THE SMART TRICK OF MUSIC LOVERS THAT NO ONE IS DISCUSSING

By turns evoking the spectral scene of Heinrich von Kleist’s marionette theatre and confronting what Tavia Nyong’o refers to as being the “failed humor” with the ceramic figurine’s “racist kitsch,” Organ Player aestheticizes the intertwined marriage concerning race, subjectivity, and grace. As the doll’s human body composes itself,