Hillside Projects
The Swedish artist duo (Emily Berry Mennerdahl & Jonas Böttern) have been working together as Hillside Projects since 2011. Their work revolves around the mostly problematic relationships between humans and nature.
Biography
Hillside Projects was formed in 2011, during a longer stay in India. Residing on the top of a hill in a small village in the south, conversations and daily excursions evolved into larger projects. Travel, movement and exchange have always been important elements for both artists and continues to be so within the collaboration.
Hillside Projects are currently based in Stockholm. Their videos are distributed by FilmForm – The Art Film and Video Archive and Vidéographe Montréal. They are board members of ID:I Galleri in Stockholm and Böttern is a board member of NKF (Nordic Art Association). Their works have been exhibited nationally and internationally including Bonniers Konsthall, Neu Now Festival, Dazibao, Centrum för Fotografi, Galleri 54 etc. They continue to take part in residencies across the world including places such as The Banff Centre Canada, TCG Nordica China, Clark House Initiative India and so on.
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Solo shows (selection)
- 2021 SEA Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
- 2021 Raum fur Kunst, Das Esszimmer, Bonn, Germany
- 2020 Memorial for the Lost, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai
- 2019 Why did you leave?, Galleri 54, Göteborg | SE
- 2017 Searching for the European Roller, ID:I Galleri, Stockholm | SE
- 2015 Searching for the European Roller, Konstfack, