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The work is composed of several elements: a sculpted male head that grows directly from the feet, and a cross protruding from the head, on which silicone worms have been placed. A few worms are spread next to it on the floor. The work was on display at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Opole. Visible from the street, it caused a scandal due to its obscene associations. At the time, the press noted: “The sculpture, whose main element is a cross hung with objects resembling <<worms or genitals>> appeared in the exhibition. It is intended to stimulate reflection on the pandemic.”

Exhibition curator Łukasz Kropiowski wrote: “Głowostóp/The Cephalopod is stuck beneath some burdock plants. It does not and cannot go anywhere, not only because of its anatomy, which is hardly very mobile, but also because its head is pressed against the ground with a stone. […] Communing with nature or the symbols of spirituality, perhaps even secret knowledge, all on display here, are stripped of the innate sense of striving for spiritual perfection, turning into a vision of mundane numbness and oppression. It is rather difficult to decide whether these are the artist’s impressions of life in lockdown, or simply the experience of Polish reality in recent years…”