The Broken Hearts Planet uses red and pink glass fragments collected from Atlanta streets during 2020 COVID-19 quarantine and political protests to symbolize heartbreak as collective experience. Gerliczki assembles shattered pieces into planetary sphere, reconstructing "fragmented world" from urban debris. The work embodies Einstein's warning that "the world is dangerous not because of evil people, but because of people who do nothing"—transforming street refuse into statement about emotional crisis during unprecedented global moment of isolation, loss, and social upheaval.
 
Zoltan depicts a broken planet alongside 13 other “planets” based on the most common human feelings or behaviors, such as happiness, sadness, anger, anticipation, fear, loneliness, jealousy, disgust, trust, greed, joy, racism, and shame.
In these images, the artist works with various fragments of colored glass and other debris that he collected from the streets near his home in Atlanta during the COVID-19 quarantine and political protests. Zoltan assembles these pieces in his studio and re-photographs them to symbolize the current crisis of political and environmental problems. At this moment, the most pressing issues of our time concern ourselves and the future of our culture and our planet. In a sense, the artist takes the pieces and puts them back together to reconstruct a fragmented world.
“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who do nothing about it.” -Albert Einstein
 
Broken Hearts Planet transforms 2020 street debris into emotional symbol—shattered glass reassembled addressing collective heartbreak during pandemic. Archival pigment print from The Broken Planet. Available at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach.