| Been kept for years, as | |
| precious assets, until I -- | |
| needed storage space. | |
| Als kostbaar bezit | Wertvoller Besitz, |
| jaren bewaard tot ik kast- | jahrelang aufbewahrt, bis -- |
| ruimte nodig had. | ich Stauraum brauchte. |
Amsterdam, 2018-04-17
60,000 hours - an autobiography (Gerrit Krol) (1998)
"60.000 uur - een autobiografie"
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Time: temporality
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
| Old memories can't | |
| handle any more input -- | |
| than one's own subjects. | |
| Oude geheugens | Ein altes Gehirn |
| kunnen niet meer invoer aan -- | kann nur das verarbeiten -- |
| dan eigen woorden. | was man selbst aufwirft. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-18
A Frisian does not cry (Gerrit Krol) (1980)
Novel "Een Fries huilt niet", chapter 6.3
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Brain: memory
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
| Read and realize | |
| it also is about you -- | |
| this past history. | |
| Lezend beseffen | Lesen und wissen, |
| dat het ook over jou gaat -- | es geht ebenfalls um dich -- |
| die verleden tijd. | die Vergangenheit. |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-26
Oh, oh, Madame, aren't you exaggerating? (Marjoleine de Vos) (2018)
Column "Oh, oh, Madame, overdrijft u niet?" in nrc.next
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Past
Dedicated to: Marjoleine de Vos
Tribute to: De Vos, Marjoleine
| Years later: again | |
| on the heath, and in the pit -- | |
| I loved to lie in. | |
| Jaren later: weer | Nach Jahren: wieder |
| op de hei, en in de kuil -- | auf der Heide, und im Loch -- |
| waarin ik graag lag. | in dem ich gern lag. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-28
Landscape (Gerrit Krol) (1960)
Poem "Landschap" (from "Gedichten 1955-1960")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of one's life
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
| Everything passes, | |
| so we have to build bridges -- | |
| roads over the sea. | |
| Alles gaat voorbij, | Alles geht vorbei, |
| dus moet je bruggen bouwen -- | baue deshalb Hochstraßen -- |
| wegen over zee. | über dem Weltmeer. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-09
Proverb - 44. Everything passes and everything remains (Antonio Machado) (1912)
Poem, Proverbio - 44. "Todo pasa y todo queda" (collection "Campos de Castilla")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Idealism
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio
| In the dark night sky | |
| the river sings over stones -- | |
| its bittersweet song. | |
| In het donker zingt | In der Dunkelheit |
| de rivier over stenen -- | singt der Fluss über Steine -- |
| haar bittere lied. | sein bitteres Lied. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-09
The river awakens (Antonio Machado) (1924)
Poem "El rio despierta" (collection "Nuevas canciones")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Music: song
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio
| Something small you see | |
| becomes large: a tiny screw -- | |
| is missing somewhere. | |
| Iets kleins dat groot wordt: | Was kleines wird groß: |
| je ziet een schroefje liggen -- | die Schraube, die ich finde -- |
| dat ergens ontbreekt. | fehlt doch irgendwo! |
Amsterdam, 2019-04-10
The escape of Gilles Whalecutter (M.M. Schoenmakers) (2019)
Novel "De vlucht van Gilles Speksneijder"
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Obsession
Tribute to: Schoenmakers, M.M.
| 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
Keyword: Change:
Tribute to: Safran Foer, Jonathan
| For their family, | |
| dead people are the same size -- | |
| as in their lifetime. | |
| Voor hun familie | Für Familien |
| zijn de doden even groot -- | sind die Toten gleich so groß -- |
| als toen ze leefden. | wie zu Lebzeiten. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-11
The unexpected wealth of Altena (Jan van Mesbergen) (2019)
Novel "De onverwachte rijkdom van Altena"
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of people
Tribute to: Van Mesbergen, Jan
| Our heart-shaped balloons | |
| keep kissing the ceiling, time -- | |
| beats them black and blue. | |
| De hartballonnen | Unsre Herzballons |
| kussen het plafond, de tijd -- | küssen die Decke, der Zeit -- |
| slaat hen bont en blauw. | schlägt sie grün und blau. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-16
Now (Anne Sexton) (1969)
Poem (collection "Love Poems")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Love: effort / pain
Tribute to: Sexton, Anne
| A waste bag bulging | |
| with plastic is cut open: | |
| the seagull's stomach. | |
| Een afvalzak vol | Ein Müllsack voller |
| plastic, opengesneden: | Plastik ist aufgeschnitten: |
| de maag van een meeuw. | Magen des Möwes. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-27
Ship Bird Land (Eeltsje Hettinga) (2019)
Poem "Skip Fûgel Lân" (March 19th, 2019)
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Waste
Tribute to: Hettinga, Eeltsje
| Back in the old house, | |
| silently, we fill the boxes -- | |
| with our mother's life. | |
| Terug in het huis, | Wieder zuhause, |
| zwijgend vullen we dozen -- | still füllen wir die Kartons -- |
