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Spöke (Ghost) 2000, consists of five colour photographs of a nearly empty house as well as an installation of every day objects - chairs, fire extinguishers, a carpet, a pot plant. Until recently von Hausswolff's work has reflected the human body, more often than not expressing signs of damage and exploitation. In Spöke the body is absent altogether and the viewer is left with mere traces of human presence - a coil of electrical cords, a ceiling lamp, a pair of shoes, a flesh-coloured bra in an empty closet. These carefully staged tableaux are heavy with narratives of violence and mystery. Much of the tension in her photographs relies on their visual resemblance to documentary photography and photographs of reconstructed crimes. As a viewer you feel something has happened but exactly what remains unclear.