User:Jacob Heine
Jacob Heine is an Autistic photographer and designer. He was raised in Siem Reap (KH) and Sonneberg (GER). He is part of the bachelor's programme at the Bauhaus University Weimar (BUW). During his studies, he has been working as student assistant since 2023 , has given workshops, was part of the Qualifying Examination board of the VC BA programme and has worked closely with projects and musicians in Thuringia and Denmark. During and parallel to his studies, Heine has developed photo and artist books, working in photography and typography.
Jacob is set to attain his Bachelor's this summer with a photo book about the BUW's photoworkshop and its students being a central theme. Following several drafts and publications, his work has matured in combining sophisticated studio techniques, writing and drafting highly focussed concepts. Especially since producing his artist book "Es ist schwer, die richtigen Worte zu finden" (It is hard to find the right words), a book analysing a collection of condolence cards, Heine focusses his projects around the topic of Autism and its relation(s) to his profession, seeking to spread self-advocacy and representation rather than personal promotion.
Since 2024, Jacob has also been producing books at home, marking such publications under the label of "Al-Majnoun Books". These include "The Stripped Preacher: An Anthology of Songs from 2019-2024", a lyrics book he wrote under the pseudonym of Levi Ovesen, as well as "250 test strips", an upcoming artist book about paper scraps from working in the darkroom. Jacob sells these limited copies and at time sprints on demand, always merely asking for his production costs as a price but accepting donations, at times giving away small runs of publications for free. Tactics as these conform to his strong belief that books should not be expensive as well as that the material within is supposed to be distributed with as low a bar as possible. His current WIP, "Confessions of an Autistic ADOX-Drinker", is a collection of photographs and essays about the intersections of photography, political and philosophical theory as well as Autism and will be finished next week.
EXHIBITIONS (D = DUO / G = GROUP / C = COURSE / S = Solo)
2024 SE I left my lungs in Sonneberg mit J. Heppner kiosk.6 Weimar GE Den Anderen bei der Arbeit zuschauen Kunstverein Kohlenhof Nuremberg GE Bildfeld Bauhaus University (BU) Weimar C GE Typografie und Type Design BU Weimar C GE Kafka (contributer) BU Weimar GE KUNST GEGEN RECHTS mit J. Heppner Mieze Südlich Gera GE Ehrenamt & Verein BU Weimar C GE Freie Projekte Fotografie BU Weimar C GE Himmerlskörper IRRE Space, BU Weimar 2023 GE Touching Transcendence UltraSuperNewGallery TokYo DE bauhaus.kreativ (contributer) BU Weimar GE PERSPEKTIVEN BU Weimar C GE Vertrauen Bauhaus-Museum Weimar GE Vertrauen e-Werk Weimar GE Freie Projekte Fotografie BU Weimar C 2022 GE Junge Künstler*innen aus Thüringen Saale-Galerie Saalfeld (S) GE Music in my Eyes BU Weimar C 2021 GE Fragmenting Chronology 47h-Show bauhaus.FM Weimar C GE Wände einreißen digital C
PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS (C = COURSE)
2025 Limona photobook (BA thesis) WIP Kugel, Kubus, Kopf photobook WIP Confessions of an Autistic ADOX-Drinker artist book/essay collection WIP (C) 2024 Cave & Lorca anthology 250 test strips artist book The Stripped Preacher lyrics Book Es ist schwer, die richtigen Worte zu finden artist book C SWALLOW TUNE IS A BAND. zine I left my lungs in Sonneberg 18 postcards the smell of mulberry leaves and silkworms photobook C 2023 The Hand as Sculpture photobook (dummy) RAND zine (design, feature) C GRUPPENFOTOGRAFIE newspaper (design, feature) C The Hand as Sculpture 24 postcards Art History: A Story of Broken Keys digital picture book C 2022 The World is Blue comic Tishoumaren magazine 2021 Beregovsky radio broadcast
PUBLICATION FEATURES
2024 PORT 24 magazine Eine Kunstgeschichte ist keine Kunstgeschichte anthology 2023 Touching Transcendence exhibition catalogue 2021 Fragmenting Chronology zine
