Suburban monsters were a pleasant surprise

The first workshop at the heat exchange station on Ružínska ulica at the Košice suburb of Terasa exceeded the organizers’ expectations. Several dozen children were able to turn the dingy façade of a typical suburban building of concrete into the center of attention of the passers-by.

The project involved children from the children’s home on Uralská ulica and small children center goers with their moms from Terasa suburb. The activity left neither local children nor adults indifferent. “What we initially planned with Rado Repický, exceeded our expectations. The children took on the role with such passion. It was pleasant to watch them as they ran around the façade with paint brushes and cups of paint,” said one of the organizers of the first creative workshop Suburban monsters by Richard Kitta from Pectus association. The activity that used up 30 kilos of various paint produced results you can see in the photographs.

The heat exchange station, which is now hard to overlook, will liven up again at 2 pm on Thursday, August 14. Experienced musicians such as Rado Zeleňák, Martin Skuban and lyrics writer Dalimír Stano will teach the participants of the workshop how to compose and write songs, and play the African congos under their direction. Both events have been organized by the local literary association Pectus in alliance with the project team of the European Capital of Culture 2013 candidacy.

Zuzana Lehotská