18
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman; Laing, Ronald David
| Any overworld | |
| is a palimpsest over -- | |
| a scraped underworld. | |
| De bovenwereld | Jede Oberwelt |
| is een palimpsest over -- | ist ein Palimpsest über -- |
| de onderwereld. | einer Unterwelt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-02
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapters "Spices from Malabar", (2-) 11 and "The Moor's Last Sigh", (4-) 19
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| On left, there's chaos, | |
| on right, the world seems normal -- | |
| together, the truth. | |
| Links zie ik chaos, | Links seh ich Chaos, |
| rechts lijkt alles in orde -- | rechts scheint alles gut zu sein -- |
| Samen de waarheid. | Gemeinsam: Wahrheit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-20
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapter (2-) 22
Apu Golden's left eye suffers from wet age-related macular degeneration
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Dawn: the world takes on | |
| colours, becomes lifelike, but -- | |
| remains elusive. | |
| Ochtend: de wereld | Morgen: die Welt färbt |
| krijgt kleur en wordt levensecht -- | sich und wird lebensecht, bleibt -- |
| maar blijft ongrijpbaar. | aber ungreifbar. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-03
Occam ocean (Éliane Radigue) - 2015
Personal transmission-composition for orchestra, performed in the Organpark on February 3rd, 2024, by ensemble ONCEIM (L'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations, et Improvisations Musicales) and others - @orchestra
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
| You eat of the past | |
| only the halal portion: | |
| the bloodless stories. | |
| Van het verleden | Von früher isst man |
| eet je slechts wat halal is: | nur die Halal-Portion: |
| het bloedeloze. | die unblutige. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-27
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 1-4 "Under the carpet"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Your world is inside | |
| your head, existing inside -- | |
| real reality. | |
| Jouw wereld, binnen | Die Welt in dir, in |
| in jouw hoofd, bestaat binnen -- | deinem Kopf, existiert in -- |
| de werkelijkheid. | der Realität. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-21
The Future of Poetry (Paul Éluard) - 1937
Lecture "Avenir de la poésie" (October 2nd, 1937) - "Il y a un autre monde, mais il est dans celui-ci" ("There is another world, but it is inside this one")
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Éluard, Paul
| When dad comes home, he | |
| brings many countries with him: | |
| Dreams run through my blood. | |
| Als vader thuiskomt | Wenn Vater heimkommt, |
| brengt hij heel veel landen mee: | bringt er viele Länder mit: |
| Dromen in mijn bloed. | Mein Blut träumt davon. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-16
Blood in my blood (Wende Snijders) - 2023
Song "Bloed in mijn bloed" (album "Sterrenlopen)
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Snijders, Wende
| A landscape like this | |
| in winter, on unique days -- | |
| seen for centuries. | |
| Zo'n landschap als dit | Eine Landschaft wie |
| op unieke middagen -- | diese, erneut gesehen -- |
| eeuw na eeuw gezien. | seit Jahrhunderten. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-18
train journey from Groningen to Amsterdam (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "treinrit van Groningen na Amsterdam" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| In the many books | |
| that I like, I never read -- | |
| anything that's new. | |
| In alle boeken | In den Büchern, die |
| die mij bevallen lees ik -- | ich mag, lese ich leider -- |
| helaas nooit iets nieuws. | nie etwas Neues. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-22
Collection: Greeting from before
| The world your parents | |
| keep impressing on you is -- | |
| fitting less and less. | |
| Steeds minder klopt de | Die Welt, die deine |
| wereld die je ouders jou -- | Eltern dir reindrücken, stimmt -- |
| blijven voorhouden. | immer weniger. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-17
A lightly inhabited island - Faxing to Ger #5 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2022
Diary novel "Een licht bewoond eiland - Faxen aan Ger #5", April 21st, 2000
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| There is need for priests, | |
| right in an enlightened time -- | |
| without believers. | |
| Priesters zijn nodig, | Priester sind wichtig |
| juist in een verlichte tijd -- | in aufgeklärten Zeiten -- |
| zonder godsgeloof. | ohne Gläubige. |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-14
The time of the angels (Iris Murdoch) - 1966
Novel, § 7
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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Attentively |
Valkenburg, 2023-03-13
Collection: Secrets & Believers
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Also worlds that we don't have |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-12
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| Entering a strange | |
