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Kamil Czapiga, also known as Cosmodernism, is a Polish artist whose creative adventure began in his adolescent years when he joined the local art school and later continued his artistic education at the Academy of Fine Arts of Katowice. Studying Graphic Design, he received a bachelor's degree from the illustration class of 2012 and began his career as an illustrator and tattoo artist, running a tattoo studio and creating original designs for clients from both Poland and abroad. In April 2023, Kamil Czapiga decided to focus exclusively on his Cosmodernism intermedia art project, comprised of abstract video art, photography, and original sound design. This project allows Kamil to explore personal abstract expression through micro and macro observations captured with a microscope and hand-made precision optics mechanisms, resulting in images that feel otherworldly, but are firmly rooted in real scientific experiments. Kamil uses various kinds of chemicals, dyes, objects, interesting reactions, both from the world of chemistry and physics, despite not having a scientific background, choosing to follow his own intuition and trial-and error method instead.
In addition to his strictly authorial work, his project is also based on various collaborations with other artists, musicians, institutions and brands, such as the European Space Agency and DTU.

Microloop_159 is based on macro-scale recordings (15–20 mm) of ferrofluid experiments, where magnetic liquid is guided into evolving patterns through direct physical control.
By introducing colored inks and additional fluids, the internal balance of the ferrofluid is altered. When shaped by a strong magnet, the surface begins to organize itself into flowing structures that stretch, fold, and reconnect. The resulting patterns feel less mechanical and more organic - closer to growth than to movement.
Seen at this scale, the liquid appears to follow its own rhythm. Forms emerge gradually, linger, and dissolve, suggesting a process that resembles biological behavior rather than simple cause and effect. Everything visible is the outcome of real material interactions, captured in-camera without digital intervention.
The accompanying sound layer, built from samples of voice and natural sources such as birds and animals, subtly reinforces the impression of a living system in motion.
Microloop_159 is part of the ongoing Microloops series, examining how magnetic forces can transform liquid matter into structures that feel alive, temporal, and continuously re-forming.
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landscape
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2024