Once Upon a Time there was an Artist Named Garry Sanipass…

What inspires me? Well one thing for sure its blade runner or total recall. When I was a kid, we didn’t have a lot of money. I pretty much lived with my grandparents and we took a lot of car trips. During those trips, my grandparents would buy me comic books. I found this one book it was “Blade Runner” graphic novel. I wonder if someone has a copy of that?

I could never afford going to the movies, but I was lucky to get this graphic novel. I was much too young to understand the existential crisis behind the story or maybe some part of me could understand it but I would never be able to articulate it when I was 9 or 10, but I got the gist of it. The main character was hunting people who were not really people. They felt as though they were real, enough to fight for their lives. For a kid who spent most of his life daydreaming as I did, this was a great idea to get lost in. What if I’m not real? What if none of this is real? What if my fantasies and day dreams were more real. I was bullied a lot in school and there was more violence at home. Maybe that’s why I needed to escape in that book? So, later on when I grew older I had several chances to watch the movie, but I was exposed to this black and white graphic novel first so I always compared the movie to the graphic novel.

The existential crisis this story created in me, this is what I would like to recreate with my art. This science fiction existential crisis idea is probably more true today than it’s ever been. But when I walk around and watch people, we don’t seem to be aware of this synthetic influence. So, I think it’s a great opportunity to present it at an art gallery. Imagine this, where a static piece of art on the wall can create an idea in our minds that makes us question our reality. How can that be possible? How could I even achieve this? Ever since I was ten I thought about perceptions and read everything I could about human behaviour. Why do we do the things we do? How we view ourselves in this world? How we view others in this world? What are the impacts and consequences of technology? Consumerism? Marketing? Dependency? Addictions? Fantasies?

I think about Blade Runner a lot, Blade Runner and Total Recall. This is the very beginning of my art project that doesn’t even have a name yet. So I’m inviting you to join me in this journey. What inspires me. What difficulties I’m going through. It’s all for a reason this back story that I am hoping will culminate to a climatic end during the art show itself.

I hope you can join me, and you can get additional footage, stories and exclusive content on Patreon whenever I’m approved for that website. I am not planning on causing harm or violence in anyone. Nor do I condone hate, violence or manipulation. So I don’t think that I should run into a problem with having a Patreon site. Please leave a comment, follow me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. This is all a work in progress so bear with me please.