Furkant

is where it all began.

Est. VarnaSticker Nº 001

I.The Origin

Four boys, one café, a legend.

When the study association organised a trip to Varna, four students were left out of the selection. They went anyway.

Mees, Jonathan, Ruben and Furkant acquired their tickets separately and still made the trip. The living conditions of the apartment were questionable, but none of them regretted booking it.

After a long day, Furkant went home and went to bed while the other three went out to a café. Even out having fun, they didn't forget him, and began a legendary lore that took quite a few tries to get right.

They made the Furkant: a rotating image with his face on every side, spammed into the group chat from that café. Nobody suspected it would overwrite his real name.

The selection

Four names left off the list for the association's trip to Varna.

ii.

The apartment

A scuffed bathroom, the katerwater and the infamous criss cross sleeping position.

iii.

The café

Three boys out, one asleep. Many attempts later, a rotating cube is born.

iv.

The lexicon

A real name overwritten, and a vocabulary that is still growing daily.

“Furkant is where it all began.”

The Archive, Nº 001

II.The Lexicon

A vocabulary, still being written.

Furkant

/ˈfʊr.kɑnt/

noun, proper

The rotating cube bearing one man's face on every side. Also, by now, the man himself.

“Send the Furkant.”

furkansloos

/ˈfʊr.kɑn.sloːs/

adjective

Without Furkant. The state of a group chat, café or trip lacking its essential element.

“It's been a furkansloos week.”

furkanjer

/ˈfʊr.kɑn.jər/

noun

One who embodies the spirit of Furkant, knowingly or otherwise.

“What a furkanjer.”

katerwater

/ˈkaː.tər.ʋaː.tər/

noun

The water of the morning after. Standard issue in the Varna apartment.

“Pass the katerwater.”

criss cross

/krɪs krɒs/

noun, sleeping position

The arrangement four boys arrive at when an apartment has fewer beds than it should.

“Criss cross again tonight.”

& counting

New variations are invented daily.

III.The Founders

Left out, never left behind.

Mees

Co-author

ii.

Jonathan

Co-author

iii.

Ruben

Co-author

iv.

Furkant

The Muse, asleep

IV.The Archive

The sticker collection.

Nº 001

Lot Nº 001

The Furkant

The original. A rotating image with his face plastered on every side, first sent from a café in Varna. Animated, endlessly.

Origin: Varna, Bulgaria
Medium: Animated GIF
Authors: Mees, Jonathan & Ruben
Archived: 7 May 2026

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