[citation needed] In her work, Schmidt combines photographic and film techniques with predominately self written texts and develops installations for indoor and outdoor spaces.
"[1] At invitation by the Norwegian Goethe-Institut, Schmidt realized the art project I can't just be nowhere in the city center of Oslo, Norway, in 2009.
"The title I can't just be nowhere speaks to the character of the Oslo installation in the public space and refers to the essentials in Schmidt’s work, namely the presence of the human figure, the particular moment and the relationship to the location.
They are large format photographic and text works with privately looking themes and are positioned onto various exterior surfaces of houses, public buildings or shops.
This connected installation, which covered eleven sites in three inner urban districts of Oslo, assume ambivalence, as they oscillate between the intimate and the public.