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EJ Hill – Brake Run Helix
Date: October 29, 2022 - January 31, 2024
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Mass MoCA
1040 Mass MoCA Way North Adams, MA 01247 On view beginning October 2022 For his first solo museum show and largest exhibition to date, EJ Hill will create a massive sculptural installation that incorporates a stage for performances as well as a functional roller coaster. Hill’s practice focuses on everyday experiences that intermingle public struggle, endurance, trauma, and joy, whether within athletics, religion, the American education system, or amusement parks. Hill has often incorporated his physical presence by performing as part of these projects. He explains that “my body holds the echo or remnant of something,” and works towards a future that elevates those who are frequently not seen and heard. In the United States, amusement parks were contested sites throughout Jim Crow-era desegregation efforts for equitable access to pleasure, leisure, and recreation. For Hill, roller coastersare public monuments to the possibility of attaining joy—which, as he notes, is “a critical component of social equity.” About the Artist
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