285 - Heather Pollington - From Hollywood To The Symbolic World
The Symbolic World
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The Importance of Technology in Art
I used a heraldic language because we were in a kind of public space. We wanted to make the point that, you know, in the narrative, the queen is kind of capturing the mythical creatures. So I was depicting these animals with chains, which again is kind of we've seen all this in heraldry. It's obviously supposed to be like a heavy weight tapestry. But you can see from that shot that it's just a piece of white fabric with a digital print. And one of the most important things that I've learned doing this kind of work is how much technology defines art.
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