Démarche The recent photo-based and video work of Bettina Hoffmann deals with conflicts, non-verbal communication and the unspoken. Using everyday, banal scenes, she photographs or constructs complex situations of people in an atmosphere of feigned indifference, desperate seduction and veiled humiliation. The result is unsettling, sometimes to a humorous or even ridiculous extent, mirroring human relations in social, intimate and sexual respects. Her installations and photos are referring to ancient paintings and frescos, as well as films and snapshot photography. The cinematographic element is present, which raises questions of reality, fiction.and suggestion, psychological projection, drama and time.