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Cibarius, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us. For starters, where are you from?\u00a0<\/b>
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<\/b>I am from Italy, specifically from a small town in Tuscany, where I currently reside with my family. I started at an early age to cultivate my creativity by approaching music, first as a drummer and then as a music producer(or bedroom producer\u2026.. I hate this term :))It was precisely my activity as a musician that was a strong influence for my becoming a visual artist since every time I prepared a demo ep I would create the covers with the intention of creating a continuum between music and visual art.<\/span><\/p>\n


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<\/b>Can you tell us about your background and what lead you down the path to becoming an artist and ultimately experimenting with NFTs?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

As I mentioned earlier, my artistic path mainly comes from 20 years of producing electronic music, particularly House and Techno. Whenever I put and stand in front of my instruments I visualize objects, shapes, characters, or scenes and so the most natural result was just to imprint these visions into a handful of pixels. Then in 2021 I found out that a friend had become a well-known artist in the NFT world so I decided, given my familiarity with the blockchain world, to try to create my alter ego in the art field and mine my first piece of photographic manipulation. <\/span>The funny thing is that \u201ccibarius\u201d the name I chose for my NFT journey, is a mushroom. <\/span>I chose this name because it honors one of my greatest passions outside of art: mycology<\/span><\/p>\n

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When did you mint your first NFT? What platform did you choose and why?<\/b><\/p>\n

I minted my first work in November 2021, it was a photo manipulation of a Tuscan landscape that I called \u201cPinkish.\u201d <\/span>The piece was an expression of the concept of a bleak and sad countryside that took a pink color palette to emphasize that beauty can sometimes also be a bleak element. <\/span>Fortunately, I was able to mint it on FND after a very kind Thai photographer invited me inside the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/b>Can you tell us one thing you cannot live without? (and why)<\/b><\/p>\n

I could not live without my family who support me every day and motivate me in whatever I do. <\/span>I could not live without the music that has been and will be, trivially, the soundtrack of my life. <\/span>I could not live without expressing myself in relation to the world and all that set of nuances that are created between what surrounds me and the way in which I interpret it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who is your favorite artist(s) (Non-NFT)? What about their style resonates with you?<\/b><\/p>\n

Honestly, I don\u2019t have an inspirational muse, but clearly, in my artistic background, there are many periods and artists who unintentionally inspired me. <\/span>From Basquiat to Falero, from Schiele to Schifano, for example. <\/span>Not to mention the music world, in which I have thousands of artists that I adore and influence me from so many different genres. <\/span>I firmly believe that in the art world, there is no one way to be influenced, I believe there is a very powerful mix of attitudes afferent to styles, behaviors, and languages, which translate into the artist\u2019s code.<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/b>Who is your favorite NFT artist? What makes this artist unique? What made you pursue NFT art?<\/b><\/p>\n

As soon as I entered Twitter, I remember having mainly approached Italian artists. I remember that I was struck by Vittorio Bonapace for having been able to combine ancient and very modern, futuristic themes in a single concept. <\/span>He is what I consider a digital artist or at least my acceptance of the digital artist par excellence: someone who manages to keep the artistic legacy alive by giving it a totally new profile and therefore not superimposable on the past. <\/span>And this motivated me to assign my journey into the world of NFTs: the awareness that there was room for experimentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the one piece of NFT art you wish you had purchased but missed out on? <\/b>
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<\/b>I\u2019m not a big collector, so the majority of the pieces I would like to own are out of my reach.<\/span>
<\/span>But I have to mention an artist I would say LordNeutron<\/span><\/p>\n

If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go? Why this location?<\/b><\/p>\n

I probably wouldn\u2019t settle in any country except the one where I live. <\/span>But I won\u2019t deny that the Asian world particularly attracts me for its centuries-old history, and surely their more spiritual approach to life would be able to convince me that there isn\u2019t just one place worth living.<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/b>What are your other passions besides art? Why?<\/b><\/p>\n

My biggest passion besides art is mycology and in honor of that, I\u2019ve cibarius as my alias. It\u2019s the name of a yellow mushroom that i find special because when the wood is totally brown and dark green, in autumn, it is so visible, it pops out very clearly.<\/span>
<\/span>It\u2019s a disruptive thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you make other forms of art? <\/b>
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<\/b>I\u2019m a music producer, a synth nerd!<\/span>
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How did you come up with your specific style? <\/b>
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<\/b>My style is the result of a journey. <\/span>I started to express my creativity using vector art, to then feel the need to explore a more real environment, so I started taking my first steps in the photo manipulation environment where I created surreal environments. <\/span>But then I realized that the thing that interested me most was to give voice to all my skills, so I decided to blend vector art. photo manipulation, and photography inside a much bigger container: 3d. <\/span>In this way I was able to fully satisfy the need to join an ancient dialectic with a modern concept.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How has your style evolved over the years? <\/b>
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<\/b>Of course. I think that this is my strength and my weakness.<\/span>
<\/span>I can\u2019t stick with a strict aesthetical style, but on the conceptual side, I\u2019m always trying to explore the same themes.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is coming in the near future?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m working on my first animated piece where i finally have created a soundtrack\u2026\u2026stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you could collaborate with one artist who would it be? <\/b>
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<\/b>I would like to collaborate with Uyo66 because I\u2019m very very curious about the blend of two completely different staples\u2026.and then: how cool is his art????<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have any upcoming drops? <\/b>
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<\/span>The animated piece I\u2019m working on will be minted but at the moment I\u2019m not sure about the release date, because I\u2019m thinking about creating a mini-series.<\/span>
<\/span>But like every time what dictates a drop is my heart and not my mind, so who knows?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What was your greatest failure and what did you learn from that?<\/b><\/p>\n

The greatest ones it\u2019s been to give up with my career of musician in 2010.Never give up is not just a sentence pronunciate for the \u201cculture\u201d it\u2019s a state of mind.<\/span>
<\/span>But anyway it creates in me the will the change myself to become something different, someone who use a different \u201cvocabulary\u201d.
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Where can collectors find your work?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

cibariu<\/b>s.art<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/cibarius_<\/b>
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<\/b><\/a>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cibarius.art\/<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/<\/b>superrare.com\/cibarius<\/b>
<\/b><\/a>https:\/\/foundation.app\/@cibarius<\/b>
<\/b><\/a>https:\/\/knownorigin.io\/cibarius<\/b><\/p>\n

Biggest piece sold? <\/b>
<\/b>0.25 ETH<\/b><\/p>\n

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