Kocúrkovo lost Capital of Culture 2014 | Obec Kocúrkovo

It is disgrace. Kocúrkovo has lost odds and ends of its reputation last week, when as the hottest candidate for European Capital of Culture 2014 was smashed by an unknown little town Umeå located somewhere in the forests of northern Sweden. Our mayor is asking himself, when Kocúrkovo will come to the light? When our peculiar heritage will be revealed? Our editorial staff kept an eye on him.

In Kocúrkovo, nobody had any doubts. Mysterious image of untouched, hidden, always surprising village was seen as an asset that bring here glory, interest and considerable income. Plan was ambitious - organizing open-air festival of B-side movies, endless jam sessions of postpunkpseudojazztriphopexperimentalantirockpopulist artists, exhibitions showing underground work of local misunderstood artists or transforming our medieval architecture into functionalist housing estates.

Something went wrong. Really wrong. One could say, nothing new happened in Kocúrkovo. However, this time the eyes of the whole Europe turned at our village and expected to observe almost a miracle - backyard of Europe transforming into mainstream and bringing an alternative to present ways of development. The mayor is dissapointed: "It was too much for them. They say they need a different view, but when we presented our vision of local dictatorship, they refused. Democracy is the terror of the masses. They speak about cultural diversity. Bullshit. Culture without regulation turns into anarchia. Kocúrkovo will continue on its own road to sustainability. Kocúrkovo doesn't need culture at all!" What a pity. Kocúrkovo still remains alone in its unique paradigma. Good luck Kocúrkovo!