The Discovery Project is an ongoing multi-disciplinary artistic collaboration and presentation by: Josh Nelson, music component/composer/pianist; Travis Flournoy, video; and Claudia Carballada, Jesse Ottinger, art installation.
The Discovery Project explores the thematic works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, fusing musical modernism with vintage film clips and visual installations of sci-fi and ‘steampunk’ imagery.
Each unique installation creates an immersive experience for the audience, utilizing original music compositions and a variety of concrete and abstract moving images projected onto sculptural forms, and subsequently transforming a space entirely. The original concept behind The Discovery Project was conceived alongside pianist/composer’s Josh Nelson's album release Discoveries (2011).