Benediktas Gylys admits he was surprised by the rowdy behavior that came from the exhibit connecting people in the two cities
Two people look at the Portal, which has been temporarily disabled due to inappropriate behavior in New York City, on 15 May 2024.Two people look at the Portal, which has been temporarily disabled due to inappropriate behavior in New York City, on 15 May 2024.and Dublin in real-time, but was then closed due to rowdy and extreme behavior by the public using it, has admitted he was surprised by the reaction.
“But for me it is just us, the human species, building this artwork together and a representation of our current state of humanity,” he added “We see a lot of love, light, smiles, a marriage proposal was made a couple of days ago, but we also have some darkness, attention-seeking, people who are only thinking about themselves, trying to jump on the narrative to get more views and followers.”
The Portal, as it is called, hit the headlines when New Yorkers in the Flatiron district began communicating with Dubliners on O’Connell Street, and vice-versa, in ways that were perhaps not in the spirit of Gylys’s artistic objective that they “embrace the beauty of global interconnectedness”.New Yorkers greet people in Dublin during the reveal of the Portal in the Flatiron district in Manhattan, New York, on 8 May 2024.
Gylys hopes that the intent of the sculpture is recovered and his ambition to connect cities around the world. The US to“Everyone is obsessed about Dublin and New York, but I’m trying to communicate a message that it’s not only about New York and Dublin, but about countries around the world joining the portal network to create the largest artwork in the world.
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