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Pilar Zeta has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work of "construction surreal spaces".

The art director discusses her dream worlds, the symbolism of her artwork and her own creative process

 A new exhibition unfolding at Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza reframes the historic site, as a place where not only history but also contemporaneity is reflected; as a site where individuals can

The annual exhibition is one of several contemporary art events taking place in the region—and opens with war in Gaza only around 220 miles away

good, and they don’t quite stand up to The Dark Crystal or other Henson work of that era, but they have a particular homemade flavor. Morla the Ancient One and the Rock Biter are expressive characters who come to life with only a few moments of screen time, and the council of advisors who summon Atreyu are all unique, rather than succumbing to a discount Mos Eisley Cantina feeling. The NeverEnding Story isn’t lifting imagery or ideas from Star Wars, E.T., Henson, or even something like ...