LEAPFROG

AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

The childhood game of leapfrog is best played with someone your size. With that in Mind, the installation “Leapfrog” is a human-sized glowing Leopard Frog, ready to play with you (or at least, pose for a photo!)

“Leapfrog” symbolizes the Edmonton Valley Zoo’s dedication to the Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Project. This project is crucial in giving these adorable and threatened amphibians a jump-start in repopulating specific wetlands across British Columbia.

“Leapfrog” will be 3D-printed from biodegradable corn-based PLA sourced locally from Canadian Filaments or Recycled PLA from Reflow, which creates 3D-printing filaments from food packaging waste. It will be lit internally with low-voltage LEDs. The frog will be hung from a stand made from metal and wood.

Guests will be encouraged to crouch beneath and pose in a game of leapfrog with the art piece. Frogs are fabulous at jumping, but sometimes it’s easier when they have a bit of a boost from the shoulders of someone like you!

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

TREW FACKS.

Trew Facks is a local character and purveyor of whimsical Edmonton-themed creations. For last year’s Zoominescence, Trew and GABS teamed up to create a life-sized Fibre-optic Porcupine Lantern, which rode across the city in a bicycle trailer and caught a lift downtown on ETS On-Demand Transit on its way to the zoo. This year, Trew hopes to transport Leap Frog in a similar highly visible, active-transport fashion (strolling across the city with a glowing frog backpack, perhaps?)

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