This work has been edited by Vanessa Joan Muller and Nicolaus Schafhausen. It includes contributions by Beatrice von Bismarck, Monica Bonvicini, Liam Gillick, Heiner Goebbels, Jorg Heiser, Max Hollein, Olaf Nicolai, Barbara Steiner, Thomas Wagner and more. This volume by the Cologne-based work-group European Kunsthalle is a collection of writings dealing with fundamental issues of contemporary art, facing new initiatives and institutions.