Ken Stange is a writer, visual artist, occasional scientific researcher, and a university lecturer on the psychology of art. He works in many forms and likes to mix his media. His works include poetry, fiction, arts journalism, scientific research reports, computer programs, philosophical essays, and visual art. He calls all his books "hypotheses" because of his interest in the integration of the sciences and the arts. An example is his book, A Smoother Pebble, A Prettier Shell, which is a collection of his art works integrated with poems and an extended essay on the relationship of science to visual art. A recent book, The Sad Science of Love, is a collection of erotic poetry informed by scentific metaphor. He is currently working on a major book on the similarities and differences of creativity in the arts and the sciences. He was the founder and editor of Nebula Magazine from 1975 to 1984 and currently edits the reincarnated Nebula as an Internet publication.
This room contains links to some of his empirical research and scientific projects.
Selected Publications/Presentations Reprinted Online (for full bibliography of scientific stuff see CV)
Stange, Ken
(2010). “Artist and Scientist: Recognizing and Resolving
their Differences”. Virtual presentation at Arts in Society
Conference, Sidney, Australia, and entire paper in press for
publication in The International
Journal of the Arts in Society.
Paper in PDF format
Stange, Ken (2010). “The Solemn Frivolity of Art And Charming Frigidity of Science.” Paper presented at The International Journal of Arts & Sciences Conference, University of Malta, and published in The International Journal of Arts & Sciences 3(8), 168-174.
Stange, Ken
(2010). “The Secret Agents of Art and Science”.
Paper presented at 21st Biennial Congress of International Association
of Empirical Aesthetics Conference, Dresden, Germany, and abstract
published in International
Association of Empirical Aesthetics Proceedings 2010.
Paper in PDF format
Stange, Ken
(2009). “Using Interactive Teaching Of Probability To Explain
Irrational Beliefs”, Invitational talk presented at ICTP
(International
Conference on the Teaching Of Psychology”, Vancouver, B.C.Ken
(2009).
Abstract
Stange, Ken (2009). “Chapter 1: Art Creation and Appreciation: Uniquely Human?” Human Characteristics: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Mind and Kind (eds. Hernik Hogh-Olesen, Preben Bertelsen, Jan Tonnesvang), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 21 pages. {Based on paper presented at "Human Mind – Human Kind: International Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Characteristics", University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2007}
Stange, Ken, Taylor, Shelley. (2008). “Relationship Of Personal Cognitive Schemas To The Labeling Of A Profound Emotional Experience As Religious-Mystical Or Aesthetic”. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 26(1), 35-47. {Based on paper presented at The XIX Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Avignon, France, 2006}.
Stange Ken. (2001). “Research Applications Of Computerized Measurements Of Response Times In Psychological Testing”. Paper presented at The 31st Annual Conference of The Society for Computers In Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
Stange, Ken.
(2000). “A 4-Parameter Model Of Visual Complexity In
Abstract Images And A Computer Program For The Empirical Investigation
Of Complexity, Pleasingness And Interestingness Of Images Based On The
Model”. Paper presented in New York at The XVI Congress of the
International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and abstract
published in Proceedings of XVI Congress of the
International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (ed. Paul Locher
and Lisa Smith) Montclair State University Press, 122.
Paper
Full Paper in HTML
format with screen shots
Link
to Free Research Software Developed for this study
Stange, Ken. (1998). “Intertwining The Two Cultures In The Year Two Thousand”, Paper presented in San Sebastian, Spain and published in Proceedings of the 1998 Mathematics & Design: Proceedings of Second International Conference (ed. Javier Barrallo), Universidad del Pais Vasco Press, 309-316.
Links
Email: Ken AT Stange DOT com
(Photo: 2009, Ursula Stange)