Main Worm

Főkukac

I. District (BUDAVÁR) Hungarian Childhood

A small, broadly grinning worm with a chunky nose, sitting contentedly on the embankment wall – Kolodko's very first guerrilla sculpture in Budapest, appearing at the latest in December 2016 (the exact day isn't documented, since Kolodko often installs his works in secret). He comes from the legendary Hungarian cartoon series "A nagy Ho-Ho-Horgász" (The Great Ho-Ho Angler) from the 1980s.

When Kolodko moved to Budapest in 2016, he barely spoke a word of Hungarian. To learn the language together with his daughters, the family watched Hungarian children’s shows — and Fokukac became their favorite. For Hungarians, the worm is pure childhood nostalgia; for the artist, he was a symbol that he had cast his line in Budapest.

An identical statue exists in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, where Kolodko was born — a quiet thread connecting his two homelands across a border.

AddressOn the embankment wall at Bem-Ufer 15.

GPS47.502401, 19.040004

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