An art installation in New York, USA and Dublin, Ireland takes the form of a "portal" that allows viewers to visually connect across 3,000 miles.
The Portal, an installation designed by artist Benediktas Gylys, live streams silent video between New York's Flatiron South Public Plaza and North Earl Street in Dublin. It is sponsored by the Flatiron NoMad Partnership, the New York City Department of Transportation's Art Program and the Simons Foundation, and it allows people in the two cities to look at each other in real-time across the 3,000-mile distance.
"We provide an unfiltered meeting above all borders, all labels, and that would invite us humans to reconnect", Gylys told WABC-TV.
Interactions witnessed through the Portal since it went live on Wednesday include the expected exchanges of rude gestures as well as at least one caught-on-camera attempt to flirtatiously exchange contact information.
Another exchange in a photo shared by the University College Dublin featured a native New Yorker, Dakota Taylor who attends the school using the Portal to connect with her mother back home. 😮😮 [Whatsa matter? The phone isn't good enough?!]
"We think just simple communication, whether it's a wave, a hi, a sign, a dance, that's what people are about", said James Mettham of the Flatiron NoMad Partnership. The Portal will continue to connect the two cities 24 hours a day for the next six months.
Malaysia's Election Commission have confirmed victory for Pakatan Harapan’s candidate, Pang Sock Tao of DAP, in the by-election for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state seat in Selangor.
The victory comes in the coalition’s first major electoral test since the six state elections last August, and against a backdrop of a lacklustre turnout of 61.5% yesterday.
The Kuala Kubu Baru seat fell vacant following the death of its three-term assemblyperson, Lee Kee Hiong, on March 21 from cancer.
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