{"id":316,"date":"2020-09-07T13:22:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T17:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/?p=316"},"modified":"2020-09-07T13:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T17:22:34","slug":"jen-lewin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/jrenglander\/jen-lewin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen Lewin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jen Lewin is an artist based in New York City who specializes in large, interactive installation sculptures that incorporate light, sound, and complex software. All of her pieces have a common idea, to create an active connection between the artist and the audience. Lewin\u2019s career started with small permanent installations that could only work with a few people. As she progressed, her works got bigger and included more people in multiple ways from playing with to collaborating on her projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Flux Chandelier at University of Akron Ohio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

 One project that highlights the beginning of her career is the Flux Chandelier<\/em> 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 \u201cconnected art experience in the space.\u201d From this series, Lewin began exploring the relationship between the audience and artwork further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People interacting with On Point<\/em> by Jen Lewin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Flux Chandelier only had one reaction to audience participation while other works of Lewin\u2019s allowed the audience to convey a message through her art, such as On Point<\/em>. In Lewin\u2019s description of the On Point<\/em>, she said participants \u201care invited to point and rotate the pointers as desired, allowing the artist to impact the art.\u201d In On Point<\/em>, 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<\/em> and take it beyond what Jen Lewin originally intended. Her larger installations further the idea of encouraging audience creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group of people collectivly interacting with the Chandelier Harp by Jen Lewin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One of Lewin\u2019s larger works is the Chandelier Harp<\/em>, which adds more possibilities than On Point<\/em> or the Flux Chandelier<\/em>. The Chandelier Harp<\/em> 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 \u201cstring.\u201d 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\u2019s larger works aim to allow as many people as possible to enjoy and be creative with her works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pool by Jen Lewin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Pool<\/em>, a more recent work of Lewin\u2019s, precisely exemplifies the concept of including the audience. The Pool<\/em> 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<\/em> 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<\/em> allows people to \u201cpaint and splash light collaboratively.\u201d To enable further collaboration, The Pool<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jen Lewin is an artist based in New York City who specializes in large, interactive installation sculptures that incorporate light, sound, and complex software. All of her pieces have a common idea, to create an active connection between the artist and the audience. Lewin\u2019s career started with small permanent installations that could only work with… <\/p>\n

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