1994

HOME PORT HAZARD SQUARE

About some 2000 signatures of the neighbours and some lessons in democracy by the Alderman of City Development induced the Amsterdam City Council to rename the ship’s homeport into Azart Square.
That summer the crew set sail on the ship “Papillon” that we had to borrow on the last moment, since the singing lawyer still had the ship impounded. The Fools gave away a lot of presents to many a Lord Mayor.
The Lord Mayor of Rostock we presented with a chain of office stuffed with dunce bells since his chain was lost in history. The President of the Big Council of Canton Basel City we presented with a monumental bell to silence noisy councillors.

Alrededor de 2.000 firmas de los vecinos y algunas lecciones de democracia por parte del Concejal de Desarrollo de la Ciudad indujeron al Ayuntamiento de Ámsterdam a cambiar el nombre del puerto base del barco a Azart Square. Ese verano la tripulación zarpó en el barco “Papillon” que tuvimos que pedir prestado en el último momento, ya que el abogado cantante todavía tenía el barco confiscado. Los Locos regalaron muchos regalos a muchos alcaldes. Le obsequiamos al alcalde de Rostock una cadena de cargos repleta de cascabeles, ya que su cadena se perdió en la historia. Al Presidente del Gran Consejo del Cantón de Basilea-Ciudad le obsequiamos una campana monumental para silenciar a los ruidosos concejales.

 THE SHOW
“Das Narrenschiff”

  A satirical music comedy
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Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Hamburg, Basel, Strasbourg, Ebenwald, Lübeck, Flensburg, Eckernförde, Bredevoort

Freedom under the Fool’s Cap

Basel, Switserland. Basler Zeitung, 15-07-1994
AZART SQUARE
A square in Amsterdam harbour named after the ship

MONUMENTAL AZART DUNCE BELL
IN CANTON BASEL-STADT AND CITY COUNCIL OF STRASBOURG

On the occasion of the quincentenary of the first edition of “The Ship Of Fools”
(Das Narrenschiff, Sebastian Brant, Basel 1994)

A Fool’s present to Catarine Trautmann, Lady Mayor of Strasbourg & Hansjorg Wirtz, President of Kanton Basel-Stadt

CALLIGRAPHIC LETTERS OF INVITATION
FROM HOLLAND, GERMANY, DENMARK, ESTONIA,
FINLAND, RUSSIA, ITALY AND IRELAND

 

Reception by the Mayor of Lübeck

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