One project that highlights the beginning of her career is the Flux Chandelier series. Composed of multiple custom lights with motion sensors mounted on the bottom, the flux chandelier changes color from bluish purple to yellow and brightens when someone walks or stands underneath it. The goal of this was to allow the audience to change the ambient lighting in the space around the chandelier. Doing so, as Lewin described, will create a “connected art experience in the space.” From this series, Lewin began exploring the relationship between the audience and artwork further.

The Flux Chandelier only had one reaction to audience participation while other works of Lewin’s allowed the audience to convey a message through her art, such as On Point. In Lewin’s description of the On Point, she said participants “are invited to point and rotate the pointers as desired, allowing the artist to impact the art.” In On Point, the audience decides what is important to the piece. For instance, pointing all the arrows toward an individual will shift the focus of the piece to that person. This enables the audience to add their own creativity to On Point and take it beyond what Jen Lewin originally intended. Her larger installations further the idea of encouraging audience creativity.

One of Lewin’s larger works is the Chandelier Harp, which adds more possibilities than On Point or the Flux Chandelier. The Chandelier Harp is a laser harp that is hung from the ceiling or held up by a custom stand. The harp plays a sound every time a person interrupts the laser. Also, the sound differs depending on the amount of time the person strums a “string.” This allows for even more creativity as the harp can allow multiple people to play. In addition, other versions of the harp are expanded to allow more people to enjoy the piece together. Many of Lewin’s larger works aim to allow as many people as possible to enjoy and be creative with her works.

The Pool, a more recent work of Lewin’s, precisely exemplifies the concept of including the audience. The Pool is composed of multiple large circular pads that light up and change color when stepped on. Currently, this work is a temporary piece that moves around the world. The concept behind The Pool is to create a giant space for people to play with and express themselves. Furthermore, the more people that join in, the more complex and mesmerizing the piece is. As Lewin described, The Pool allows people to “paint and splash light collaboratively.” To enable further collaboration, The Pool has a mobile app counterpart that allows people to control the colors remotely and essentially allow the participants to control the arts colors, impact, and message.