Cover me softly" borrows the cover song as a model for exploring cycles of knowledge and authorship in contemporary creative production. It encourages us to look beyond the demand for originality and consider what's possible if we begin with everything already in front of us. In parallel with the 2024 edition of Beta, the Timisoara Architecture Biennial, this publication presents the work of numerous architects, designers, musicians, artists, lawyers, psychoanalysts, writers, and directors. In a series of essays, interviews, and image juxtapositions, these contributors propose various definitions of the cover by mapping the term onto a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.

Editor: Oana Stanescu, Chase Galis, Something Fantastic

Contributions by Nuar Alsadir, Benji B, Alice Bucknell, Jonah Coe-Scharff, Alyce Currier, Iman Fayyad, Chase Galis, Juliana Huxtable, Nate Jobe, Radu Jude, R.H. Lossin, Ciro Miguel, Cosmin Nicolae, Irina Rice, Sonia Sobrino Ralston, Oana Stanescu & Raha