The Water Tree is a collaboration between Denver-based artist Lawrence Argent and Jen Lewin.
Lawrence Argent approached Lewin in the fall of 2009 after seeing her interactive light sculpture The Pool. This conversation evolved into a collaboration to build The Water Tree, a dynamic fluid glowing form created from 52 fiberglass, wireless, LED bubbles.
Paint Torch is a permanent outdoor sculpture by Claes Oldenburg.
In 2010, Oldenburg and I met to discuss ways to elegantly incorporate technology and illumination within his proposed piece The Paint Torch. He had been inspired by some of my artwork, in particular, several illuminated pieces I created with Kreysler and Associates. We began working together almost immediately, spending over 12 months developing the subtle, yet elegant internal ‘glow’ you now see within the piece.
Long Harp is a traveling indoor 60 string light sculpture created in 2004 and designed for public play. Each of my light strings in the Long Harp can sense user movement, speed and tempo. Each string mixes its own library of sound to create a depth and tone that compliments public activity and random musical play.
The Long Harp is part of Lewin’s Laser Harp Series. Her Laser Harp series is an evolution of immersive installations using movement and laser light to trigger sound.
Created in 2005, The Arc Harp is an outdoor 60 string light sculpture designed for public play and is inherently interactive. The best part about seeing the Arc Harp in public is that you have moments when crowds flock to it and people start to play independently. In the group’s chaotic activity the piece comes to life as if everyone were unknowingly participating in a musical symphony. Each of the light strings in the Arc Harp can sense user movement, speed and tempo. Each string will mix its own library of sounds to create a depth and tone that compliments public activity and random or organized musical play.
The Laser Harp Series is an evolution of immersive installations using movement and laser light to trigger sound. Lewin has been creating light harps since the mid 1990′s. These harps have varied from art installations, stage and performance installations, and large outdoor sculptures.
Jen Lewin acted as part owner and was the original designer and architect of The Kitchen Boulder, The Upstairs, The Next Door (Boulder) and The Kitchen Denver. Working directly with partners Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson, Lewin helped to create what became the unique “Kitchen Style“. Like all of Lewin’s work, The Kitchen restaurants were designed to facilitate community, with a large community tables as the heart for each space.
Lewin also hand made much of the restaurants original decor, including all of the custom lighting.
Moths are three soft interactive robotic forms that are charged to movement by human connection. Moths are a participatory art piece; only by stopping and connecting physically do they come to life. The longer one stays, the longer the moth will continue to move even when the viewer leaves. Moths speak to light, to community, to gathering, and have an open ethereal dream like quality that will gracefully dance and glow in space.
Imagine a future where fluid transformation is prevalent. A future where boundaries between art, material, function and the human form stretch, blend and take new shape. The butterfly is a classical reference to metamorphosis. By creating something that blends humanity and art, another transformation takes shape. Nova takes art off the walls and into the world. This wearable installation speaks to light, to community, to gathering, and has an open ethereal dream like quality that gracefully dances and glows. From person to butterfly, from individual to art, this convergence is a conversation already happening in worldwide culture. Nova is meant to inspire graceful changes in the way we think about our relationship with technology and with each other.
Butterfly is a 10′ tall handmade interactive silk creature that moves and lights in response to human closeness. Approaching Butterfly ‘wakes it up’ and causes it to react to you with movement – each wing has 6 different areas that can sense human movement. As you move closer to a wing, it will move away from you at the same speed of your movement. Through curious interactions you can dance and play with a larger than life silk butterfly.
Each butterfly wing is a synthesis of silk, paint, and electronics. The wings are controlled by specially designed and printed circuit boards and analog proximity circuits cut to fit within the painted silk. Woven LEDS run from these boards throughout the painted wings, lighting up in animation as a user is near.
The eye piece is composed of 2 lenses, a small TV screen and hidden video camera that captures and projects the user. From afar, the piece glows with abstract pixels that resemble the curvature of an actual insect eye. Only when up close (very close) do you begin to see actual shapes in the lens….. on closer inspection these shapes become eyes, and even closer, you realize the eyes are your own.
Light Curtain is a private piece commissioned to create an illuminated threshold. Light Curtain is created from hand woven fibers and LEDS that reflects light and movement in its environment.
![The Kitchen [Upstairs] Lighting by Jen Lewin](https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Upstairs_007_credit-950x534-1.jpg "The Kitchen [Upstairs] Lighting by Jen Lewin")
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![Menu written on chalkboards at The Kitchen [Next Door] in Boulder Colorado.](https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NextDoor_001-950x534-1.jpg "The Kitchen [Next Door] Lighting by Jen Lewin")
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![The menu and dining tables at The Kitchen [Boulder], lighting by Jen Lewin.](https://www.jenlewinstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/the_kitchen_-_boulder-12718_2_-scaled.jpg "The Kitchen [Boulder] Lighting by Jen Lewin")
