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Erum Salam

Portal installations linking Dublin to New York City reopen after shutdown

a man walks past a large circular installation on a city street surrounded by buildings
People pass the Portal art installation connecting New York City and Dublin, Ireland, on 15 May. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The live video portal linking Dublin, Ireland, to New York, New York, has reopened after unruly behavior got the modern art sculpture temporarily shut down.

The two installations making up the Portal – created by the Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys – host a 24/7 live stream in both cities so people can see and interact with each other. One installation is located in the Flatiron district of New York, and the other is on Dublin’s popular O’Connell Street.

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