Reveries in Fracture
London Sinfonietta and Kraken Instruments
| Gabriella Dall’Olio | Kraken Soveida harp, and concert harp |
|---|---|
| Aleksander Szram | Kraken harpsichord and piano |
| Nazanin Aghakhani | Conductor |
| Eleanor Westbrook | Voice |
The performance lasts one hour, followed by an exhibition of Afshin Naghouni work in Hall Two
A multidisciplinary live work by Afshin Naghouni and composer Amir Konjani, combining abstract painting and film with Kraken instruments and contemporary performance, in collaboration with the London Sinfonietta and Trinity Laban, exploring fractured memory and the instability of historical narratives through immersive abstract sound and imagery.
This project by artist Afshin Naghouni combines painting, live contemporary music, and film to explore memory and unstable historical narratives. Through abstract reconstructions of Old Master paintings, it questions the relationship between memory and what may never have existed.
Rather than reproducing the past, the paintings fracture it, preserving traces of composition and rhythm while dissolving form into abstraction. Familiar images hover on the edge of recognition, where history, myth, and collective memory blur.
The project combines exhibition, live performance, and projected film in collaboration with composer Amir Konjani.
Amir Konjani, the London Sinfonietta — the pioneering ensemble exploring new music since 1968 — and Trinity Laban present a spatially expanded work for Kraken instruments, incorporating bespoke resonators, voice, and ensemble, featuring Gabriella Dall’Olio, Aleksander Szram, vocalist Eleanor Westbrook, conducted by Nazanin Aghakhani.
The music unfolds through fractured gestures and stuttering expressionistic forms, merging raw-edged sonic structures with eight double bass players. Blurring the boundaries between contemporary music and unsettling colour fields, including Circle of Concertos, the performance creates an immersive environment of brushstroke gestures, where instruments collide, decay, and reform.
The performance lasts one hour, followed by a visit to Hall Two to view the paintings.
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Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
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Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
About Afshin Naghouni
Afshin Naghouni is an Iranian-born British artist whose work explores memory, identity, and history through expressive painting. Drawing inspiration from both the Old Masters and contemporary abstraction, he creates dynamic compositions that reinterpret familiar narratives in striking new ways. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public and private collections worldwide.
Amir Konjani
Amir Konjani is a situation-maker who consistently pushes the boundaries of live performance, creating experiences for performers and audience alike that resist capture or reduction. The work unfolds through a carefully constructed spatial presence on stage and can only be fully encountered in performance.