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 since the “failed humor” from the ceramic figurine’s “racist kitsch,” Organ Player aestheticizes the intertwined connection in between race, subjectivity, and grace. Given that the doll’s entire body composes