(23 May 2024)
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New York – 22 May 2024
1. Wide of portal installation next to the Flatiron Building
2. Medium of portal installation next to the Flatiron Building
3. Man holding child in front of portal
4. Monitor at portal
5. People dancing in front of portal
6. Man dancing in Dublin through portal
7. Security guard at portal
8. Brooke Cooper greeting mother and sister in Dublin through the portal
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Brooke Cooper, New York:
“My mom and then my older sister, who just turned 22 yesterday, are in Dublin for her birthday, so I could just say happy birthday to them over the portal.”
10. People in portal
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordan Mazza, New York:
“So I’m a dual citizen of the U.S. and Ireland, and I think it’s great to, sort of build more connections, build more bridges. There’s a whole world out there, and I hope we can find ways to connect with each other. “
12. Jordan Mazza with sign
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordan Mazza, New York:
“Obviously people are just sort of waving, trying to, you know, show their excitement, their enthusiasm. It’s nice to kind of get a little slice of life. I mean, you can see, you know, they’re five hours ahead, 3,000 miles away. So, they’re heading into their evening routines in Ireland. They’re probably, maybe a little envious of our beautiful sunny weather here today. Not the stereotypical Irish weather you might associate with Ireland.”
14. Woman with signs provided at the art installation
15. Wendy Qi at portal
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Wendy Qi, New York:
“This is an art installation that got shut down for a little while from bad behavior. So it reopened and I heard about it and I was like ‘I need to check this out this is like the most fun.’”
17. Wendy Qi gesturing at portal
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Doron Ninyo, Long Island:
“I don’t know I just thought it was really cool so I came here from Long Island to check it out.”
19. Sign informs people when they are in camera view
STORYLINE:
A video link between New York City and Dublin that was shut down due to inappropriate behavior on both sides of the Atlantic has reopened with new security measures.
The open-air video link between the two cities, which opened May 8 and was taken offline last week, reopened Sunday and will operate between the hours of 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. in New York, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Dublin.
The Dublin City Council and Manhattan business group Flatiron NoMad Partnership organized the livestreaming public art installation called the "Portal.” They said they have installed more fencing on the New York side and taken steps to prevent people from stepping on the sculpture and holding their phones up to the camera lens.
“Now, if individuals step on the Portal and obstruct the camera, it will trigger a blurring of the livestream for everyone on both sides of the Atlantic,” the organizers said in a statement.
The organizers had billed the exhibit as a way to “embrace the beauty of global interconnectedness." It was paused after videos popped up on social media of bad behavior including an OnlyFans model in New York baring her breasts and Dubliners holding up swastikas.
Organizers said their tweaks “will ensure that thousands of Portal fans will enjoy the experience on both sides of the Atlantic.”
The exhibit is scheduled to be up through the fall.
AP video shot by Ted Shaffrey
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