Blue Consciousness was commissioned by the Blue Man Group’s Briar Street Theater in Chicago, three years ago. The piece is 10 x 10 feet in size and was placed on the building’s south-facing exterior. It is […]
Category Archives: Environmental Installations
Michigan Illuminated Thoughts reviewed in San Diego
Caption from The San Diego Union-Tribune: Kylie Luttrell, 8, left, of Custer and her sister, Alex, 11, looks at Illuminated Thoughts by Audrius Plioplys in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during ArtPrize, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (Neil Blake/The Grand Rapids […]
There is no freedom without constraints
This summer and fall, when you drive into West Chicago, Illinois, the first street banner that you see is my art work “Constraints / Freedom”. This is one of 17 banners on public display as […]
Siberia Souls at ArtPrize
Siberia Souls: Children (details) ArtPrize is the world’s largest competitive art exhibit. It takes over the entire city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the fall. Siberia Souls LED light sculpture installation has been selected for display at a […]
Columns of Dreams at Trinity Methodist
Interpretation of Dreams: Freud, on display at TUMC, as the LED color lights change Trinity United Methodist Church, 9848 S. Winchester Ave., is located in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago. Last weekend I was invited […]
Painted boulders at Varnupiai Sacred Mound
After the high school students finished their painting of my boulder art installation, at the base of Varnupiai Sacred Mound (piliakalnis), I photographed their artistic accomplishments. From these images I created a short YouTube video […]
Happy US Independence Day (and Lithuania’s)
Five years ago we started work on a 250 boulder installation at the base of Varnupiai Sacred Mound (piliakalnis) in Lithuania. This was to honor the famed Lithuanian archeologist Marija Gimbutas: the distribution of the […]
Thought Fragment NeuroArt installations
Three weeks ago, I presided over a NeuroArt installation at the Marijampole Cultural Center in Lithuania. High school students used my thought fragments to create their own designs. During the installation process, I took photographs […]
Wishing you a wonderful summer solstice
Stone Time Line The Summer Solstice, the year’s longest day, is a whispered promise from the cosmos that light will always conquer the dark. It is nature standing still, allowing the golden warmth to soak […]
Father Vaclovas Gutauskas Chapel: an honor long overdue
When my family moved to Chicago in 1964, I met my uncle Vaclovas Gutauskas (1913-2003). He was a Lithuanian Jesuit priest and was the first cousin of my father Vaclovas Plioplys. He was a frequent […]