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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 (20222024). 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 (20222024) 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.