SINGULARITY (NOVA SERIES) | Materialized from Oct. 7 | 2024-2025 Series

Singularity materialized following the events of October 7. That morning, those attending the NOVA Music Festival looked up to see what they thought was a fireworks display. They soon learned they weren’t seeing fireworks but rockets launched by Hamas terrorists.

Singularity represents the beauty of the NOVA participants and the horror on the ground that day. It honors the lives of those who were taken, the deep mourning of their families, and the trauma experienced by survivors. It processes the emotion of that day and asks: What do we see when the world turns upside down?

Kim had the honor of leading art workshops with NOVA Festival survivors and their families in Israel during the summer of 2024.

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Singularity / Title conceived and explanation written by Shelley Mika

A nova is a star that shows a sudden, dramatic increase in brightness. Black holes are created when stars collapse in on themselves at the end of their lives and their bright light goes out. Singularity is a point or region where space and time become distorted or break down. It is a point at which a function reaches infinity, particularly when matter is infinitely curved, as at the center of a black hole.

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