Portal installation in Philadelphia’s Love Park allows international communication (L.A. PARKER COLUMN)
Oct 23, 2024
PHILADELPHIA— A Love Park two-way live stream art installation drew large crowds yesterday as the portal provided streetscapes of Vilnius, Lithuania, Lublin, Poland and Dublin, Ireland.
Visitors in Philadelphia cheered, flashed peace signs, and signaled heart symbols as the presentation by artist Benediktas Gylys connected to European counterparts.
The 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week portal opened Tuesday and attracts a regular stream of guests.
A Love Park Portal, actually a two-way live-stream art installation, in Philadelphia connected to people in Dublin, Ireland, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland.
(L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)A Love Park Portal, actually a two-way live-stream art installation, in Philadelphia connected to people in Dublin, Ireland, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland.
(L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)A Love Park Portal, actually a two-way live-stream art installation, in Philadelphia connected to people in Dublin, Ireland, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland.
(L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)A Love Park Portal, actually a two-way live-stream art installation, in Philadelphia connected to people in Dublin, Ireland, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland.
(L.A. Parker/The Trentonian)A Love Park Portal, actually a two-way live-stream art installation, in Philadelphia connected to people in Dublin, Ireland, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland.
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Gylys said he, “felt a deep need to counter polarizing ideas and to communicate that the only way for us to continue our journey on this beautiful spaceship called Earth is together.” The artist offered comments on the Portals website.
Visitors to the Philadelphia portal wished for other livestream opportunities in Paris, Moscow and Tokyo.