Nike create a sculpture out of 5,500 footballs in Carlton Mall Atrium in Johannesburg. It is the centrepiece of a Nike installation promoting the firm’s kits and boots for the World Cup. He is also the result of over a year’s work by Ratcliffe Fowler  and Nike’s Global Creative Football team.  The sculpture uses 5,500 ‘Brasilian Skill Balls” – smaller, heavier versions of regular footballs used to practice skills with – and is, roughly, based on Carlos Tevez. The balls are held together using 10km of cable with the whole thing weighing in at 4.75 tons.  The sculpture is up until the end of the tournament, then there are plans to give the balls to local schoolchildren.

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