A few days ago, in two squares in New York and Dublin, Ireland, a round and flat device appeared in two squares, which made people very curious.
When the device was announced, the citizens of both places were very excited - it turned out to be an interconnected live broadcast device, through which citizens on both sides could see each other live from the ocean.
That's right, there's no need to make an active call, and video calls are online around the clock.
It sounds like a great idea, but this thing, called "portal", has been launched and has been praised by many artists.
However, just a few days later, the invention was blacked out, tightly wrapped, and taken offline...
Guess what's the reason??
Introducing the background of the object, the "portal" was designed by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys, who first launched the concept in 2016, when a spiritual experience led him to see the planet from a different perspective, and he realized that "there is a need to fight polarizing minds" and find a way for people from different cultures to communicate.
So, he had the idea, and later he got the university's fund. In May 2021, the "portal" was launched simultaneously in the Lithuanian capital and in Poland.
This is the second time that the "Gateway" has been launched, connecting the two cities of Dublin, the capital of Ireland, and New York.
Previously, the "Portal" was not well advertised, but this time, the "Portal" received a lot of praise when it was launched.
"Harleyquin" Margot, who starred in "Barbie", said: "The concept is amazing"
Canadian singer and artist Grimes also praised:
"This is so cool!"
Netizens praised: "If every national capital in the world has this one, it is unimaginable!" ”
Indeed, when the project was launched, the people of both places who were connected through this special screen were very excited, and a number of performances were organized to add multicultural expression.
Dancers show energy and joy in front of the screen:
Of course, it's also like an indirect battle:
Dubliners brought in a display sign and said "welcome to play" to New York:
The people on the other side of New York also warmly welcomed each other:
"We Love Dublin" "Hello from New York"
It can be seen that the picture quality of the device is very high, and the interconnection between the two sides is very realistic, giving people an immersive feeling.
Then, most of the people who heard the news also showed favor to the camera, and many people couldn't help but step forward to twist two paragraphs and share their love for life:
A passerby at one end pretended to be passing...
The passers-by on the other end tried their best to catch the ball, and the crowd made a congratulatory sound.
There is also a pair of girlfriends who live in New York and Dublin respectively, taking this opportunity to stage on the same screen, it's not too warm~
Another New York man completed 50 push-ups in the rain, and the crowd in Dublin cheered and gave him a round of applause.
Lynn Rakos, a 60-year-old resident of Brooklyn, New York, who lived in Dublin for a while, also made a special trip to wave and kiss the screen:
"I think it's amazing, we have similar these connections on our phones and on Facebook, but here it's improvised. You don't know who's there, you just say hello. ”
Killian Sundermann, a 30-year-old man from Dublin who was leaving Dublin to visit New York, heard the news and rushed over, held his phone to his ear, waved his hand at his girlfriend watching from the Dublin side, and jokingly tried to mimic the funny appearance of a person walking down an escalator.
However, not long after the launch of the device, there was a very terrible scene:
A passer-by took out his mobile phone to show passers-by in the opposite city, he first showed a eulogy to an American male rapper who was shot and killed a few years ago, and then his mobile phone screen appeared on the screen of his mobile phone in 2001, the "9-11" World Trade Center tower burning...
This sudden operation directly made passers-by in New York exclaim, and of course, it was also in the media.
Obviously, this is not a friendly sign.
Then, there was also a Dublin man who performed sucking in front of the camera, and he was very arrogant and took out the white powder in his hand, inhaled the powder into his nose hard, and performed twice.
He also praised the following:
"What a day in the city that never sleeps, New York."
Someone also pulled out their cell phones to display the swastika, causing both sides to keep comparing middle fingers to each other.
In addition to this very discordant performance, the vulgar behavior of some individual passers-by also shocked the world.
There was a middle-aged man in bright yellow pants who said hello to the Dublin side, then turned his ass to the New York side, and then really took off his pants...
The vulgar behavior of the New York side is also exaggerated, with a young woman running up to the camera and lifting her blouse to expose her breasts to Dublin.
She danced and played very freely while exposing her breasts, and all that was left was the screams and shocks of the audience on the spot and across the street...
Later, it was confirmed that the woman was an adult website model, and she said:
"I think the people of Dublin should see the two potatoes I grew myself in New York."
There was also a woman in Dublin who was drunk and kept slapping and rubbing in front of the camera for 20 minutes until she was taken away by the guards.
At the beginning, in order to stop these individuals, the New York side set up round-the-clock police to maintain order.
Dublin has also erected railings to enclose the device, and passers-by are no longer allowed to approach closely.
The railing did not affect the interest of ordinary people, and the primary school also organized children to come over to show goodwill, and the number of dancers still did not decrease.
But it is still difficult to put an end to individual behaviors, and the equipment has been shut down, and in order to protect the equipment from poisonous hands, the official has also covered it with a tight cloth.
The Dublin Council, which has now approved the project, said that exhibition organisers are looking at technical solutions to the problem of inappropriateness, and that the current preferred strategy of blurring the images is not satisfactory, so it is necessary to suspend the exhibition and give the team time to work on a solution.
A spokesperson for the project also said that the "vast majority" of people who interacted with the "portal" behaved appropriately and that inappropriate behavior came from a "very small" number of visitors.
And seeing that the beautiful concept was stirred up by individual rat feces, many netizens regretted it, but also said: I guessed it a long time ago...
"This is the society that gets when standards are thrown away and people can do whatever they want. Let's face it, most people who use portals probably spend most of their time staring at electronic screens. This device is just an extension of them, so it's not 'real'. I pity their future ......"
"How sadly predictable"
"A mirror to ourselves"
"That's why we don't deserve good things"
Creativity is great, it's just that we might think too much about human nature...