Lesson #3, 2020

EJ Hill is known best for his endurance-based performances but is also an object-maker, writer, and installation artist. He has used neon to put text into conversation with his body while he performs, and as a source of light in dark circumstances. During a year-long fellowship at Harvard University, Hill began making the series Lessons, in which each work includes a chalkboard with a declarative message. In these pieces, Hill recasts the objects and language of the American education system to reckon with the fact that these institutions are not designed for all.