New Media Interactive Artist Works Large Scale

September 4, 2013  |   Feature,   Initiatives,   World
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Jen Lewin is known as a new media interactive artist who works on large-scale installations that utilise lights and sound. Her art is designed for to encourage human interaction and play.Although her medium includes computers, LED lights and advanced technology she insists that her work is just a natural evolution of art done with paint and brush.

The BBC spent the day in her studio, watching Lewin work and discussing the intersection between art, technology and new media: BBC News Jen Lewin: Artist dazzles with light-and-sound installations

“… the creation transforms casual observers into animated and engaged revelers, causing grownups and kids alike to jump, stomp, run and cheer as they make the lights flicker and flash” – Wired Magazine “It reminds me of that Michael Jackson video,‘Billy Jean’, where the sidewalk lights up with every step he takes; except with more developed technology and a lot more psychedelic colors!” – Jason Hayes, musician, at SXSW The piece: The Pool is an interactive installation made up of 106 giant circular LED pads that change color when you step on them. It encourages a playful audience to run around and hop on different circles; their weight making the platforms light up, spiral, and shift through different color combinations.
“… the creation transforms casual observers into animated and engaged revelers, causing grownups and kids alike to jump, stomp, run and cheer as they make the lights flicker and flash” – Wired Magazine
“It reminds me of that Michael Jackson video,‘Billy Jean’, where the sidewalk lights up with every step he takes; except with more developed technology and a lot more psychedelic colors!” – Jason Hayes, musician, at SXSW
The piece: The Pool is an interactive installation made up of 106 giant circular LED pads that change color when you step on them. It encourages a playful audience to run around and hop on different circles; their weight making the platforms light up, spiral, and shift through different color combinations.

Check out Jen Lewin’s website.