Abstract
Huts is a hybrid visual–philosophical essay exploring the strange intimacy between thought and shelter. Through a sequence of images and short prose fragments, it reflects on the huts of philosophers and artists—from Heidegger’s Black Forest cabin to Wittgenstein’s Norwegian retreat—as sites where solitude, asceticism, and imagination intersect. The piece combines documentary reference and irony, treating the “philosopher’s hut” both as a historical curiosity and as a persistent and sometimes comic fantasy of authenticity and withdrawal. Formally, it blurs the boundaries between essay, visual art, and conceptual satire.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Melbourne, N.S.W. |
| Publisher | Overland Literary Journal |
| Media of output | Online |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Aug 2025 |
Bibliographical note
Originally published in Overland Literary Journal. ISSN 0030-7416 (online).Keywords
- creative philosophy
- visual essay
- solitude
- authenticity (philosophy)
- irony
- place and thought