The Captain’s Log Book 41 Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Amsterdam 52º20´518´´ North, 004º54´29´´ East HET PAROOL Nederlands Espagnol En français August Dirks (70) was for many years the captain of the Azart – Ship of Fools and wanted to sail his ship to the Uluruberg in Australia for her last voyage. But along the way […]
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The Captain’s Log Book 40 Parroquia San Mateo, Manta, Manabí, Ecuador. Thursday, November 11, 2021 00º57´225´´ South, 080º48´37´´ West Nederlands Espagnol En français The miracle was true: The Ship of Fools is on top of the beach. Fifty-seven nautical miles south of the equator and one hundred and fifty meters beyond the high tide line […]
The Ship HAS Stranded Sept 12, 2021 at 7 AM Planning of the city of Manta. The ocean is at the top. The blue area of 2000㎡ is reserved for the ship and tribune. After thirty three years of free navigation, the ship will be neatly encapsulated between bus stop one, the parking lot […]
The Captain’s Log Book 39 Puerto Pesquero Artisenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador: Sunday, June 20, 2020 00º59´184´´ North, 079º38´787´´ West The Miracle of Burocracy The captain is back on board. For over a year, the ship has been moored right in the middle of a small fishing port in Ecuador. Azart is […]
The Captain’s Log Book 38 Puerto Pesquero Artisenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador:Sunday, May 9, 202000º59´184´´ North, 079º38´787´´ West A Dutch Theater Ship on the Pacific Ocean Just try to sail the world for over thirty years with a luxury yacht up to a hundred feet. Without money. With a love boat of ten […]
The Captain’s Log Book 37 Puerto Pesquero Artisenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador: Saturday, March 21, 2020 00º59´184´´ North, 079º38´787´´ West On board, we do not suffer from the loneliness many might experience on the third floor in the big cities. We are engaged in an absurd play with five completely different characters. The writer […]
The Captain’s Log Book 36 Only in English 08º55’326 North / 079º31’662” West. A PHOTO-ARTBOOK OF THIRTY YEARS AZART FOUR FESTIVE DIA LECTURES IN AMSTERDAM Boekpresentatie / Book Presentation 5-13 Februari 2020 Amsterdam, & AddresseS See under The book is an picaresque novel about how a student of Russian language and literature obtained an […]
The Captain’s Log Book 35 January One, 2020 THE POINT OF NO RETURN 08º47’712 North / 079º33’003” West. The Fools hit the Pacific! On December 13, moonlit by the Full Cold Moon, they crossed the Panama canal. With his six locks, this canal is, to Dutch standards, rather ridiculous and it […]
# 034 Sunday, May 5, 2019 Taganga, Santa Marta, Colombia 11°16’081” N, 074°11’541” W Moretti For almost two months we negotiated with the city of Barranquilla to find a mooring for a cultural exchange with local artists and with the public. The city is famous for it’s carnival and for […]
COLOMBIA The Captain’s Log Book 33 Thursday, February 21, 2019 Taganga, Santa Marta, Colombia 11°16’081” N, 074°11’541” W The stars are shining but you never know from where. For our proposition to stage a Curaçao show during the Carifesta Festival, the island happened to be pretty small and too limited its […]