Portal Project Launches in New York, Connecting City to Dublin in Real Time

A technological gem has just appeared between Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street in New York. For the first time in the United States and Ireland, passers-by will be able to connect in real time with people on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to “Portal“.

A unique and enduring connection between New Yorkers and Dublin

Presented in the form of a large circle – unmissable – and equipped with a screen as well as a camera filming the pedestrians, this New York Portal ensures that the captured images with a second Portal withdrawn without interruption, located on Dublin’s main street, O’Connell Street.

This special device arouses wonder among the residents and tourists of the two cities. Created in 2016 by Lithuanian artist and entrepreneur Benediktas Gylys, Portals “an invitation to meet others beyond boundaries and prejudices“.

Portal Project, the “stargate” connecting Lublin in Poland to Vilnius in Lithuania

Portals already present in Vilnius and Lubin

In May 2021, the company Portals established its first portal between Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and Lubin, a city located in the west of Poland. “The ports were born from the feeling that human beings have more to share than separate them and that we are all interconnected on this planet of ours.”, explains the Portals team.

Thus Portals New York and Dublin became the second pair of this system created and financed by the Benediktas Gylys Foundation. New Yorkers have until the fall of 2024 to take advantage of this facility.