Times Square NYC
"TimesSquare_Portal" by Shared_Studios
Broadway Plaza btwn 46th-47th Sts | October 10 - November 21, 2017
In partnership with Shared_Studios, Times Square Arts brought the TimesSquare_Portal to the Broadway Plaza between 46th & 47th Street, allowing Times Square visitors to interact with people across thirty locations in twenty countries as though they were in the same room.
Shared_Studios' Portals are gold shipping containers equipped with immersive audio-visual technology. When participants enter one, they come face-to-face, live and full-body, with someone in an identical space somewhere else on earth. Portals exist in diverse locations including technology hubs, refugee camps, art museums, community centers, and public plazas. Locations include Afghanistan, Germany, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Rwanda, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam, and Yemen.
Each of the nearly seven weeks of this installation explored a specific theme: Public Space, Food, Migration, Performance, Identity, Change, and Gratitude. In addition to hosting dialogues between individuals, the TimesSquare_Portal hosted special conversations, meals, musical performances, and more.
#TSqPortal
Video by Andrei Severny and Stephen Cardone (iRolls.com)
Music Credits:
"Sorrento" by Podington Bear
"Fouler Horizon" by Komiku