Research Catalog

Title

Counterfactualism in the fine arts / Elke Reinhuber.

Author

Reinhuber, Elke, 1970-

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Description

xiv, 195 pages : illustrations (black and white); 25 cm.

Summary

"Counterfactual thinking has become an established method to evaluate decisions in a range of disciplines, including history, psychology and literature. Elke Reinhuber argues it also has valuable applications in the Fine Arts and popular media. A fascination with the path not taken is a logical consequence of a world saturated with choices. Art which provokes and explores these tendencies can help to recognise and contextualise the impulse to avoid or endlessly revisit individual or collective decisions. Reinhuber describes the term in broad strokes through the disciplines, to show how counterfactualism finds shape in contemporary art forms, especially in photography, film, immersive and interactive media art. (such as 360° content, virtual reality and augmented reality). She analyses the different stages of counterfactuals with examples where artists experience counterfactual thoughts in the process of art production, explore these thoughts in their artwork, or where the artwork itself evokes counterfactual thoughts in the audience. A fascinating exploration for scholars and students of Art, Media and the Humanities, and anybody else with an interest in choices, the art of decision making and counterfactualism"--

Series Statement

Routledge advances in art and visual studies

Uniform Title

Routledge advances in art and visual studies.

Subject

• Art > Philosophy
• Counterfactuals (Logic)
• Art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of illustrations -- Illustration credits -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Counterfactualism in the Fine Arts -- 2. Pluriverse and the Best of All Possible Worlds. Psychology : Counterfactual thinking ; Historiography : Counterfactual history ; Philosophy : Possible worlds ; Economics : Counterfactual analysis ; Language : Counterfactual conditionals ; Physics : Probability flux ; Game theory : Backward induction ; Uniting the research in counterfactualism ; Notes -- 3. Wind Back the Film of Life. Fact or fiction ; Forking-path literature ; Performing alternative lives ; Endless variations ; Extended reality ; Notes -- 4. Step 1 : Choice : A Starting Point for the Moral Dilemma. Forking paths as a metaphor for choice : I know where I'm going! ; The omnidirectional video 'Secret Detours' ; Notes -- 5. Step 2 : Decisions : A User's Manual. Freedom of choice ; Learning to decide ; Influences on decisions ; Divination methods in everyday life ; Fortune telling / palmistry in the fine arts ; An artistic exploration of choices and decisions ; Blank chance ; Decisions with 3 Tesla ; Notes -- 6. Step 3 : Counterfactual Thoughts. Experiencing counterfactual thoughts ; Revealing counterfactual thoughts ; Evoking counterfactual thoughts ; Multichannel video installations ; Non-linear narratives ; Augmented reality ; Notes -- 7. The Manifesto for Counterfactualism -- 8. If Only I Had... (Concepts for Counterfactual Artworks). Progressing towards a counterfactual artwork ; Immersion : Decidophobia ; A counterfactual narrative : Venomenon ; Retrospective considerations ; Closing considerations ; Notes -- 9. All Possible Futures -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JQE 23-248

ISBN

• 9780367709051
• 0367709058
• 9780367709068
• 0367709066

LCCN

2022009403

OCLC

1305502070

Author

Reinhuber, Elke, 1970- author.

Title

Counterfactualism in the fine arts / Elke Reinhuber.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge advances in art and visual studies

Routledge advances in art and visual studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

AUTH: CITY UNIVERSITY, HONG KONG.

Other Form:

Online version: Reinhuber, Elke, 1970- Counterfactualism in fine arts Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023 9781003148449 (DLC) 2022009404

Research Call Number

JQE 23-248