Art World Records  

A student at Chinmaya Vidyalaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India created a salt mosaic that measures 41.60 square meters.

Students and staff members at Indu International School made a salt mosaic that measures 900 square meters. They set the record to raise awareness about global warming.

A. Divakar from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a seed mosaic measuring five meters wide and 24 meters long. Dr. S. Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

Paul Sisko created a Slinky sculpture measuring 50 feet long and six feet high. It has 14 spiral rings and is currently on display as an outside sculpture at DeSales University at Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

N. Karthik from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a spin wheel toy mosaic measuring five meters wide and five meters long. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

S. Praveen from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a straw mosaic measuring eight meters wide and six meters long. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

C. Kausik from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a thumbprint painting measuring 10 meters wide and 10 meters long. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

Simon Jansen made an ASCII animation (ASCIImation) film of the scenes fromStar Wars: Episode IVthat was 18 minutes and 30 seconds in length.

Nine people participated in a 900-meter exquisite corpse relay race, a new world record. The first participant ran 100 meters and drew part of a person on their t-shirt. The shirt was then transferred to the next relay member, who put it on and added to the first person’s drawing while running. This was done repeatedly, with each person running 100 meters, until the drawing of the person was complete. The record was set on June 17, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The relay participants were Jessica Dunn, Lindsay Gerlach, Courtney Hacker, Flounder Lee, Paul Miller, Kurt Nettleton, Kyle Channing Smith, Victoria Son and Courtney Ware. Lamar Richcreek was present as a witness.

A group of students at Chinmaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India made a finger painting that measures 504.75 meters in length.

Wedge, a Detroit-based design firm, created a hopscotch course measuring 3.75 miles in length. They set the record in collaboration with Imagine Detroit Together, in partnership with the Detroit Design Festival, and with help from over 100 Detroiters from ages four to seventy-four. The course was displayed around midtown and downtown Detroit for those looking to get hoppy. Read more about the feat here.

A student at the Indu International School performed an Indian classical dance for 13 hours.

Rajesh, a Sydney-based photographer and cinematographer, took eight hours to capture portraits of 1,010 individuals. He set the record during the India-Australia Friendship Fair in Sydney, Australia.

Vivek K. constructed a miniature bridge made out of popsicle sticks. The bridge measures 140 feet long. It took him nine days to create the entire bridge and he used a total of 35,000 sticks and 150 char papers.

Sirajudeen Kamal Batcha carved 109 pieces of mirror that measures 66.74 meters long. The artwork displayed Arabic Kufi calligraphy of Asmaul Husna, Allah, and Muhammad. It took him 58 days to finish the entire carving.

A student at the Chinmaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India made a portrait of the national flag of India that measures 216.23 meters in length.