Documented artwork / interactive light installation

Aqueous

Visitors activate linked pathways of light by moving across modular platforms. Developed in 2017, Aqueous uses artist-written code to coordinate individual responses and can be arranged in multiple site-specific configurations.

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Year / version: 2017
Materials: LEDs
Documented setting: outdoor
Dimensions: Over 10,000 sqft at Burning Man 2017
Dimensions apply to: Historical footprint of the 2017 Burning Man configuration; modular layouts vary by site.
Availability: Unconfirmed

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Installation history

Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.

2017
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
City
Black Rock City
State / region
NV
Country
United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
Event
Burning Man
Start year
2017
Installation details checked 2026-09-21.
Installation source
2020
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Site
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
City
Oklahoma City
State / region
OK
Country
United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
Start year
2020
Installation details checked 2026-09-21.
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How this work was made and presented

Aqueous platform system, developed in 2017

A site layout built from linked platforms

Designed and fabricated in Lewin’s Brooklyn studio in 2017, Aqueous uses modular platforms whose geometry derives from the Golden Ratio. The artist’s code allows each unit to detect interaction while communicating with neighboring units to make connected light pathways. During daylight the surfaces reflect their surroundings; after dark their programmed responses become prominent. A host can use this distinction when considering a route that functions as both a daytime object and an evening experience.

Jen Lewin Studio — Aqueous ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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What layout, quantity of platforms, access route and evening operating schedule would suit the proposed site?

Big Art Partners planning prompt

Campbell Art Park, Oklahoma City, August–October 2020

Campbell Art Park: an outdoor exhibition setting

Oklahoma Contemporary records Aqueous at Campbell Art Park from August 6 to October 19, 2020, within its inaugural Bright Golden Haze exhibition. Visitors could follow the illuminated path through the park without buying tickets. The venue’s account describes a daytime reflective surface and nighttime responses to footsteps, dancing and play, alongside that presentation’s distancing instructions. This is a documented arts-center setting for studying how interactive light work joins an existing exhibition program.

Oklahoma Contemporary — Jen Lewin: Aqueous ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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How will the host coordinate interpretation, visitor movement and after-dark access with its existing public program?

Big Art Partners planning prompt

Interactive art installations ↗Light art installations ↗Outdoor sculpture & installations ↗Art documented at Burning Man ↗