{"id":176,"date":"2015-09-26T19:07:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T19:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2015-09-26T19:07:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T19:07:27","slug":"nicole-rayburn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/?page_id=176","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Rayburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-177\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-177 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Nicole Rayburn\" data-height=\"500\" data-width=\"1200\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_177\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_177\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-180 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-09-26 17:46:34\" data-filename=\"UsThemThemUs_Still_kick_Rayburn-copy-1200x500.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/UsThemThemUs_Still_kick_Rayburn-copy-1200x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-177 slide-180 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-181 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-09-26 17:46:39\" data-filename=\"UsThemThemUs_the-right_Rayburn-1200x500.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/UsThemThemUs_the-right_Rayburn-1200x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-177 slide-181 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-182 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-09-26 17:46:44\" data-filename=\"UsThemThemUs_washing-machine_Rayburn-1200x500.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/UsThemThemUs_washing-machine_Rayburn-1200x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-177 slide-182 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-179 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-09-26 17:46:29\" data-filename=\"UsThemThemUs_souls_Rayburn_web-1200x500.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/UsThemThemUs_souls_Rayburn_web-1200x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-177 slide-179 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>UsThemThemUs is a video comprised of statements extracted from sci-fi cinema in which characters attempt to articulate a boundary between humans and non-humans. These declarations of difference desperately seek to establish delineations between human and machine and animal, yet often resort to nebulous-to-define traits such as emotion, belief, or the soul. Rather than establish clear definitions of what the human is or is not, these attempts instead reveal a slippery space of boundary determinations. Also revealed are the anxieties and pejorative associations entangled with notions of difference and otherness, particularly when \u2018the other\u2019 begins to become the same\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The prevalence of films and TV series such as Bladerunner, Terminator, and Battlestar Gallactica reveal the modern-day anxiety surrounding the boundary between the \u2018natural\u2019 and the \u2018unnatural\u2019. Fragmented sentences extracted from these sources scroll through the video, overlap, become entangled and overwhelmingly incomprehensible at points. The delineations used to define the human \u2013 soul, emotion, or belief \u2013 are vague and intangible and do little to establish clarity between the human versus the non-human.<br \/>\nThe visual fragments are sourced from online videos and show humans somewhat violently interacting with non-humans \u2013 in one clip and baby and child are attacking one another, and in another humans kick robots. Historically, humans have defined themselves in contrast to animals, which was also a continually complicated and fluctuating terrain, yet the contemporary threat is clearly becoming the machine. The response of the Robotic Dogs to the human kicks in the video shows the scientific breakthrough of the robot responding to an unexpected change in the environment and immediately adapting and stabilizing itself. This development is significant in the scientific community, yet also veers towards the actual realization of an artificial intelligence that has only been until recently, anxiously dreamed about by writers and filmmakers. As the machine and the human rapidly become closer in capability, we must contemplate the realities of what this new relationship with \u2018the other\u2019 will mean, and the potential manifestations that it can take.<\/p>\n<h1>About the artist<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Portrait_Nicole-Rayburn.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Portrait_Nicole-Rayburn-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait_Nicole Rayburn\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Portrait_Nicole-Rayburn-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Portrait_Nicole-Rayburn-1024x923.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/fuse2015.thefusefactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Portrait_Nicole-Rayburn.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>My multi-media artistic practice is a blundering convergence of the use of language, video, and absurdity. My work critically explores terrains such as human\/nonhuman relations, contemporary socio-political issues, and concepts of boundary and transgression through topics such as religion, science and popular culture. I currently reside in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Website:<br \/>\nwww.nicolerayburn.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UsThemThemUs is a video comprised of statements extracted from sci-fi cinema in which characters attempt to articulate a boundary between humans and non-humans. 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