Updating neon to something modern and clean, It’s Electric is a custom LED sign that debuted at Jen Lewin’s solo exhibition at the CU Art Museum of the same name. Inspired by the simple effect that lighting has on spaces, people, and intention, It’s Electric currently hangs Jen Lewin Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
The Kitchen’s Learning garden beds were invented and designed by Jen Lewin as an educational tool to inspire spontaneous play by children and create an attractive outdoor classroom for teachers. Unlike simple garden beds, the Learning Gardens comprises modular beds with built-in irrigation systems that can be shaped in any configuration to fit small and large plots in virtually every schoolyard.
The garden’s feminine and organic lines contrast with the concrete and harsh lines of cities and inspires a natural reaction from students and teachers alike.
Learn more about the learning gardens and the vision created and enabled by Kimbal Musk and Big Green , using these forms to improve the health of students and communities by creating experiential learning and garden-based education opportunities in low-income schools.
For several years, working together and separately, Jen Lewin and Bill Goodrich carried a shared vision for a workspace that could allow for creative, focused work, but that would also provide the energy and inspiration of a community of other dedicated, passionate people. After years of working with a small team from her home studio, Jen needed to grow and spread out. With that impetus, she and Bill partnered to create The Studio (Boulder) as both a new home for Jen Lewin Studio and as a space for a wide range of other creative entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals. Since opening the doors to The Studio on January 1, 2014 the space has grown into one of the most vibrant and dynamic professional communities in Boulder.
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.
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