Associate Professor Maya Durham Rayner appreciates the orderly nature of the scientific process, particularly the practice of observation and experimentation as a method for arriving at truth and meaning. That act of discovery, present in both the space of a science lab and within the artist’s studio, forms a common thread throughout her process and work. Her practice often uses a scientific aesthetic and procedures of analysis, ordering, and experimentation to explore different cultural structures through installation, photography, print, and video work.