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Venezuelan exile comes to life on a sensory journey in France

The uprooting, memory and wounds of Venezuelan exile are transformed into an artistic experience that combines photography and music. The artists Oleñka Carrasco and La Chica join their talents in The chaos that gives me life, Atlas of an imagined country, an immersive installation that evokes the landscapes, traditions and memories of Venezuela. The exhibition, presented in Normandy, proposes a sensory tour of the identity of a country that remains alive in the memory of those who left it.

6 Nov 2026, 00:21 UTC

Entertainment

‘Magic Atlas’ Review: Surreal, Shapeshifting Animation Is a Sometimes Mystifying Technical Marvel

There’s an increasingly undeniable hunger for the hand-crafted. As discourse around animation becomes more and more absorbed by anaesthetizing questions about AI, it becomes clearer that people who care about the medium are pushing for tactility and foregrounding real texture, materials imprinted with genuine human feeling. This feels especially true of Sun Xun’s “Magic Atlas,” […]

3 Nov 2026, 18:21 UTC

Entertainment

Sharjah Film Festival Takeaways: ‘Atlas of the Universe’ Takes Top Prize, Pitching Platform Doubles and Audience Award Debuts

The 13th Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth wrapped Sunday with Paul Negoescu’s “Atlas of the Universe” taking best feature film and Celia Catunda’s “My Grandfather Is a Nihonjin” winning best animated feature. The jury described “Atlas of the Universe,” a Romanian-Bulgarian coming-of-age drama about a 10-year-old boy whose errand to buy school […]

2 Nov 2026, 10:05 UTC