Books
Most of the books I’ve translated or edited over the years have been on fine art or the performing arts. I’ve also collaborated on a variety of books with my colleague Steve Green, including several for the Rijksmuseum and, most recently, a major work on theatre history in the Netherlands, Dutch Mime by Marijn van de Langen.
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Daria van den Bercken – CD booklets
Human: Nature, an Imaginary Suite (2022)
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken (2017)
Keys to Mozart (2015)
Handel – Suites for Keyboard (2012)
TranslationBooklets accompanying CDs by the award-winning Dutch-Russian pianist Daria van den Bercken.
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New Material Award 2009-2018
Gert Staal, Simone de Waart, Maia Kenney
Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2021
ISBN 9789083015286
TranslationA retrospective of the entries to the New Material Award, a contest which challenged artists, designers and architects to use new materials and innovative techniques to contribute to a more sustainable society. The award was sponsored by Fonds Kwadraat, DOEN Foundation and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
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Koen Vermeule – Fensterbilder
Merel Bem, Stefan Kuiper, Renee Schuiten-Kniepstra
Lecturis, 2021
ISBN 9789462264014
TranslationA retrospective of the past nine years of work by the artist Koen Vermeule, including articles by art journalists and historians Merel Bem, Stefan Kuiper and Renee Schuiten-Kniepstra.
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Nicole Beutler – Body of Work
Janine Dijkmeijer, Daphne Richter, Nicole Beutler, Maaike Bleeker
2021
TranslationA retrospective of 20 years of work by the acclaimed choreographer and visual theatre maker Nicole Beutler, consisting of interviews and texts by the choreographer and her close collaborators.
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Style is Forbidden: Works by 68 alumni of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Frans Oosterhof (Ed.)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2018
TranslationA book of work by alumni of the Graphic Design department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, the internationally renowned school of art of design in Amsterdam.
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Hermann Markard
Anne van Lienden, Harry Tupan (Ed.)
Uitgeverij Wbooks, 2018
ISBN 9789462581821
TranslationA retrospective of work by the artist Herman Markard. I translated the interview with Markard by Anne van Lienden.
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Hans Eijkelboom: Photo Concepts 1970 –
Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Wim van Sinderen (Ed.)
SK Stiftung Kultur, Fotomuseum Den Haag & Snoeck, 2016
ISBN: 9783864421891
TranslationA retrospective of work by the renowned photographer and conceptual artist Hans Eijkelboom.
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De kracht van het theatrale beeld / The Power of the Theatrical Image
Peter de Kimpe, Sabien Schütte, Judith Wendel
De Theaterschool, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, 2016
ISBN 9789071681257
TranslationReflections on scenography by leading theatre designers, initiated by the Scenography Programme of the Amsterdam Theatre School.
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Revealing The Invisible: Art Of Stansfield/ Hooykaas
Revealing The Invisible: Art Of Stansfield/ Hooykaas
Hooykaas & Van Putten (Author)
De Buitenkant, 2015
ISBN 9490913030; 9789490913038
EditingA retrospective of the work of the celebrated Dutch artist duo Elsa Stansfield and Madelon Hooykaas. My contribution was as copy editor.
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Sandra Kruisbrink: De verte nabij / Near distance
Diana Wind, Nicole Montagne
Timmer Art Books, 2015
ISBN: 9789462261150
TranslationA retrospective of the work of artist Sandra Kruisbrink with articles by writer Diana Wind and art historian Nicole Montagne.
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Minje / Minyan
Sam Drukker
Waanders, 2014
ISBN 9789491196935
TranslationA book accompanying artist Sam Drukker’s exhibition Minje/Minyan at the Jewish Historical Museum. Sam painted portraits of 10 Jewish men who had been adults during the Second World War, the last representatives of their generation. His book documents the process.
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DOGtime Papers 2003-2014
Frans Oosterhof (Ed.) (commissioned by Manel Esparbé i Gasca)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2014
TranslationA large-format silk-screened newspaper accompanying an exhibition in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie’s five-year bachelor’s programme DOGtime, with extensive interviews and articles by the artists and teachers who had taught on the course since its foundation.
