Loucka Fiagan
My name is Loucka Fiagan. Born in Belgium, raised in Togo, I’ve lived in Brussels for eleven years, recently earning a master’s in performance art and choreography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts after studying Sociology and Anthropology. I’ve been continuously active in the Belgian art scene.
At 19, I joined Chapter One, a multidisciplinary collective, learning collaboration, event organization, and artistic skills for three years. We organized happenings at venues like the Brazilian Embassy. Later, with Oscar Cassamajor, I co- founded WDKY (wedontknowyet). Our debut performance at the ‘Work In Progress’ festival (2017) explored our hybrid identities, aiming to break audience/performer boundaries. Our show, Bluland, supported by Mestizo Arts Platform, City Lab, and Bâtard Festival, toured extensively from 2018 – 2019, appearing at Theater Aan Zee and Bozar. In 2021, we created The Lab, a 40- minute experimental VR film for Bâtard Festival.
I’ve since grown as a maker, performer, and researcher. I was deeply involved in Moya Michael’s Coloured Swans series, performing and co-creating Harriet’s ReMix, which toured internationally. I also performed spoken word in her latest creation, Outwalkers (2022).
Recently, I’ve expanded into sound design, supporting Castélie Yalombo’s Water, L’attérée des eaux vives (2022) and composing for Eli Mathieu-Bustos’ solo show, Have A Safe Travel (premiering 2023). I’m also a member of JAN vzw, a platform for art, self-care, and permaculture, with whom we organized the Graves festival in 2019. I’m contributing to Lukah Katangila’s Imprisoned Gods, premiering in 2025.
As a musician and writer under the alias SVDU, I’ve performed at Beursschouwburg (opening for Moor Mother in 2022), KIOSK Radio, and KONVOOI festival. I was also a resident artist at Volta (2022−2024). With JASMIN, I formed We In The Zoo, an alternative hip-hop band, performing at Volta (2024) and upcoming shows at Botanique (2025).
My two-year residency at Beursschouwburg (2022−2024) was invaluable for developing my artistic practice. My work is multidisciplinary, blending music, poetry, and performance. I’ve been making music for nearly a decade, developing long sound art pieces that merge acousmatic music, sound collage, and composition. This led me to sound design for films and performances, where such experimentation is embraced.
My studies at ISAC allowed me to explore sound as a journey, focusing on how space and audience positioning enhance the experience. While present in earlier work with wdky, I now aim to use sound as the foundational element, creating a choreography of sound rather than adding sound to pre-existing forms.