Following a successful opening in both Tel Aviv and later in New York City, the Nova Exhibit has opened in Los Angeles, California back on August 17th in a transformed 50,000-square-foot exhibit space in Culver City.
The exhibit is memorializing the victims of the Oct. 7 terror attack in southern Israel. Titled “October 7th, 6:29 AM – The Moment the Music Stood Still” and it recreates the camp and festival grounds with an intense and emotional attention to detail to take people through the immersive experience of the tragic events that took place on that day.
“Everything you see there on the ground, the tents, the canopies, everything is original,” Ilan Faktor, one of the exhibit organizers said, according to the Beverly Hills Courier. “Everything is from the festival. The shoes, everything you see in the lost and found, everything is original.”
The exhibit features video footage from attendees and testimony from survivors that play next to corresponding festival sites which illustrates the experiences of both the victims and the survivors of the tragic event.
“It was the best festival,” Michal Ohana, a survivor of the event said, per the report. “The energy, the vibe, the people, the smiles—it was wow.”
“I lost 10 of my friends at the festival, and two of my friends were kidnapped, and they are still in Gaza,” Ohana said. “I’m still alive, and I need to do something for my friends, for the hostages, for the families, for the survivors, and I started to share my story, to tell the truth to the world about what happened to us and what is still happening to us.”
“They shot me in my leg,” Ohana said. “I don’t understand how I can do all these things, but now I’m dancing, walking, surfing, and it’s a miracle that I’m here today and I can share my story.”
You can learn more about the exhibit here.
