Girl Topples 63,000-Beer-Coaster Tower Built to Break Guinness World Record
A near-world record attempt becomes a sensational moment captured on film as a girl topples a 63,000-beer-coaster sculpture built by a German artist. The piece sat at the Rhein-Center shopping center in Cologne and was the product of Benjamin Klapper, 49, who spent about 120 hours constructing the sculpture. The tower was created from 63,000 beer coasters in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record. Construction began on October 31 of last year and was completed on December 8. On January 10, the dream came crashing down in a clip that has since drawn millions of views. This is not what we meant by knocking them back. The video drew millions of views and elicited reactions ranging from “That’s AI!” to “What a shame it didn’t work out.” The attempt did not meet the Guinness World Record, a distinction that goes to Sven Goebel, also from Germany, who erected a 9-foot-6-inch mat-terhorn out of 70,000 coasters in 2004. Klapper, who runs MuVi 3D GmbH, describes a motivation beyond the finished sculpture: Viewers aren’t only presented with a finished work of art, they can witness the creation process as well. He began building beer coaster structures as a kid and has gradually scaled up to larger projects, including Stein stand sculptures that are displayed in public spaces such as movie theaters and art galleries. He explained, “Gradually, the constructions became larger and larger.” “I completed my first large project 33 years ago.”
The build, the topple and the twist: a near-record dream and a playful aftershock
This is not what we meant by knocking them back. A girl elicited gasps from viewers after toppling a near-world record beer coaster tower that took an artist over a month to build, as seen in a clip with millions of views. “In total, I spent about 120 hours constructing the sculpture,” creator Benjamin Klapper, 49, told Jam Press of his opus, which was located at the Rhein-Center shopping center in Cologne, Germany. The German artist reportedly constructed the impressive structure out of 63,000 beer coasters in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record. He began constructing the work on Oct. 31 of last year and finally completed it on Dec. 8. Then, on Jan. 10, his dream came crashing down. In now-viral footage, the young gal can be seen pulling out a piece from veritable beer mat Mount Everest, causing it to tumble like a house of cards. Thankfully, fall is not as it seemed. Klapper noted that the tower had partially collapsed under its own weight just before completion, so he invited guests to play “Beer Mat Jenga” with the remaining part of the sculpture. “Each person took a turn removing a beer mat from the structure until it fell,” he recalled. “The winner was the daughter of one of my helpers.” “She brought ‘Inside’ down on her first attempt by pulling out one that was lying horizontally,” the artist added. The German, who works runs the media company MuVi 3D GmbH, said the footage of this roller-coaster drop amassed millions of views and garnered reactions ranging from “That’s AI!” to “What a shame it didn’t work out.” It didn’t matter in the end, as the structural snafu had already caused him to fall short of the Guinness World Record for the largest drink coaster structure. That honor goes to Sven Goebel, also from Germany, who erected a 9-foot-6-inch mat-terhorn out of 70,000 coasters in 2004. Nonetheless, the beer mat monument marks a major milestone for Klapper, who began building beer coaster structures as a kid. “Gradually, the constructions became larger and larger,” he explained. “I completed my first large project 33 years ago.” What do you think? Post a comment. Since then, he’s constructed Stein stand sculptures every few years, which he displays exclusively at public spaces, including movie theaters and art galleries. “That’s also my main motivation for creating these sculptures: Viewers aren’t only presented with a finished work of art, they can witness the creation process as well,” Klapper gushed. Share your stance. Please adhere to our ...I want to connect paper drinking straws across the Pacific Ocean. Been a dream of mine since...couple seconds ago! I want to fill up a swimming pool with liberal tears. Yes...so many TDS tears 120 hours to create the "sculpture". And here I was thinking I was a time waster for reading the NY Post. That’s all Germans have left. Brussels have succumbed to the green cult and industry is closing. No power. Mooselums have taken over and western culture is collapsing. Pay attention it’s happening here. So it was expected and planned? Three minutes of my life I will never get back .
