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In the desert north of Reno, Nevada, a multicolored tent pavilion arose.

The geometric structure stood out on the white sand playa where the annual Burning Man festival was taking place, an art installation to remember hundreds of young people at the Supernova trance music festival in Israel who were murdered, wounded or taken hostage in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.

The installation was the work of the “Nova Heaven” team, which included producers of the Israeli music festival and leaders of the Tribe of Nova Foundation working with seasoned “Burners,” set up to support survivors and spread their message.

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The 140-foot-wide tent used is a replica of the one that stood at the heart of Supernova festival and has since been displayed in Nova exhibits in Tel Aviv, New York and Los Angeles.

The Burning Man installation also featured a large arch with the motto “We Will Dance Again,” along with 405 laser-cut angels to represent the Nova victims and a spiral staircase with 100 English and Hebrew messages, including “love conquers all” and “compassion unites us.”

On Aug. 31, hundreds of people gathered for a remembrance ceremony in the hushed desert dawn, according to San Francisco photographer Jeannie Stone. At exactly 6:29 a.m., the time the Hamas attack on Israel began, the music started up. It was the genre of trance music that drew festivalgoers who came to dance in the desert of southern Israel on the fateful day.“The music and dance are our way to honor life, to mourn, to feel the pain, to connect, and to love,” DJ Captain Hook said on Instagram. With DJ Omri Sasi, he led a seven-hour trance session that drew a large crowd.

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“To us, ‘Nova Heaven’ is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of profound loss,” the organizers wrote on a GoFundMe page where they raised over $100,000.

One of the organizers, Ajenda Katzir, posted that the celebration at Burning Man had been peaceful. That was Stone’s observation as well; she described the mood as solemn, with trance music offering a kind of heartbeat behind many voices joined in Hebrew prayers.

Although Palestinian flags and messages of support for Gaza could be seen elsewhere on the playa, Stone said, she did not see any at or around the Nova installation.

“You will be relieved to know that there were no notable incidences of protest or conflict!” Katzir wrote. “We are so proud of this and attribute that to not only the way that we presented our memorial, but also to the fact that the burning man community differs from the default world.”