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A young girl brought down an enormous tower product of 63,000 beer mats which took the artist a month to construct.
Benjamin Klapper constructed the tower within the hope to set a brand new Guinness World Record, however it collapsed earlier this month.
The 49-year-old was attempting to set a brand new Guinness World Record with the tower, before the young girl went to grab one in every of the coasters.
But very graciously, Benjamin said he didn’t blame the young girl, saying the tower partially collapsed under its own weight just before completion,.
Guests were also invited to play ‘Beer Mat Jenga’ with the remaining a part of the tower.
Benjamin said: ‘It was submitted to Guinness World Records as a world record attempt.
‘I attempted to interrupt the present record of 70,000 beer mats and a height of 9.8ft (3m).
(Picture: Jam Press/Benjamin Klapper)
‘Unfortunately, this didn’t work out, because the sculpture collapsed under its own weight two days before completion, seemingly with none external cause.
‘I worked on it for 28 days between 31 October and eight December last yr.
‘Each level took around 4 hours to finish and, on average, I built one level per day.
‘So in total, I spent about 120 hours constructing the sculpture.’
Benjamin, who comes from the town of Pulheim in Germany, built the tower within the Rhein-Center shopping centre in nearby Cologne.
The self-employed media engineer said the remaining ‘ruins’ of the sculpture were brought down on 10 January and the footage has gone viral.
He said: ‘I invited my project helpers to play ‘Beer Mat Jenga’ that day.
‘All and sundry took a turn removing a beer mat from the structure until it fell.
‘The winner was the daughter of one in every of my helpers.
‘She brought “Inside” down on her first attempt by pulling out one which was lying horizontally.
‘The livestreams, videos and photos of the development and demolition have garnered hundreds of thousands of views on social media.’
Benjamin, who runs the media company MuVi 3D GmbH, said he began constructing beer coaster sculptures as a baby.
‘Progressively, the constructions became larger and bigger,’ he explained.
‘I accomplished my first large project 33 years ago. Since then, I’ve built large beer mat sculptures every few years.
‘And so they are at all times created in public spaces.
‘That’s also my fundamental motivation for creating these sculptures: viewers aren’t only presented with a finished murals, they’ll witness the creation process as well.’
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