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Labas rytas, Good morning,
A decade ago, Chicago’s Blue Man Group commissioned me to create a 10 x 10 ft (3 x 3 m) artwork that would be displayed on the outside of their Briar Street Theater. Thus, “Blue Consciousness” was born. The underlying image is that of a polar bear that I photographed on Beechy Island in the Canadian high arctic. It is on this island that the legendary Franklin expedition met their demise. My explanation of this piece was posted at street level: “The joyful essence of the Blue Man Group comes from unbridled creativity, imagination, teamed up with humour. This creativity arises from the interactions of our neurons — the interplay of their immensely tangled processes, coupled with stored associations, memories. In Blue Consciousness there are multiple layers of my own neurons, brain scans, and brain wave tracings overlying a transformed photograph I took of a polar bear on Beechy Island, in the Canadian high arctic. The images in these layers span many decades of experience. The polar bear is surounded by blue ice, blue skies, blue consciousness.”
Given its Canadian content, “Blue Consciousness” is a fitting piece to celebrate Canada Day.
A smaller version of “Blue Consciousness” is now on permanent display at the University of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
The following images were taken a week ago as I was explaining the layers of visual complexity in this piece. In the group photo are: Dr. Elizabeth Donner, Head, Division of Neurology, me, Dr. Ingrid Tein, Director, Neurometabolic Clinic, and Dr. William Logan, previous Head, Division of Neurology. Further information about this piece can be found on my website, www.Plioplys.com by clicking here.
Wishing you and yours a joyful and peaceful Canada Day!
Sincerely, Dr. Audrius Plioplys
PS The tie that I am wearing is my own creation based on this artwork.
Artistic Explorations of Thought
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