Documented artwork / interactive illuminated sculpture

Ursa Minor

A freestanding bear uses mirrored panels and interactive LED choreography to create an illuminated landmark. Its form references Polaris and the Ursa Minor constellation, and it debuted with The Last Ocean in 2022.

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Year / version: 2022
Materials: infinity mirrors, LEDs
Documented setting: outdoor
Dimensions: 12 feet tall
Dimensions apply to: Height stated for Ursa Minor on the artist’s project page; footprint and shipping dimensions are not specified.
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2022
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
2022
Date meaning
premiere
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
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How this work was made and presented

2022 studio project and debut configuration

A sculpture within an interactive landscape

Jen Lewin Studio describes Ursa Minor as a twelve-foot polar bear built from illuminated, mirrored panels. Its light choreography refers to the constellation associated with Polaris, while its first presentation placed the figure within The Last Ocean, an interactive field inspired by Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf. The bear therefore offers a useful precedent for programming a recognizable central sculpture together with a participatory ground plane. For planning, the surrounding landscape deserves its own circulation and interpretation brief, rather than being treated as decoration around the figure.

Jen Lewin Studio — Ursa Minor ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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Would a host present the bear alone or develop a coordinated ground-level experience?

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SCOPE Miami Beach 2022 announcement

Separate the installation from its event program

The studio’s SCOPE Miami Beach announcement described Ursa Minor and The Last Ocean outside the fair, alongside a separate booth of wall works. It also scheduled an artist talk at the outdoor installation. That distinction matters when reading exhibition photographs: an outdoor landmark, an indoor presentation and a public conversation can belong to one program without sharing the same footprint or audience pattern. A comparable host could use this precedent to plan interpretation and gathering space around the sculpture as distinct program components.

Jen Lewin Studio — SCOPE 2022 announcement on Artsy ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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Where could an artist conversation gather people without blocking the interactive area?

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