HP (Hillside Projects) is an artistic entity. Its members are Emily Berry Mennerdahl & Jonas Böttern. Situated within a conceptual framework, HP investigates the many ways of telling tales with a querying of who should tell them and why. Notions of failure, translation and acts of listening are (currently) being explored and the works take their form as lecture performances, video, walks, sound, text and trans-disciplinary collaborations.
BIO:
HP is based in Stockholm, Sweden. HP has performed, screened and presented its work in, amongst others, venues such as Röda sten konsthall(SE), Bonniers konsthall (SE), Oyoun KulturNeuDenken(DE), PhotoKTM 5 (NP), Dazibao (CA), Kristianstad konsthall (SE), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), SODA2132 (LT). Recent research presentations and workshops include Södertörn University(SE), Lunds University(SE), Ambedkar University (IN) and UQAM (CA). Recent artist residencies include IASPIS–International Programme for Visual and Applied Arts(SE), Clark House House Initiative(IN) and SEA Foundation(NL). HP is currently (2025) working on a public art commission with ArtPlatform and the municipality of Jönköping.
Böttern holds an MFA from Konstfack–University of Art, Crafts & Design (SE) and Berry Mennerdahl holds an MFA from Concordia University (CA) and a BA (Hons) Photography from Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). Berry Mennerdahl has, on various occasions, visited Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and the Royal Institute of Art (SE) as a guest associate lecturer.
HP’s videos are distributed by Filmform–The Art Film & Video Archive (SE) and Vidéographe (CA).
Berry Mennerdahl is a board member of NKF (The Nordic Art Association), a non-profit artist residency in Stockholm (SE).