The series "The Geometry of Innocence" is presented for the first time during Noorderlicht. Control, complexity and power are important themes in Schles' (1960) new work. He has focused on specific areas of contemporary life, such as hospitals, street life in a large city or work on an aircraft carrier, the central idea being that everyone is a participant in a particular organisation. Human culture consists of social matrixes and power structures that are incomprehensible to the individual, and on which one hardly has any grip. People use their so-called innocence to free themselves of their responsibility in society, using excuses as "I didn't know any better" or "I has nothing to do with it" to absolve themselves.

According to Schles', "Geometry of Innocence" is the idea that the degree of involvement of people in society differs continuously. People do not realise that their actions may have consequences for others: "What we do determines the quality of the world in which we live."