Kolodko: Among Us

"Kolodko placed a mini statue of 2 boots on a skateboard, on a side of the new Ethnography Museum, in 1956’s Square. According to the artist, this is the only statue that he planned to install on a specific day: October 23 is, in fact, it’s the national holiday commemorating the revolution of 1956 against the Soviet regime. During the revolution, the people of Budapest tore down the massive statue of Stalin which was standing right in the square by the City Park. Stalin’s boots, the only part of the statue that “resisted” the revolution, remained a symbol of the communist regime in Hungary, and this place was called “Boots Square” for years. There are two boots, one for the past (Stalin), and one for the current oppression. The mini boots have the bones sticking out: on one side it’s a symbol for the need to cut the system that led to the current war, on the other, a reference to a popular video game “Among Us”. The boots are on a skateboard, because the new museum, which opened in May 2022, is shaped like a skate ramp."

"ℹ️ INSIDER INFO: According to the description of WeLoveBudapest article: The statue was placed on Ötvenhatosok Square, because the Stalin statue once stood here, of which only the two boots remained after it was toppled during the 1956 revolution. And the skateboard probably refers to the fact that the recently opened museum resembles a giant skating rink."