Bettina Pousttchis installation confronts the viewer with a contradictory atmosphere. A monitor displays a continous loop that shows parts of an audience during an event. In the stands we see cheering crowd starting the 'la ola' over and over again. The pictures show jostling, screaming and hysteria - but everything is without sound. The accoustic part occurs only in the imagination of the viewer, who gets carried away in spite of the absolute silence. The artists attention is not focussed on the celebrated star but on the cheering crowd of fans. Untited by their common enthusiasm it is they who become the stars in this work. In the mass, the personal identity is replaced by identification with the others, a fact that is also stressed by the uniform fan clothing. The group portraits on the walls support this idea. The stage-like props reverse the perspective between being on stage and being back-stage, between private and public sphere.