After debuting in Tel Aviv and then New York City, the Nova Exhibit opens on Aug. 17 in Los Angeles, memorializing the victims of the Oct. 7 terror attack in southern Israel. Titled “October 7th, 6:29 AM – The Moment the Music Stood Still,” the installation recreates the camp and festival grounds with meticulous detail, taking visitors through an immersive timeline of the tragic events of that day. The 50,000-square-foot exhibit space in Culver City was transformed by organizers who brought charred vehicles, blankets, books, backgammon boards, coolers, towels, string lights, folding chairs, food wrappers, festival signage, hats and other personal belongings left behind from the Nova Music Festival.
“Everything you see there on the ground, the tents, the canopies, everything is original,” Ilan Faktor, one of the exhibit organizers, told the Courier. “Everything is from the festival. The shoes, everything you see in the lost and found, everything is original.” From the portable restrooms pierced with bullet holes to the beverage bottles at the marketplace bar and the sound system; everything in the exhibit was recovered from the Nova festival after the carnage.
