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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.

Stories_042 is based on microscopic recordings (2–4 mm scale) of experiments with magnetic fluid - ferrofluid - observed at high magnification.
By introducing colored inks and additional liquid substances, the internal behavior of the ferrofluid is altered. When guided by a strong magnet, the material forms dense, shifting patterns that continuously reorganize at the surface. At this scale, even small changes in magnetic force or composition produce visible transformations.
The image focuses on the immediacy of the interaction. What unfolds on screen is a direct observation of magnetic influence acting on real matter, captured entirely in-camera and without digital manipulation.
Stories_042 belongs to the Stories series, which documents singular experiments and physical processes, emphasizing moments where material behavior becomes visible through close observation.
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