The term was first coined by James Joyce in Chapter 15 of . The Oxford English Dictionary gives its meaning as, 'of or relating to the philosophy of the brothel'.

is a video installation for the Smallest Gallery in Soho at 62 Dean Street. The work of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) is interpreted by porn star Spurt Reynolds (b. 1971).

Søren Kierkegaard is notoriously difficult to understand, but at the same time he is regarded as one of the 19th Century's most important thinkers about the human condition.

Spurt Reynolds offers his own easy-to-understand, and often touching, commentary on Kierkegaard's most important ideas including the nature of anxiety, despair, existence and passion.

'PORNOSOPHICAL PHILOTHEOLOGY. METAPHYSICS IN MECKLENBURG STREET!'(Ulysses 1922)

SØREN KIERKEGAARD: ANXIETY IS THE DIZZINESS OF FREEDOM

SPURT REYNOLDS: I GET ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME / I GET ANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING OLD

KIERKEGAARD: THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DESPAIR IS NOT BEING WHO YOU ARE

SPURT REYNOLDS: I SAY I'M 36 WHEN I'M REALLY 42 / I'D LIKE TO BE YOUNG AGAIN, GOOD LOOKING, DRIVE A NICE CAR / BUT WHAT AM I REALLY? A MIDDLE-AGED MAN

KIERKEGAARD: THE SPECIIFC CHARACTER OF DESPAIR IS PRECISELY THAT IT IS UNAWARE OF BEING DESPAIR

SPURT REYNOLDS: I'VE BEEN IN A STATE OF DESPAIR NOT KNOWING WHY / I REALISE IT'S ALL DOWN TO ME NOT TELLING THE TRUTH / THE WORST THING OF ALL IS WHEN THE TRUTH SOUNDS LIKE A LIE

KIERKEGAARD: IT IS BETTER TO GET LOST IN THE PASSION THAN TO LOSE THE PASSION

SPURT REYNOLDS: WE MADE LOVE AND IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME / BUT AS THE SUMMER ENDED THE ROMANCE ENDED AS WELL

KIERKEGAARD: LIFE HAS ITS OWN HIDDEN FORCES WHICH YOU CAN ONLY DISCOVER BY LIVING

SPURT REYNOLDS: SEEING OTHER BLOKES AND JEALOUSY IS A HIDDEN FORCE

KIERKEGAARD: LIFE IS NOT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED BUT A REALITY TO BE EXPERIENCED

SPURT REYNOLDS: I LOVE SEX A LOT

KIERKEGAARD: MANY OF US PURSUE PLEASURE WITH SUCH HASTE THAT WE HURRY PAST IT

SPURT REYNOLDS: I'VE RUSHED INTO THINGS JUST BECAUSE OF MY DICK / MY DICK DOES ALL THE TALKING

KIERKEGAARD: I STICK MY FINGER INTO EXISTENCE AND IT SMELLS OF NOTHING

SPURT REYNOLDS: I KNOW WHAT I LIKE TO STICK MY FINGER INTO

KIERKEGAARD: WHAT IF EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD WERE A MISUNDERSTANDING / WHAT IF LAUGHTER WERE REALLY TEARS?

SPURT REYNOLDS: EVERYBODY LAUGHING AT PEOPLE BURIED IN AN AVALANCE / EVERYBODY THINKING: GOD THAT COULD HAVE BEEN US / THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BE LAUGHTER - THAT WOULD BE TEARS

KIERKEGAARD: HOW CAN YOU DISCOVER SOMETHING THAT THOUGHT CANNOT THINK?

SPURT REYNOLDS: DO YOU STILL THINK WHEN YOU'RE DEAD? CAN YOU STILL SEE PEOPLE? / THAT'S A HORRIBLE THOUGHT - TO BE DEAD / I WISH I COULD LIVE FOREVER

For , Firrell references the aesthetics of Ed and Nancy Kienholz's (1983-8), an early example of installation art, admired by the artist for its novel re-creation of the red light district in Amsterdam.