Now look again. It's made purely of soccer balls and cable.
It is called, appropriately enough- Ballman. (OK. Go there.)
I ran across it when I was researching "sculpture in advertising", a fascinating topic in itself.
The original 36 foot high piece was created by Nike's design team along with British Ratcliffe Fowler Design to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup. According to the fabricator, it contained 5.500 Brazilian Soccer Balls arranged to look like Real Madrid hero Cristiano Ronaldo.
At the end of the Cup, though, the balls were supposedly distributed to various football programs throughout the nation.
But word on the web is that it still hangs (only containing 3,000, and not 5,500 soccer balls) in the Carlton Shopping Center in Johannesburg.
What I want to know is- is it still there? How many balls are in it now?
Anyone want to clear that up?
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