“Framed, by Adolf”: Truth as Shadow-Play
about 71 months ago (06/29/2018)
"Framed, by Adolf": Truth as Shadow-Play | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tuckys Photography June 30, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (850 words, six-minute read) In Framed, by Adolf , playwright-director Chong Tze Chien’s fascination with Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust continues from 2016’s Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde , which explored the idea of the dictator as a failed artist. Framed revolves not so much around Hitler, but the journey of one of his (fictional) artworks from before his rise to power, through WWII, and into the the 21 st century contemporary art market – extending Chong’s commentary on the parallels between art and politics, particularly in the malleability and shadow-play of truth and fiction. Framed was partially inspired by a story Chong had heard on a trip to Poland and Germany about Solomon Perel , a Jewish youth who managed to escape persecution by pretending to be a Nazi supporter.