Starting with an interactive globe showing the Earth’s karst areas, Hidden Voyages will scale down to a crawly cave passage for those up to the challenge. When it is complete, you can go on a voyage of exploration of the world of caves and karst. The Hidden Voyages exhibit is the second phase of the Cave Discovery Zone and the first interior permanent exhibit. We hope to inspire visitors to learn about cave and karst natural and cultural resources, gain an appreciation for caves and karst landscapes, and share this appreciation with others.
Visitors will learn rope climbing, rappelling, and other techniques used to explore and study caves, as well as some of the basic science behind the rope fun. The Cave Discovery Zone will open at our headquarters, in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with the launch of our first experiential exhibit-the DropZone. It is our passion for cave and karst that drives our design concepts for unique learning experiences. We hope to inspire visitors to learn about cave and karst natural and cultural resources, to develop an appreciation for caves and karst landscapes, and to share this appreciation with others. Weihl is also a founding member of experimental pop band Fenster.We love caves and want to share this world with others. Influences and inspiration include Art of Noise, Laurie Anderson, Kraftwerk, Arthur Russsel, Mamman Sanni and Alice Coltraine. A mere surface containing the space it represents, at once illusion and real reproduction. We believe that Creating + Learning FUN, and we strive to follow this basic principle in all that we do. A holograph is both less and more than it seems. At Discovery Kidzone, our vision is to provide high-quality and unique educational environments and provide early learning experiences that build a solid foundation and passion for life-long learning. A fitting image for an album that plays with the idea and definition of what it is to be real. The cover of Remote Control is adorned with a holographic key. Like Sophia, we are confronted with the question of whether our mediated encounters with the world leave us the same as we were before, remake us, or leave us somewhere in between – still ‘Sophia’, yet “Sophia Again.” Do our expressions of wonder truly emerge from us, or are they programmed responses? We share with Sophia a certain existential uncertainty as we move through time. On Remote Control, Weihl lovingly reshapes these humble sonic elements with the assistance of producer ET and Fenster bandmate Lucas Ufo, a/k/a WORLD BRAIN.Īt the midpoint of Remote Control, Weihl provides an instrumental backing to a dialogue between a siri-like robot named Sophia and one of her creators. Ubiquitous copies define our world as much as marvels of innovation do the keyboard preset and drum machine default have just as much claim to being the sound of cybernetic pop as the algorithmic virtual instrument and the AI song writing tool. But the future into which we have arrived is built of mass-produced sensors and microprocessors, the endlessly proliferating plastics that link us together in a superhuman web of communication and surveillance. When music attempts to evoke the cutting edge, it tends to reach for newly synthesized tones, impossibly glossy, surreal, alien. Utilizing sci-fi and lo-fi aesthetics in the deep web, the sonic and lyrical themes of nostalgia, paradox, love, physics and philosophy are further explored and enhanced by visual journeys through second life and the fun house mirror of the internet. Presenting a wild curation of green screen, found footage, and original material, the visual palette is one of digital bricolage – weaving narratives out of youtube videos, personal beach vacation footage, television commercials, early computer animations, and 3d renderings. Live visuals and music videos are a big part of Discovery Zone.
Nostalgia is mixed into more synthetic sound worlds, each song dipping into past and future sonic landscapes. The experimental aspects of Weihl’s music are reflected in the spectrum of playful aesthetics, maintaining a strong focus on emotional and accessible pop melodies. Weihl implements drum machines, vocoder, sound collage, theremin and electric guitar, creating a small laboratory both in the studio and on stage. There are bits of sound collage and a lot of operatic robot choirs woven through tight emotional electronic pop. In her hands, the limitations of the default setting form a territory of unbounded experimentation, from the system-notification synth funk of “Dance II” to the trance incantations of “Blissful Morning Dream Interpretation Melody.” Her album Remote Control, with its palette of chimes, chirps and shimmers, is a glowing meditation on our contradictory moment in history. New York born, Berlin based musician and film maker JJ Weihl is set to release her debut solo record as Discovery Zone on June 5th via cult Berlin label Mansions and Millions.
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