| met mama's leven. | mit Mutters Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-03
Eviction (Marcel van Roosmalen) (2020)
Column "Ontruiming" in nrc.next
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Goodbye: leaving
Tribute to: Van Roosmalen, Marcel
| The Destroyed City | |
| wails heartlessly with long arms -- | |
| to the empty sky. | |
| De Verwoeste Stad | Die Zerstörte Stadt |
| jammert met lange armen -- | jammert mit langen Armen -- |
| naar de lege lucht. | zum leeren Himmel. |
Amsterdam, 2020-05-03
The Destroyed City (Ossip Zadkine)
Bombing of the heart of Rotterdam on May 14th, 1940
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Sadness:
Keyword: Holland%
Tribute to: Zadkine, Ossip
| I wrap myself up | |
| in my poem, to show me -- | |
| all my open wounds. | |
| Ik doe mijn gedicht | Nackt in Gedichten |
| aan, om me te laten zien -- | will ich mich zeigen, meine -- |
| mijn open wonden. | offenen Wunden. |
Amsterdam, 2022-02-22
Schizophrenia (Ghayath Almadhoun) (2016)
Poem (in DW B magazine (Dietsche Warande & Belfort, 2016-4, and in the collection "Ik hier jij daar")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: War: trauma
Tribute to: Almadhoun, Ghayath
| Blind soldiers want to | |
| take my eyes, I run away -- | |
| and become nameless. | |
| Blinde soldaten | Blinde Soldaten |
| willen mijn ogen, ik vlucht -- | wollen Augen, ich flüchte -- |
| en verlies mijn naam. | werde namenlos. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-23
On the way here (Jila Mossaed) (1997)
Poem "På väg hit" (collection "Månen och den eviga kon")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Power: compulsion / violence
Tribute to: Mossaed, Jila
| I am all desert | |
| and pomegranates, expressed -- | |
| in icy language. | |
| Ik ben een en al | Ich bin ganz Wüste |
| woestijn en granaatappels -- | und Granatäpfel, gefasst -- |
| in een taal van ijs. | in Worten aus Eis. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-23
My country & My own language (Jila Mossaed) (1997)
Poems "Mitt land" and "Mitt eget språk" (collection "Månen och den eviga kon")
Asylum in Sweden
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Foreigners: different
Tribute to: Mossaed, Jila
| After my last word, | |
| the closing point also crossed -- | |
| the border with me. | |
| Na mijn laatste woord | Nach meinem letzten |
| ging de afsluitende punt -- | Wort ging auch der Schließpunkt mit -- |
| mee de grens over. | über die Grenze. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-25
Daydreaming without date (Jila Mossaed) (2009)
Poem "Kan ingenting om svampar" (collection "Varje natt kysser jag markens fötter")
1986, fled from Iran to Sweden
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Life: stream (motion)
Tribute to: Mossaed, Jila
| The dying man gets | |
| married, the ring binds his name -- | |
| to the newborn child. | |
| Op zijn sterfbed nog | Sterbend heiraten, |
| getrouwd, de ring bindt zijn naam -- | seinen Namen an das Kind -- |
| aan het nieuwe kind. | binden mit dem Ring. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-17
The hand of the poor sick man (Luigi Pirandello) (1917)
Story "La mano del malato povero"
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Marriage / Wedding
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| Home is: where you live. | |
| We are not from a country -- | |
| but from our childhood. | |
| Thuis is: waar je leeft. | Heim ist: wo man lebt. |
| We komen niet uit een land -- | Man stammt aus seiner Kindheit -- |
| maar uit onze jeugd. | nicht aus einem Land. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-25
I remember all your dreams (René Frégni) (2016)
"On n'est pas d'un pays, on est de son enfance" ("We are not from a country, we are from our childhood", in the poetic short story collection "Je me souviens de tous vos rêves")
Film "Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens" ("No Dogs or Italians Allowed"), 2022, Alain Ughetto
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Life: experience
Tribute to: Fregni, Rene
Tribute to: Ughetto, Alain
| I know I'm alive, | |
| in the present, but the past -- | |
| overshadows me. | |
| Ik weet dat ik leef, | Ich lebe, heute, |
| vandaag, maar mijn verleden -- | nur, meine Vergangenheit -- |
| overschaduwt mij. | überschattet mich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-27
The Gap of Time (Jeanette Winterson) (2015)
Novel, chapter "WATERY STAR"
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Identity: experiences
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| The city bleeds dry, | |
| no one comforts the people -- | |
| no one does see them. | |
| Heel de stad bloedt leeg, | Die Stadt blutet aus, |
| en niemand troost de mensen -- | niemand tröstet die Menschen -- |
| niemand let op hen. | niemand hilft ihnen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-11
Paterson (Dayna Kurtz) (2002)
Song (album "Postcards from downtown")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Power: wealth
Keyword: Capitalism
Tribute to: Kurtz, Dayna
| The cupboard, crammed full | |
| of my memories won't close -- | |
| Out! Out! Out! they push. | |
| Ik krijg mijn kast vol | Na, mein Schrank voller |
| herinneringen niet dicht -- | Erinnerungen schließt nicht -- |
