Perth Voice Interactive

TWO local film-makers are seeking out anyone named Vincent for a Guinness World Record attempt at Dorrien Gardens.

Commissioned by Vincent city council as part of its annual film project, director Ashleigh Nicolau and writer Thomas Baskerville are documenting an attempt to gather at least 1101 people named Vincent to break the record.

The current “largest same name gathering—first name” record was set in Dubai back in 2005 with 1096 people named Mohammed.

It might be a tough task though: Mohammed’s the most popular name in the world with about 150 million people claiming it. In 2014 Vincent was roughly the 104th most popular name.

The Voice thought Vincent sounded like an old-man name but producer Jasmine Leivers says he’s had a few youngsters register interest “well, their parents did anyway, and we even have a one-year-old baby who is coming down”.

As for the significance of the target number, 1101: “It’s just a cool-looking number, we would be happy with 1097 to break the record!”

The Vincents in Vincent attempt is at Dorrien Gardens on November 29 at 1pm. Check out the Facebook page Viva La Vincent for more info, and Vincents should contact viva.la.vincent.perth@gmail.com to get on board.

by DAVID BELL