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Jun 5

New Media Deployed in Cultural Preservation Battle

HONG KONG: It started with an inflatable pig. Jeffrey Shaw has been fascinated by interactivity since the 1960s, when he created art he hoped would narrow the gap between viewer and image.

Floating eerily above London’s Battersea Power Station, his pig adorns the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 “Animals” album, becoming an iconic image in rock music history.