Edwin Dertien

…develops a story around a “living” tiny house inspired by a legend.

LUMI

During his production process, he developed a story around the living tiny house “LUMI,” inspired by the legend of Baba Yaga and fueled by current developments of climate and AI. During the production period, he exploreed the possibilities of this work in a series of performances ranging from pop-up theater and a performance to film and exhibition.

LUMI is a theater production for Cross-TIC by Edwin Dertien supported by a large team of (local) makers and creatives.

About the creator

Edwin Dertien is a maker, roboticist and musician. He is an associate professor in the Creative Technology program at the University of Twente, is co-founder of FabLab Oldenzaal / Assortimens Foundation and designs, builds and controls technology for film, theater and visual art from his Robot Theater Lab.

Concept: Edwin Dertien
Image direction, camera and editing: Simon Pruijn and Pixel van Tiggelen
Play: Lotte Driesen, Mattias van de Vijver
Technique, control: Justin van Brussel
Play direction: Joost Dekker
Music: Lars Blom
Production: Amber Bongaerts
Technical execution: Wout Zweers, Edwin Dertien
Sound design Lumi: Roelof Meijer
Clothing: Hellen van Rees
Text editing: Simon Weeda, Moes Wagenaar
Style: Sjors Trimbach
Website: Jeroen de Nijs

Thanks to Staatsbosbeheer – Kees Jan Westra, Tripple Energie – Ramon Vlies, Kitt Engineering – Andries Lohmeier,
Theater Sonnevanck, University of Twente (RaM group, LiLa – Fieldlab), Assortimens Foundation,
Jair van der Bruggen, Miriam Riefel, Debbie Voerman, Jaap Brand.