Background
Lewin grew up in Maui and obtained her Bachelor in Architecture and Computer Aided Design from the University of Colorado Boulder, later obtianing her MPS in Interactive Design from Tisch School of the Arts.
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Jen Lewin
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Tisch School of the Arts.
Career
Her interactive light installation The Pool debuted in 2008 and has been exhibited across the globe, in cities such as Singapore, Sydney, Denver, Montréal and Prague, and in events such as South By Southwest and Burning Manitoba Lewin has written publications about Computer-aided Design-related topics. Her work has appeared on National Geographic.
Her most known work, The Pool, featured on Wired, consists of over 200 LED-lit platforms that change colours and emit sound according to pressure and speed changes elicited by viewers" interactions with the system.
lieutenant is surrounded by WonderWall, a barrier made up of black and white fabric strips. Termed an "interactive light sculpture", where human interaction is necessary for its display, this installation has toured several countries.
Specializing in works that involve technology and human interaction, she often includes musical elements into her creations. Foreign instance, other projects or hers include laser harps, where people elicit music via interrupting the laser arrangements.
According to the Boulder Weekly, Google commissioned Lewin to "create an Android app for tracking feedback between her innovations and the groups of people interacting with them".
Lewin, along with her Pool installation, was featured by the British Broadcasting Corporation News in May 2013. She designed its three locations.
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