Overview
- The traveling installation opens Tuesday in Chicago’s Lincoln Park and runs through Nov. 30 at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave.
- The exhibit recreates the festival grounds with floors of sand and more than 20,000 objects, including transported items such as burned-out cars and bullet-riddled bathroom stalls.
- Creator Reut Feingold uses footage sourced from survivors, Israeli police and Hamas militants to document the attack.
- Organizers say ticket revenue will fund mental-health treatment for victims and families, and report roughly half a million visitors worldwide prior to Chicago.
- Reported figures note about 1,200 people killed and more than 251 taken hostage in the wider Oct. 7 assault, with 364 killed and 44 taken hostage at the Nova Music Festival.