Dante's Circle - performance [2017 - ongoing]

Dante’s Circle
Hybrid installation / performance | 2017 - ongoing
Nicky Assmann & Robert Pravda

Dante’s Circle will be part of this years Conflux Festival| Tactics for Cultural Resistance 24—27 Sept 2026
https://www.confluxfestival.nl/programme/programme-2026/

Dante’s Circle is a collaborative audiovisual performance by artists Nicky Assmann and Robert Pravda in which continuously changing prismatic colors are created by burning copper panels with automated burners. The panels are positioned in a circular spatial setup and played as a live instrument. The sounds coming from the burners and heated plates are used as a source for the soundscape. This soundscape is further spatialized by means of a rotating loudspeaker setup which is placed at the center of the installation. The copper plates function as both the screens for the prismatic visuals as well as the acoustic reflectors for the projected sounds coming from the circle. As artifacts of the performance six burned copper screens will remain.

Credits
Commissioned by Klankvorm 2017

Concept & Artwork by Nicky Assmann & Robert Pravda
Realisation: Nicky Assmann & Robert Pravda in collaboration with Joris Strijbos, Firma Smits, Daan Johan, Lex van den Broek
photos: Pieter Kers | Beeld.nu
video: Zahra Karimpour

Klankvorm is a Rotterdam-based platform for the realisation and presentation of experimental audiovisual art. Klankvorm events take place in different locations and feature audiovisual performances and related presentations by participating artists. Klankvorm aims to initiate, commission, and present new works by sound artists and visual artists who collaboratively explore the audiovisual domain.