An interactive video installation connecting Dublin and New York City that was set to form part of NYCxDesign programming was temporarily shut down for poor behaviour from both cities.
Founded by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys, The Portal installation is an ongoing initiative in which two circular screens are installed in partner cities and cast a 24/7 live feed of its inhabitants to the other, as a "bridge to cultures from around the world".
Described as a "public technology sculpture", the most recent installation of the project ? which bridges New York City and Dublin ? opened on 8 May and formed part of the city's NYCxDesign programming, with a talk about the power of public art set to take place by it.
An installation virtually connecting Dublin and New York was recently shut down due to poor behaviour Located at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street in New York and O?Connell Street in Dublin, both portals were officially shut down on 14 May for a "few days" after videos circulating on social media showed crass language, drunkenness and flashing passed between the two cities, reported TIME magazine.
In another instance, videos show a cellphone image of the burning Twin Towers quickly passing before the screen from a Dubliner to the sounds of a surprised New York crowd.
New York's Flatiron NoMad Partnership, which supported the project locally along with Simons Foundation, NYC DOT Art, Dublin City Council, the EU Capital of Smart Tourism, an...