Largest sculpture made out of kitchen and toilet paper rolls Infographic

I know some people aren't impressed by modern art, with the whole 'my kid could make that', attitude, but this deserves recognition.

©2015 James Mathurin

Longest Goal Celebration Infographic

Getting this one in before the World Cup Final.

copyright © 2014 James Mathurin

The largest scale apology

For 3 months in the Summer of 1864, the Principality of Montenegro carried out what is, in the eyes of most scholars, the largest apology on record. 

During the period of June to August of that year, the lyrics of the national anthem were changed to give an official apology to the Spanish government, for the accidental arrest and execution of their ambassador, Miguel Ballasteros, in March of that year.

With their vulnerability to an attack along their Mediterranean coastline, the Montenegrins made the decision to carry out a daily rendition

This bay was the site of the final apology / anthem, on 17th August 1864. One resident, whose name was given as Igor Tuden, said, "While it hurt my national pride to sing such a shanty, I will miss it." Photograph by k.ivoutin.

  ©2012 James Mathurin 

Largest kitchen and toilet paper roll sculpture

The largest sculpture made out of kitchen and toilet paper rolls was a 1:1 scale model of Egypt’s Great Pyramid, constructed in Valencia, Spain by Hercules Boroquez in May 1996. He sent out a Press Release saying, “After my scale model of the Louvre, made of novelty Easter wrapping paper, complete with Mona Lisa was destroyed in the Madrid monsoon of ’89, I have laboured to prove that the elements shall not hold sway over my artistic vision!” The structure stood until late November, when mist caused the paper rolls to inflate, and eventually collapse under their own weight.

Boroquez, pictured preparing for the 1997 Spanish Exposition, where he talked about the experience of losing his Pyramid sculpture, and announced his decision to embark on a five-year project consisting of watercolours of paving stones. Photo by Bengt Nyman.

©2009 James Mathurin

Longest Goal Celebration

The longest ever goal celebration lasted 3 months. In the final match of the season between the Spanish local league clubs San Leppe and El Porcos on the 15^th June 1982, Porcos midfielder Salvatore Despuidas scored an injury-time winner, helping his club avoid relegation. Removing his shirt, he ran screaming off the pitch, straight down the road to a Carmelite monastery, where he took a vow of silence and became a monk. It was assumed that he’d left the club, but, during a training session before El Porcos’ first match of the next season, Despuidas appeared, running, screaming onto the pitch, wearing the same kit he’d worn on the 15^th of June, and took a place on the substitutes bench. When his story made the local paper he told the interviewer, 

“I promised myself that if I scored I would have a very special celebration. This came to me in a flash, and although I maybe regretted it at a couple of points, I felt I had to see it through.”

copyright © 2008 James Mathurin