Artist Interview: Cibarius | NFT CULTURE | Web3 Culture NFTs and Crypto Art

Cibarius, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us. First, where are you from?

I am from Italy, specifically from a small town in Tuscany, where I currently live 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… I hate this term :)) It was precisely my activity as a musician that was a strong influence for me became a visual artist, since every time I prepared a demo ep I made the covers with the intention of creating a continuum between music and visual art.

Can you tell us about your background and what led you down the path to becoming an artist and eventually experimenting with NFTs?

As I mentioned earlier, my artistic path comes mainly from 20 years of producing electronic music, especially House and Techno. When I sit and stand in front of my instruments, I visualize objects, shapes, characters or scenes, and so the most natural result was just to print these visions into a handful of pixels. So in 2021, I found out that a friend had become a famous 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 my first photographic part. manipulation. The funny thing is that “cibarius” the name I chose for my NFT journey is a mushroom. I chose this name because it honors one of my biggest passions outside of art: mycology

When did you make your first NFT? Which platform did you choose and why?

I embossed my first work in November 2021, it was a photo manipulation of a Tuscan landscape that I called “rosy”. The piece was an expression of the concept of a gloomy and sad landscape that took a pink color palette to emphasize that beauty can sometimes also be a gloomy element. Fortunately, I was able to make it on FND after a very kind Thai photographer invited me onto the platform.

Can you tell us one thing you can’t live without? (and why)

I couldn’t live without my family who support me every day and motivate me in what I do. I couldn’t live without the music that has been and will be, trivially, the soundtrack of my life. I could not live without expressing myself in relation to the world and all the nuances that are created between what surrounds me and the way I interpret it.

Who is your favorite (non-NFT) artist(s)? What about their style resonates with you?

Honestly, I don’t have an inspirational muse, but it’s clear, in my artistic background, there are many periods and artists that inadvertently inspired me. From Basquiat to Falero, from Schiele to Schifano, for example. Not to mention the world of music, where I have thousands of artists that I love and influence me from so many different genres. I am convinced that in the art world there is no way to be influenced, I think it is a very powerful mix of attitudes that depend on styles, behavior and language, which translates into the artist’s code.

Who is your favorite NFT artist? What makes this artist unique? What made you pursue NFT art?

As soon as I entered Twitter, I remember that I had mainly addressed Italian artists. I remember being blown away by Vittorio Bonapace for being able to combine ancient and very modern, futuristic themes in a single concept. He is what I consider a digital artist, or at least my acceptance of the digital artist par excellence: one who manages to keep the artistic heritage alive by giving it a completely new profile and therefore cannot be superimposed on the past. And this motivated me to give my journey into the NFT world: the awareness that there was room for experimentation.

What’s the one piece of NFT art you wish you’d bought but missed out on?

I’m not a big collector so most of the pieces I want to own are out of my reach.
But I have to mention one artist I would say LordNeutron

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why this location?

I probably wouldn’t settle in any country except the one where I live. But I will not deny that the Asian world attracts me especially for its centuries-old history, and their more spiritual approach to life would surely convince me that it is not just one place worth living.

What are your other passions besides art? Why?

My biggest passion besides art is mycology, and in honor of that I have cibarius as an alias. It’s the name of a yellow mushroom that I think is special because when the tree is all brown and dark green, in the fall, it’s so visible that it pops out very clearly.
It is a disturbing thing.

Do you make other forms of art?

I’m a music producer, a synth geek!