Haus Wittgenstein
Ergin Çavuşoğlu: The View from Above
Jon Bird: Wittgenstein’s Ladder

Artists Jon Bird (Wittgenstein’s Ladder) and Ergin Çavuşoğlu (The View from Above) reflect on the Viennese townhouse that philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed for his sister, Margarethe, in the 1920s. Selected from their recent exhibitions at Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, these works - anamorphic projections and sculptures (Çavuşoğlu), drawings, collages, and ceramics (Bird) - are their respective responses to the internal dynamics of Haus Wittgenstein.

Wittgenstein's only architectural project represented a problem-solving practice of space, place, and subject. The experience contributed significantly to rethinking his theories of language and meaning, from the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations. Ergin Çavuşoğlu’s investigations into informal architecture and sculpture, along with Jon Bird’s drawings and collages, serve as visual explorations of the shifting spatial relations, viewpoints, and sightlines that characterise Haus Wittgenstein, a ‘labyrinth of paths.