The Nova exhibition 06:29
The Nova exhibition “06:29: The Moment the Music Stopped” was first displayed at Expo Tel Aviv only two months after the October massacre events. After about 10 weeks in Tel Aviv, it was decided to transfer it in a significant and extensive production to New York. The exhibition, which opened to the public in April 2024 on Wall Street in the heart of Manhattan, serves as a chilling reminder of the moments of massacre and horror that took place at the Nova festival in Re’im on the seventh of October.
The chosen 5,000 sq m exhibition space tells the story of the Nova community before and during the massacre, serving as an effective advocacy tool on one hand and a platform for memorializing the victims on the other.
The installation recreates the festival grounds that took place in the Re’im parking lot by placing authentic objects collected from the festival grounds in the days after the October massacre, including burned cars, bullet-riddled portable toilets, abandoned camping tents and equipment, and personal belongings of the murdered and abducted.
Alongside these are displayed media containing unique testimonies of festival survivors along with videos and photographs from the moments of truth.
In addition to recreating, documenting and memorializing the victims, the exhibition also presents the spiritual aspect and therapeutic need of the survivors, concluding with a strong and clear message –
WE WILL DANCE AGAIN
The work process was challenging as it involved dealing with complex materials and an especially short timeframe of a month and a half; nevertheless, the installation became groundbreaking and highly significant for Israeli advocacy in the war over world public opinion.
Breeze Creative company was responsible for planning and designing the exhibition as well as producing the media content and visual communications.
Credits:
Nova Group – Partners and Managers: Sassi, Ofir, Yigal Rimoni, Yoni Feingold.
Concept Development, Director, Writing, Art Director and Curator: Reut Feingold, Feingold Creative Studio.
General Management: Daniel Lagziel.
Executive Producer: Ilan Factor.
Sound Design: Omri Sassi, Ethan Reiter and Captain Hook.
Lighting Design: Eran Klein.
Photography: Ortal Yahav.
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