Loading Beta 2024

Loading Beta prepares the public in Timisoara and Resita for the autumn biennial with a programme announcing this year's theme, approach and locations. Architect Oana Stănescu, curator of the Beta 2024 exhibition, will reveal and discuss the theme of the 5th edition of the Biennial and a part of the selected contributors for the main exhibition. The venues which will host Beta 2024 in autumn will also be announced in a public discussion with the participants and other invited guests.

Collaboration with LINA fellows

Loading Beta takes place in Timișoara and Reșița, in the same venues as the September-October Biennial . Reșița is an industrial town 100 km away from Timișoara, set in a remarkably green landscape. The former industrial production sites are surrounded by diverse natural environs, and the city itself sits at the intersection of urban and natural. Our programme is set to take place on the site of the largest industrial platform, in production halls, greenhouses and villas scattered on a forest-like hilltop. We invited LINA Fellows Dérive and FFRU to contribute to the Loading Beta programme in Reșița due to their practices being particularly suited to the local context. Dérive will deliver a mental mapping workshop for high school students, in order to connect the industrial site to the rest of the city and to offer a tool for residents to discover the site. Foodscapes will host a talk discussing their practice and research in the context of local ecosystems.

The fellows' contribution to the Loading Beta Programme by dates

Thursday, 4 of April

Workshop for highschool students "Mental Mapping" with Dérive (NE)

Time: 11:00 

Location: Diesel Hall, UCMR platform, Reșița

Description: Dérive is a research collective working at the intersection of architecture, public space and urban strategies. The workshop proposes a discovery of industrial sites in the city and is addressed to highschool students from Reșița.

Sunday, 7th of April

Coffee talks with Oana Stănescu, Dérive (NE) and FFRU (ES)

Location: Blue Hall, UCMR platform, Reșița 

Time: 11:00

Description: We invite you to a talk in a relaxed setting, where the curatorial team and international guests from the LINA Platform will discuss their practice (Foodscapes) , the conclusions of the workshops (Dérive) and plans for the next event in relation to this year’s biennial theme.