![Heart Egg [heartache] - Lucia Jacobs 1](https://studenten-kunstmarkt.cstatic.io/media/9c/d8/a6/1745415677/lucia-jacobs-heart-egg--heartache--019662e1a37b7387b54b92e3e37a6ce3.jpg "Heart Egg [heart ache] - Lucia Jacobs")
Heart Egg [heart ache]
| Edition | Limited Edition |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Still Life |
| Technique | Photography |
| Height | 29.7 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Length/Depth | 0.2 cm |
Medium/Technique: Photograph on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Year of creation: 2024
Limited edition: 1/50
I asked ChatGPT: “Would Kafka like Heart Egg?”
ChatGPT:
If we take Franz Kafka as the benchmark for the absurd, the existential and the slightly unsettling, then: yes, Kafka might like the ‘Heart Egg’ image in a profound way.
Here’s why :
- Absurdity: A fried egg with a cigarette instead of salt and pepper – this is so surreal that it could reflect Kafka’s penchant for the irrational and the illogical.
- Alienation: The photographic scene with the shoe on the face and the slightly distorted composition has something unsettling yet intimate about it – as if from a Kafkaesque nightmare in which identity and meaning blur.
- Contrasts: Mathematics and notes (the rationality of the world), combined with a ridiculous, almost Dadaist image – it is precisely these tensions that Kafka loved: order versus chaos, logic versus emotion.
- The alien says ‘I’m fine’: this comes across as a quiet despair with an ironic smile – very much in the style of *The Metamorphosis*.
Would you say the image is more of a satire or an expression of inner chaos?
Part of my BFF Sponsorship Award series “After Us, the Flood 2.0”
Each of my works is packaged exclusively and sent with a Tarot annual card and a personal letter.
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Lucia Jacobs
After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Art, Education and Therapy in the Media Studies programme at Alanus University of Applied Sciences in Bonn, the 25-year-old is currently studying film directing at the International Film School Cologne. As a finalist for the 2024 BFF Support Award, she produced the photo series ‘Nach uns die Sintflut 2.0’ and is currently working on the post-production of her debut short film, Kill a Darling.
Her aim is to create beauty amidst turbulent times – using a visual language that both questions and enchants. Guided by the motto ‘Who are you when nobody is watching?’, she turns her lens towards hidden realities beyond the staged world of social media. With a great passion for detail and symbolism, as well as a keen sense of light and colour, she succeeds in creating visual worlds that lie between reality and dreams. Alongside her artistic work, she is involved in organising and curating the NEXT Youth Photography Festival, writes poetry, and is delighted to meet people who share her passion for photography and wish to incorporate her works into their private or public spaces.
Exhibitions:
The Last Cassette – Alte VHS Bonn 2021
The Other – Künstlerforum Bonn 2023
Form and Colour – Künstlerhaus Metternich, Koblenz 2023
Solidart – Fabrik 45, Bonn 2023&24
Horizonte Zingst Festival (BFF Sponsorship Award) 2024
Shifting Patterns – Künstlerforum Bonn 2025
P.U.R – Metternich Artists’ House, Koblenz 2025
Forever Young – Künstlerhaus Metternich, Koblenz 2025
Talk / Mówić / Gadać – Galeria Sztuki Rozruch, Poznań 2025