| world puts you to work: what is -- | |
| significant here? | |
| Een vreemde wereld | Eine fremde Welt |
| zet je aan het werk: wat is -- | zwingt dich zur Arbeit: was ist -- |
| hier van betekenis? | hier von Bedeutung? |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-05
Words become Worlds (Ellen van Wolde) - 1994
Study, page xi
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Van Wolde, Ellen
| If the world is an | |
| outside world, then you must be -- | |
| a prisoner, right? | |
| Als de wereld een | Wenn die Welt eine |
| buitenwereld is, ben je -- | Außenwelt ist, dann bist du -- |
| een gevangene. | ein Gefangener. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-10
The prison courtyard (Vincent van Gogh) - 1890
Painting
Collection: PumicePieces
Tribute to: Van Gogh, Vincent
| Do pretend it is | |
| normal, yes, very normal -- | |
| it ís, all of it. | |
| Ja, doe maar alsof | Tu so, als wäre |
| het gewoon is, heel gewoon -- | es normal, ja, ganz normal -- |
| ís het, allemaal. | ist es alles, immer. |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-26
People (Pieter de Bruijn Kops) - 2019
Poem "De mensen" (collection "De minderweter")
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: De Bruijn Kops, Pieter
| The sea used to be | |
| an ocean, because smaller -- | |
| was everyone's world. | |
| De zee was vroeger | Das Meer war früher |
| een oceaan, want kleiner -- | ein Ozean, weil kleiner -- |
| was ieders wereld. | war die Welt aller. |
Amsterdam, 2020-05-05
In Scotland, the North Sea was called "German Ocean"
Collection: Migration
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Mealy-mouthed, they drag you |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-22
Xenophobia
Collection: Webgarden
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The king has the key |
Amsterdam, 2019-03-30
Koan ("public matter") = a riddle that gives insight into life
Collection: web tissue
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Once the earth was flat |
Amsterdam, 2019-03-08
World map (Richard Buckminster Fuller) - 1943
1943, World map by Richard Buckminster Fuller
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Buckminster Fuller, Richard
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I knew my neighbourhood |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-01
The roads of the social media (lead to "Rome")
Collection: Migration
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This is what it is about |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-10
Collection: The light of words
| You look at me and | |
| I see that your eyes reflect -- | |
| the whole world to me. | |
| Jij kijkt mij aan en | Du siehst mich an und |
| jouw ogen weerspiegelen -- | deine Augen spiegeln die -- |
| de hele wereld. | ganze Welt wider. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-02
Aleph (Paulo Coelho) - 2010
Novel "O Aleph"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Coelho, Paulo
| One horizon all | |
| round the green sea, here and there -- | |
| a cow sailing by. | |
| Eén horizon rond | Eín Horizont um |
| de groene zee, hier en daar -- | das grüne Meer, hier und da -- |
| varen er koeien. | segelt eine Kuh. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-02
Collection: Summer birds
| He is a sexist, | |
| cries at any strange dog: Come | |
| here, boy! or: Missy! | |
| Hij is seksistisch, | Er ist sexistisch, |
| roept naar elke vreemde hond: | ruft jedem Hund zu: Junge! -- |
| Jongen! of: Meisje! | oder: Mädelchen! |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-02
Diary 1966-1967 (Frida Vogels) - 2009
"Dagboek 1966-1967" - February 11th, 1967, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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They say it doesn't mean a thing |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-09
Dutch television program "De Rijdende Rechter" ("The Ambulant Judge" / "Court at Home", since 1995)
Collection: Short Sermons
| On the internet, | |
| I can see the Whole Wide World -- | |
| with only two eyes. | |
| Op het internet | Schön, im Internet |
| zie ik de hele wereld -- | sehe ich die ganze Welt -- |
| met maar twee ogen. | mit nur zwei Augen. |
Amsterdam, 2014-01-17
Collection: The climbing house
| In the sand, I sketch | |
| this square, the town, the country -- | |
| Me in the middle. | |
| In het zand schets ik | In den Sand zeichne |
| dit plein, de stad, heel het land -- | ich den Platz, die Stadt, das Land -- |
| Mijzelf middenin. | Mich in die Mitte. |
Amsterdam, 2013-04-01
Collection: The Praised One
| Sheep in the city: | |
| the world is bigger at night -- | |
| without the people. | |
| Schapen in de stad: | Schafe in der Stadt: |
| 's nachts is de wereld groter -- | nachts ist die Welt viel größer -- |
| zonder de mensen. | ohne die Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2012-06-19
Collection: NightWatch
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Pastures, fields and neighbourhoods |
Amsterdam, 2008-05-12
(Mont Ventoux)
Collection: Summer birds
Jife life 255
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1970-02-10
Pencil on paper
radius 16cm
Collection: Pencil
