Nika Švab seamlessly navigates between the realms of theatre and literature. She has moderated discussions and served as a board member in student literary conferences. Additionally, Nika has contributed numerous articles to various publications focusing on literature and theatre. Recently, she has been involved as a producer and co-author of projects while exploring innovative formats and socially relevant topics.
Saddie Choua, trained as a sociologist, is a Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker, author, and mixed-media artist based in Molenbeek. In her body of work, she merges art with her academic background, employing political documentaries, video installations, mixed media collages, and short stories.
Choua employs meta-documentary techniques, such as fragmented narratives and visual essays, integrating cross-cultural elements from popular culture. She draws inspiration from commercials, soap operas, novels, music videos, magazines, YouTube videos, pop stars, and athletes, urging a critical examination of these components. Her work focuses on discrimination based on race and/or ethnic origin, discrimination against women, colonialism, class, and even her cats take the spotlight.
The challenge she undertakes lies in creating ‘situations’ that unveil the power structures behind the images we internalize and reproduce. She invites us to reflect on how we assimilate images and dialogues about ‘the other’ and how these affect our self-image and historical awareness.
