On May 8, residents of the Flatiron district of Manhattan were treated to what was being billed as a transformative new public art installation: The Portal – a large round screen — beamed live video of the New York street scene to residents of Dublin, Ireland, while live video of Dubliners appeared on-screen in New York.
It was only one of several planned “portals” meant to virtually teleport people across the globe. Organizers pitched it as “a symbol of unity and wonder that draws in crowds from far and wide” — a “technology sculpture that is built to last for centuries.”
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