Edgar Schmitz has described himself as ‘an artist working on the politics of confusion and ambient attitudes’. In his work he explores the new possibilities that open up when the sites and insitutional structures of artistic and curatorial production are reconfigured. He is also the co-director of the platform A Conversation in Many Parts, an international discursive platform for contemporary art. Recent exhibitions include British Art Show 7 – In The Days of the Comet, Hayward Gallery and touring (2010/11), extra added bonus material, FormContent (2010), Dictionary of War, Steirischer Herbst Graz (2006); A-C-A-D-E-M-Y, Vanabbemuseum Eindhoven (2006); and Liam Gillick: ‘Edgar Schmitz’, ICA London (2005). He has also written extensively on contemporary art, with contributions to Kunstforum International, Texte zur Kunst and artforum as well as contemporary, tema celeste and numerous catalogue essays, including texts on Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Phil Collins, on Brian Jungen’s animalities, on humour in Deleuze and Slominski, and on Sarah Morris’ LA. His book on Ambient Attitudes is under negotiation with Sternberg Press, Berlin/NY.