Lotte Nijsten

Lotte Nijsten (b. 1994) is a sound artist, field recordist, and radio producer. She holds a master’s degree in Language and Literature from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and graduated from the Radio department at RITCS in 2020, where she also obtained a pedagogical degree in 2022.

Lotte is a board member of Klankverbond, the Flemish professional association for audio makers. She is also a member of Landforms, the sound collective she co-founded with sound artist and composer Gillis Van Der Wee. Together, they create radio documentaries, electroacoustic compositions and sound installations that re-imagine
spaces through sound.

Their works have been presented on radio stations, and at festivals, museums, and theaters in Belgium and abroad. Lotte and Gillis have received several nominations and awards, including Best Radio Fiction (Prix Europa, nomination 2020) and the Prix Découvert Pierre Schaeffer (Phonurgia Nova, 2022).

As a PhD researcher at VUB and RITCS (FWO fellowship), Lotte’s current artistic research focuses on empathy-building with nature, exploring how ecological sound art can reconnect listeners with the marine environment of the Scheldt Estuary. The project is supervised by prof. dr. Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans and prof. dr. Free De Backer (VUB - Department of Educational Sciences).