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La conquête de l’espace
Oscar van den Boogaard
HISK, Ghent, 2009
ISBN: 9789079374007
TranslationA reflection on work at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) in Ghent, Belgium.
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Safe Pregnancy
Beatrijs Smulders & Mariel Croon
IbisBrewster Publishing, 2005
ISBN 1920923845
The classic guide to pregnancy by the Netherlands’ most famous midwife, Beatrijs Smulders. The book approaches from the perspective of the strong Dutch tradition of midwifery and home birth.I aimed to recreate the down-to-earth, non-medical atmosphere of the language. I first read the book as an excited father-to-be, so when I was commissioned to translate it, I felt a personal connection.
In collaboration with Steve Green
Rijksmuseum Country Series (Landenreeks)
The Rijksmuseum Country Series tells the stories of the Netherlands’ shared history with eight countries, illustrated by objects in the Rijksmuseum’s collection. Steve and I collaborated on the editions on Suriname, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and Japan.
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Shackles and Bonds: Suriname and the Netherlands from 1600
Eveline Sint Nicolaas
Rijksmuseum Country Series
Vantilt Publishers, 2018
ISBN 9460043569
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Good Hope: South Africa and the Netherlands from 1600
Martine Gosselink; Maria Holtrop; Robert Ross; Wayne Dooling; Geoffrey Badenhorst
Rijksmuseum Country Series
Vantilt Publishers, 2018
ISBN 9789460043130; 9460043135
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The Unseen World: the Netherlands and India from 1550
Jos Gommans
Rijksmuseum Country Series
Vantilt Publishers, 2018
ISBN: 9460043747; 9789460043741
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Cinnamon and Elephants: Sri Lanka and the Netherlands from 1600
Rijksmuseum Country Series
Lodewijk Wagenaar (Author)
Vantilt Publishers, 2016
ISBN: 9789460042836
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A Narrow Bridge: Japan and the Netherlands from 1600
Rijksmuseum country series
Jan de Hond and Menno Fitski
Vantilt Publishers, 2016
ISBN 9460042805; 9789460042805
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Other collaborations with Steve Green
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Dutch Mime
Marijn van de Langen
Amsterdam University Press, 2022
ISBN 9789048558131
TranslationThe first book to document the rich history of mime in the Netherlands, which since the early 1960s has evolved far beyond its origins in literal pantomime to become an innovative genre with links to art forms ranging from performance art to sculpture, installation and film.
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and then the doors opened again
David Weber Krebs (Ed.)
onomatopee Z0024, 2020
Copy editingDuring the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, 75 artists, theatre makers and scholars responded to David Weber-Krebs’ question, ‘What will happen on your first theatre visit after the lockdown?’ Steve Green and I edited their responses.
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Jimmy Nelson: Homage to Humanity
Jimmy Nelson
Rizzoli International Publications, 2018
ISBN 0847862143; 9780847862146
Copy editingA book documenting indigenous cultures around the world by the celebrated photographer Jimmy Nelson. The photographs are accompanied by the inside stories of how the photographs were made.
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The Collector’s Cabinet and Miniature Pharmacy
Paul van Duin (Ed.)
nai010 publishers/Rijksmuseum, 2017
ISBN 9789491714726
TranslationThe story of the cabinet of curiosities in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, presenting the results of extensive research.
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Beloved Burden
I.C. van Hout (Ed.)
KIT Publishers (2011)
ISBN 9068321749
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In collaboration with Steve Green and Mark PoysdenAn exploration of different ways of baby-carrying throughout history around the world, originally published to accompany an exhibition at the Tropenmuseum at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.
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Morocco: 5000 Years of Culture
Vincent Boele (Ed.)
Lund Humphries, 2004
ISBN 0853319162; 978-0853319160
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In collaboration with Steve Green and Mark PoysdenA survey of 5000 years of Morocco's cultural history as determined by its history, geography, traditions and people.
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Behind the Scenes of Hindi Cinema: A Visual Journey Through the Heart of Bollywood
Johan Manschot and Marijke De Vos. Amsterdam
KIT Publishers, 2005
ISBN 10: 9068321862 ISBN 13: 9789068321869
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In collaboration with Steve Green and Mark PoysdenAn exploration of the inner world of Bombay film.