| Uit! Uit! duwen ze. | Raus! Raus! drängen sie. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-24
retell 5 - May 2010 (Ronelda Kamfer) (2011)
Poem "oorvertel 5" - Mei 2010 (collection "Santekraam")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of one's life
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda
| Mama told me things | |
| as a toddler that I'd like -- | |
| to know from her now. | |
| Mama vertelde | Mama erzählte |
| me als peuter wat ik nu -- | mir als Baby, was ich jetzt -- |
| zou willen weten. | gern wissen würde. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-03
recently (Anjet Daanje) (2016)
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapter July 21st, 1969, and: September 15th, 2008
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of one's life
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| I do remember | |
| her bicycle from back then -- | |
| but no faces at all. | |
| Ik herinner me | Ich erinnere |
| haar nieuwe fiets nog, maar geen -- | mich nur an das Fahrrad, nicht -- |
| gezichten van toen. | an die Gesichter. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-04
recently (Anjet Daanje) (2016)
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapter December 23rd, 1973
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of one's life
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| In the dwarf village, | |
| they look around, the giants -- | |
| laughing unseemly. | |
| In de dwergenstad | In der Zwergenstadt |
| kijken ze rond, de reuzen -- | schauen sie sich um, Riesen -- |
| ongepast lachend. | unpassend lachend. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-10
The upper world (Arthur Japin) (2006)
The travelling Märchenstadt Liliput (Fairytale Town of Lilliput, since the 19th century), and the Lilliputian Village in the Dreamland amusement park (since 1904) on Coney Island (New York)
Novella "De grote wereld", § 1
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Equality: inequality
Tribute to: Japin, Arthur
| End of the story, | |
| because she says the sentence: | |
| But I did not cry. | |
| Het verhaal is uit, | Ende Geschichte, |
| want oma zegt nu de zin: | denn Oma sagt jetzt den Satz: |
| Maar ik huilde niet. | Ohne zu weinen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-11
The upper world (Arthur Japin) (2006)
Novella "De grote wereld", § 9
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Stories: experience
Tribute to: Japin, Arthur
| At the junk dealer, | |
| of course, I write life stories -- | |
| of the furniture. | |
| Bij de opkoper | Klar, beim Aufkäufer |
| schrijf ik levensverhalen -- | schreib ich Lebensgeschichten -- |
| van de inboedels. | des Mobiliars. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-26
Outside, it's Monday (J. Bernlef) (0)
Novel "Buiten is het maandag", § 2-2
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Care: animals / things
Tribute to: Bernlef, J.
| The black hole in time, | |
| the accident, will be filled -- | |
| with my memories. | |
| Het gat in de tijd, | Das Loch in der Zeit, |
| het ongeluk, raakt gevuld -- | der Unfall, wird gefüllt mit -- |
| met ons verleden. | Erinnerungen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-29
Outside, it's Monday (J. Bernlef) (2003)
Novel "Buiten is het maandag", § 6-4
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of someone
Tribute to: Bernlef, J.
| Interiors are | |
| also the exteriors -- | |
| of the residents. | |
| Een interieur | Ein Interieur |
| is ook het exterieur -- | ist auch das Exterieur -- |
| van de bewoner. | seines Bewohners. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-29
Outside, it's Monday (J. Bernlef) (2003)
Novel "Buiten is het maandag", § 6-7
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Self-expression (nature)
Tribute to: Bernlef, J.
| When she goes to sleep | |
| she babbles about today's -- | |
| experiences. | |
| Bij het slapen gaan | Als sie schlafen geht, |
| brabbelt ze over de dag -- | plappert sie über heute -- |
| wat ze beleefd heeft. | was sie erlebt hat. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-05
Narratives from the Crib (Katherine Nelson) (2006)
Study - Children of two years old
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Brain: memory
Tribute to: Nelson, Katherine
| That party a cliff | |
| you can buy brain transplants with -- | |
| pleasant memories. | |
| Te koop op de markt: | Das Fest: die Klippe: |
| hersentransplantaten met -- | Gehirntransplantate mit -- |
| herinneringen. | Erinnerungen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-28
The roller-coaster (Belcampo) (1953)
Story "De achtbaan" (collection "Liefde's verbijstering")
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Memory: of one's life
Tribute to: Belcampo
| I'm looking around, | |
| as if my house is foreign -- | |
| and must be cleared out. | |
| Ik ga op reis, kijk | Ich verreise, seh |
| rond alsof mijn huis vreemd is -- | mein Haus als solle es leer -- |
| en alles weg moet. | geliefert werden. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-27
Death made me a proposal - About death, life, and love (Kristien Hemmerechts) (2010)
Diary "De dood heeft mij een aanzoek gedaan - Over dood, leven en liefde"
Collection: Being my own museum
Keyword: Possessions
Tribute to: Hemmerechts, Kristien
