Did you hear about that viral Dublin-New York portal? A livestream portal linking New York and Dublin reopened Sunday after it was briefly shut down last week amid people flashing body parts, doing drugs on camera and trolling viewers on the other side.
The visual art exhibit dubbed “The Portal” features a pair of installations that each have a giant screen and a video camera, with one placed next to the Flatiron Building in New York and one on O’Connell Street, the Irish capital’s main thoroughfare. Each side of the portal broadcasts a livestream from its counterpart in the other city, enabling visitors on both sides to interact with each other in real time — as if the two cities were participating in a giant video call.
The only issue? Some things started to get out of hand. Listen back to find out.
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