Tomasz Madajczak

“Liquid Presence” explores the relationship between self-awareness, physical space, and communal experience. It examines how electromagnetic waves—both literal and metaphorical—shape our interactions, highlighting the individuality of perception even within shared spaces. Though we may occupy the same room, our senses interpret sound, movement, and presence uniquely. Yet, through feedback loops and evolving repetitions, a deeper connection emerges, uniting us in a shared yet personal experience. By blending technological and organic patterns, the work heightens our awareness of how perception, time, and technology shape our presence, inviting us to reconsider our connection to the world and to each other.

“No Space” is a series of artistic collaborations initiated in response to the isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The works explore individual experiences of isolation and the intimate interactions between people, places, objects, and materials. Realized in private art studios as well as at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen, Ireland, the series was developed as part of an artist residency in 2020. No Space was supported by the Arts Council’s COVID-19 relief funding and is part of the Platform 31 initiative.

“Metaphor” (2003) was an installation presented at the Triennale of Young Artists at the Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland. The work featured a delicate, translucent plastic light conduit, channeling light from the gallery’s sole unblocked skylight, which was filtered through ultramarine filters. This fragile structure created a powerful presence, guiding natural light into the gallery space. Visitors were invited inside to observe the passing clouds, birds traversing the framed sky, and the shifting light as the setting sun gradually faded, leaving behind a poignant metaphor for impermanence and observation.

© Tomasz Madajczak