JACOB HEINE/AL-MAJNOUN BOOKS

                           

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■ Jacob Heine (*2001) is a German photographer and designer. Holding a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (BUW), he currently studies photography in the diploma class of Heidi Specker at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. Heine’s work bridges photography, book design, and theory, regularly presented in the form of self-produced publications. Photographically interested in atmospheres of artificial light and sculptural qualities, his work textually concerns itself with the topics of autism, mental health, grief, and their connections to photography as well as philosophy, sociology, linguistics, psychology, and politics. ■ Heine has been exhibited in Germany and Japan, lastly being shortlisted for the Stiftung Buchkunst’s Sponsorship Prize for Young Book Design. Heine was a student assistant and workshop lecturer at the BUW, currently teaching there as a visiting lecturer. From 2025 to 2026, he was a recipient of the German National Scholarship Program.
















■ Jacob’s e-mail (BUW):   jacob.heine@uni-weimar.de
■ Jacob’s e-mail (HGB):    jheine@hgb-leipzig.de
■ Jacob’s Instagram:         @heine.portfolio






















■ TOTAL IMGS:         81
■ COLLECTIONS:    4
■ SUBPAGES:           48




































■ A: \ GENERAL
         ■ CV.
         ■ AL-MAJNOUN BOOKS.
         ■ EXHIBITONS.
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         ■ 2026
              □ COVENANT VERPISS DICH (A/B)
              □ SCHATZ MACH DIE FENSTER ZU
              □ UNTITLED
              □ ABSTRAKTA
              □ DIE KNEIFZANGE.
              □ PIKACHU UND DIE ANTIFA.
              □ MY TONGUE GATHERS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
              □ عفوا انا عربيتو زعيفة        
              □ 250 TEST STRIPS
              □ LIMONA [LOVE LETTER/LAMENT]
         ■ 2025
              □ DARK WAS THE NIGHT COLD WAS THE GROUND
              □ BAGAGE
              □ THE ABRIDGED ADOX-DRINKER
              □ CONFESSIONS OF AN AUTISTIC ADOX-DRINKER
        ■ 2024
              □ CAVE & LORCA
              □ THE STRIPPED PREACHER
              □ ES IST SCHWER, DIE RICHTIGEN WORTE ZU FINDEN
              □ SWALLOW TUNE IS A BAND.

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         ■ 2023-24
              □ I LEFT MY LUNGS IN SONNEBERG
              □ TENEBRIST NUDES
         ■ 2023
              □ SCULPTURAL STUDIES
         ■ 2022-23          
              □ THE HAND AS SCULPTURE

    A: \ GENERAL \ AL-MAJNOUN BOOKS  

    ■ Mim is the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet. Mim is short for Al Majnoun. Al Majnoun translates to “the lunatic” (from “Majnoun & Layla” fame).  ■ Al-Majnoun books is a publishing project by Jacob Heine, ranging between zines, photo- and artist books. Most of these projects are produced entirely by Heine, including their photography, design, frequently being made in small hand-made editions. Al-Majnoun Books was launched in 2025 in order to denote independent projects by Heine parallel to his studies in Weimar and Leipzig. Publications made under this name vary in length, format, language, focussing on topics such as politicis, theory, and autism.

    abstrakta

    2026
    artist book    
    10 p.
    DIE KNEIFZANGE.

    2026
    zine essay
    40 p.

    In July 2026, Germany’s social state witnessed three shifts which combine into a tool of putting the nations employees under pressure. This titular tool is described ... [more]
    PIKACHU UND DIE ANTIFA

    2026
    zine essay
    unpaginated

    On July 4th 2026, the right-wing extremist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) held a party congress in Erfurt, Thuringia. On this very day ... [more]
    250 TEST STRIPS

    2026
    artist book
    280 p.

    An artist book on darkroom prints. In exposing photosensitive paper to light, much of the time spent for a final image is devoted to testing and adjusting ... [more]
    MY TONGUE GATHERS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

    2026
    zine essay
    unpaginated

    A zine essay originally written in spring of 2025, investigating the political discourse around Palestine and humanity in connection to autistic experiences of ... [more]
    عفوا انا عربيتو زعيفة

    2026
    artist book
    72 p.

    عفوا انا عربيتو زعيفة: Sorry, me no Arabic. (Sorry, me [his] Arabic veak.) An artist book collecting notes from an A1.1 Arabic course. An investigation into the ... [more]
    LIMONA [LOVE LETTER/LAMENT]

    2026
    artist book/BA thesis
    374 p.

    “Limona [Love Letter/Lament]” is an artist book, a biographical artefact, and a goodbye to the photo workshop of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ... [more]
    DARK WAS THE NIGHT COLD WAS THE GROUND

    2025
    artist book
    unpaginated


    “Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground” is an artist book following the move out of Heine’s first flat in Erfurt; an old, run-down worker’s house ... [more]
    BAGAGE

    2025
    artist book
    unpaginated

    A collection of digital and analogue photo prints, packaged in an unbound folder. The works featured were supplied by Bachelor and Master students of ... [more]
    THE ABRIDGED ADOX-DRINKER (A/B)

    2025
    two zines
    unpaginated
    stapled

    Sourcing its contents from “Confessions of an Autistic ADOX-Drinker”, the “Abridged ADOX-Drinker” presents said essay collection in excerpts ... [more]
    essay collection
    294 p.

    “Confessions of an Autistic ADOX-Drinker” is a collection of photographs and essays. Written between October 17th 2024 and February 6th 2025, the texts investigate ... [more]
    anthology
    96 p.

    An anthology bringing together texts by Nick Cave and Federico García Lorca. “The Secret Life of the Love Song” was written by Cave for ... [more]
    THE STRIPPED PREACHER

    2024lyrics book72 p. A lyrics book, originally made for the release of a double-release under the same name by Levi Ovesen, Jacob’s musical pseudonym ...[more]

    “It is hard to find the right words: 92 letters of a death in the family” is an artist publication about compassionate grief. It re-contextualises the process of correspondence ... [more]

    “Swallow Tune is a Band. (They’re really good)” is a zine that was produced to celebrate the release of a debut album by Weimar punk band Swallow Tune ... [more]