Izzy the Frog in Lumina Land is an experiential exhibition, which will lead the viewers/participants through a landscape of reflective ponds of water, moving images and light, glass structures, bubbling water tanks, a series of large drawn images, accompanied by a sound track produced in collaboration with Istvan Peter B'Racz.

The exhibition illustrates stories of the evolution of our relationship with toads and frogs as symbols of transformation through multicultural myths and as the species of warning of universal ecological breakdown. Bringing Izzy the Frog to an urban setting, creating surrealistic installations of
media art of and about nature in the Housatonic Museum will emphasize the need for environmental awareness beyond rural locations. The sound of a frog can be heard in nearly any environment that provides water. We all know what the sound is like. Children will know the sound from stories-fairy tales
to contemporary.

The Izzy exhibition will create a multisensory experience that will be so engaging that the audience will be drawn to spend time within the exhibition to discover the source of the imagery-the use of the frog image throughout human history to represent change and transformation. Accompanying frog music
will be triggered by the participants through sensors.

The exhibition is intended to pull together the interests and audiences of the Beardsley Zoo, with their amphibian exhibit, the Ball Park at Harbor Yard, with their public appeal, and the Housatonic Museum to create a series of works that will both offer a wondrous and unique experience for all ages while
introducing an educational opportunity to become proactive in environmental stewardship. The combined efforts of these three institutions will make a significant contribution in bringing the variety of populations in Fairfield County and beyond, and offer a unique opportunity for visitors from other parts of the
state and the northeast to visit Bridgeport.

There will be an accompanying catalogue, with a brief history of frogs, to include allegorical figures in world cultures and their biological history around the world and throughout time. We are seeking contributions from biologists from Yale University and the Beardsley Zoo.

TICKETS Free and open to the public during daily hours
www.housatonicmuseum.org

A DECADE OF MAGIC
IZZY AT THE BEARDSLEY ZOO
Sunday, June 27, 10 AM - 3 PM
Beardsley Zoo
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Projects2k is very excited to explore a program for Izzy at the Beardsley Zoo to accompany the Izzy the Frog in Lumia Land exhibition opening at the Housatonic Museum in June 2004. Terrarium: Izzy the Frog in Lumina Land, is a multimedia performance and family festival at the Ball Park at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport in July 2004.

Elements of our Izzy Day:

• Children's program of frog story telling with craft activities. Projects2k educational designers will collaborate with the Zoo's educational staff to create a wonderful amphibian environment to accompany the programs.
• Ecological presentations by Zoo Director, Gregg Dancho about the importance of the health of frogs as related to the health of the environment. How the Terra formed a Zoo pond to create an environment for the return of the frog and toad population after experiencing a "silent spring." Others from
  the Department of Environmental Protection and University of Connecticut biologists will be invited to participate as well.
• Dancers will gather children for a parade to the stage where a concert of Istvan Peter B'Racz's (Projects2k Music Director) music, may be mixed with frog and toad sounds. We are hoping to engage Dr. Kentwood Wells, expert on frog vocalization at the University of Connecticut, to collaborate with B'Racz for this concert.

TICKETS All programs are included in price of Zoo admission
$7 Adults; $5 Children 3 - 11, Seniors, & Handicapped; Children under 3 are free
www.beardsleyzoo.org