Standing Waves is a curated, monthly, experimental live music format. Each edition presents a small-scale live performance in an intimate, social setting. The format is designed as an easy point of entry into Strata: open, relaxed, and accessible, while still allowing room for experimentation. It is not a concert series and not a party – it sits somewhere in between, encouraging people to stay, listen, move, and spend time together.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY,
LISTENING BECAME HARDER.
SO WE’RE STARTING A SMALL POETRY GATHERING AT STRATA
— A PLACE TO SLOW DOWN, TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM,
AND TO HEAR WORDS AS THEY ARE SPOKEN,
NOT FILTERED, NOT RUSHED.

By bringing together 10 contemporary Romanian artists, STRATA IS FAIR offers both a snapshot of the present moment in local art and an invitation to collect, connect, and support.

How can we begin to understand failure as a constructive fall? Whether emotional, professional, psychological, physical or political, what if failure, and the uncertainty that comes with it, are approached as playful, even generative, grounds?