When time stopped: The exhibition trying to capture the moment after October 7

A new exhibition by photographer Emil Tibusov, opening on October 6 in Beersheba, presents 19 black-and-white photographs, each featuring a clock showing a different hour. The exhibition deals with memory, loss, and the attempt to stop the reality that changed on October 7, using the motif of time as central.

A new exhibition by photographer Emil Tibusov, opening on October 6 in Beersheba, presents 19 black-and-white photographs created especially for the project. Each image features a clock showing a different hour, serving as a central motif connecting the works and symbolizing the passage of time and the moments when time seems to stand still. The exhibition does not seek to reconstruct the events of October 7 in a documentary manner, but rather builds staged situations in which the creator positions figures and objects and decides what enters the frame. All works were photographed in black and white, with each image featuring one detail in color, creating a point of life within a dark visual world and connecting memory, pain, and hope. About 30 people participated in creating the project, ranging in age from one and a half to 70. The exhibition opens with a color photograph of artist L. Tibusova, as she paints an unfinished work, and the clock in the image shows 6:28. The closing work is also colorful, as a symbol of hope and the continuation of the path. The choice to open the exhibition on October 6, the eve of the anniversary of the October 7 events, gives the time motif additional meaning.