THE SMART TRICK OF ORGAN PLAYER 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 the “unsuccessful humor” from the ceramic figurine’s “racist kitsch,” Organ Player aestheticizes the intertwined romance concerning race, subjectivity, and grace. Since the doll’s system composes alone, at