During his residency at BUDA, Rachid Laachir is working on what he calls ‘Research into a theatre of loving cruelty’. In the studio, he explores the limitations of sound and space.

Rachid Laachir (BE/MA)

Rachid Laachir received his master’s degree in scenography and costume design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 2009. He received the Young Emerging Talent award for his graduation work. In recent years, he designed and created the scenography of numerous theatre performances nationally and internationally. In 2018, his work for Karolien Verlinde, Tuning People, hetpaleis and Dschungel Vienna was nominated for the Stella Prize for Best Scenography.
During his artistic trajectory, Rachid Laachir also created his own (theatre) performances – in which he played himself. His general interest and strong, radical visual language revolve around both the duality/antagonism of human and natural worlds, and the (social) evolution of homo sapiens in relation to his often negative interaction with animality and nature.