Bettina C Hutschek

Domino Essayfilm Mini DV, 10�40�, 2007 Documentary images and historical maps mingle into a poetical explanation of fate and society: the construction and deconstruction of society depends on the games of the gods as culture-producing element. A voice-off explains the �rules� of the game and their applications on humanity. The mythological character of the story constrasts the pseudo-scientific descriptions, thus leaving the question of the real nature of the �gods� or the controlling force of destiny.

Website: http://www.bettina-hutschek.com

Formally speaking, my artistic work generates various forms: essay films, book works or performances. All work is based on the work with language, text forms and narrative practices. Regarding the content, I always try to create �transitory spaces� � these transits are situated between different layers of fiction and reality or between the roles inside and outside the art field. Starting from a close observation of �reality�s� fragments, I invent a narrative fiction that I superpose over the first. This method of juxtaposing fiction and reality and intertwining them through narration produces hybrid effects: these transits procreate mental spaces, mythological narrations (considering �myth� a basic form of human interpretation of reality, unlike scientific explanations assigning a final purpose to the object of observation), �world explanations�, often-poetical narrations, which subtly question the politics of images or situations, offering metaphors about contemporaneous phenomena.

Categories: Visual Arts, Multi-Discipline, Film / Video, Artist Books, Camera, Conceptual, Fiction Writing, Performance Art, Public Art, Storytelling