Que Bueno Suerte!: Denver, Colorado
The Ceiling Element by Jen Lewin was designed as both a light fixture and a mood generator. Videos, shapes, and colors project across the 40-foot-long bar at Session Kitchen in Denver, Colorado. The colors, speed, and projection are controlled by a custom tablet app, allowing the piece to be adjusted based on the time of day and the vibe of the crowd.
Stars In My Eyes is a work by Jen Lewin using retrofitted vintage Carl’s Jr. Stars mounted on rotating articulating arms. By rotating each star, participants play with and become part of the overall work, transforming familiar commercial symbols into moments of interaction and personal expression.
The Revolving M’s are a playful series of classic American logobilia transformed through public interaction. Whether it be in commerce, effort, or time, it’s undeniable that there are symbols that have become a ubiquitous part of life. The M’s allow participants to interact with some of these symbols without cultural pressure and remind us that their real meaning lies in playful moments. Mounted on articulating arms, participants can impact and change these pieces to be playful, traditional, ironic, or nonsensical.
On Point is a series of illuminated, rotating pointers. Participants are invited to point and rotate the pointers as desired, allowing the audience to impact the art and change its perceived meaning. They appear to display different messages and emotional reactions when all three are pointed down, or up, or at the gallery attendant to the left. The artistic intention, however, remains the same: that by impacting the art you have more of a connection to your community than just being a passive observer.
Composed of 5,000 hand-welded metal rings, 3,000 vintage Edison bulbs, 3,000 hand-glued white LEDs, 3,000 custom cables, and over 60 custom controllers, The Edison Cloud represents both an old-fashioned handmade and new mentality. By walking under and around The Edison Cloud you will see a ghostly, low-resolution version of your shadow within the sculpture. This provides an experience where the movement of your body brings both beauty and form to glass and digital clouds.
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 at Jen Lewin Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
The Big Green: Boulder, Colorado
The Kitchen’s Learning Garden Beds were invented and designed by Jen Lewin as an educational tool to inspire spontaneous play by children and to create an attractive outdoor classroom for teachers. Unlike simple garden beds, the Learning Gardens comprise 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 organic lines contrast with the concrete, harsh lines of cities and inspire 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.
Boulder, Colorado
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 began to outgrow the space. 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.
Solaris Residences: Vail, Colorado
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.
