- October 18 at Mighty Mighty
To celebrate the release of Ulrich Haarburste's Novel of Roy Orbison in Cling Film Wellington publishing collective Lawrence & Gibson will attempt to break the world record for greatest quantity of people simultaneously wrapped in cling film (aka Glad wrap; plastic wrap).Guinness World Records note that no record currently exists. Yet after months of research Lawrence & Gibson has learnt that twelve people were simultaneously wrapped at a private event in San Francisco during March 1997. Unfortunately no photos were taken showing all twelve wrapped at one time, so to ensure the record is conclusively set, Richard Meros, a representative from Lawrence & Gibson, claims they will wrap “at least one hundred [people], if not many more.”
The record attempt will occur at The Mighty Mighty, Cuba St, Wellington on Thursday October 18 and afterwards the cling film will be melted into a statue of Roy Orbison to commemorate the event.
To quell any possible safety concerns with the practice, known in bondage circles as 'mummification', there will be five designated safety officers on hand, a steady supply of liquids along with what Meros describes as “a practiced method of wrapping.”
