Tiny Demolitions makes speeches.
We make speeches about the stories we live in.
We consider stories as part of our tract of thought and feeling.
We care about stories in the way they shape our horizons,
the way they inform how we can exist, or, potentially, how we cannot.
It is through stories that we can imagine – in a flicker! – a good life, a good person, a healthy family, hard work.
Really, all of this shit.
Tiny Demolitions offers words to open up some of the stories we have ingrained in our lives.
It does not start anything new, but builds further on a legacy of feminist thought and critical pedagogy.
Sharing some frames to acknowledge the complexities of daily life.
With Tiny Demolitions, we make short speeches and then shut up again.
Formats!
Performance – Podcast – Zine – Text
Tiny Demolitions is committed to spreading its speeches in multiple formats.
You can find online versions of all text on this website, as well as links to our podcasts!
Apart from that we love to print and make fanzines
– reach out if you want a paper copy, or use our PDF’s to make your own.
Apart from digital and print spreading, we like to speak live.
We come, we read, and then, we shut up again.
Check our upcoming section to find out where we are next.
WHO IS WHO?
Tiny demolitions was first initiated by Line Mertens, who continues to write and perform. However, this project materializes (and always has materialized) through joint efforts.
So, who is who and who does what?
Line Mertens
research
dramaturgy (all formats)
text writing, performing
printing, stapling, cutting
website maintenance and attempted communication
Writer and performer, interested in radical pedagogies, anarchism and feminism. (MA in Vergelijkende Moderne Letterkunde (UGent), MA in Theater Toneelacademie Maastricht).
Enrica Camporesi:
research
dramaturgy (all formats)
communication
illustration and graphic design of the zines
printing, stapling, cutting
Theatre maker, researcher, hybrid work considering knowledge-making, learning, language and democratic practices. (MA in theatre Toneelacademie Maastricht, MA in Arabic Languages
https://www.0090.be/nl/artiesten/enrica_camporesi
Linde De Nijs
dramaturgy (audio/video)
sound-collecting,
audio- and video-editing
opens up technical possibilities through exploring open source software
Audiovisual artist, creative therapist, museum guide. Interested in mental well-being and sense-making practices, exploring connection to self and nature. (MA in audiovisual Arts KASK)
aR
dramaturgy (all formats, focus on audio/video)
sound-artist and mentor: follow-up of the podcast:
advice on sound and storytelling,
opening up frames of reference and adding technical support.
exploring video/animation
imagining and trying: what could sound on stage be with this?
Artist working on audio visual projects, recording, composition, sound design and animation. (Holds degrees in: Anthropology, Art History, Film Studies (University of Zurich), Animation (University of Lucerne), postgraduate in Art of Sound (KASK)
— https://arsound.studio/ —
Tiny Demolitions companions include: Duraid Abbas Ghaieb (close text reading and editor-friend), Bastiaan Malcorps (first reader and favourite librarian) and Enkidu Khaled (advising on performance with the generous words: “it doesn’t matter what you say.”).
Tiny Demolitions is glad to have had the support of Toneelacademie Maastricht, where the project originated in the master’s program.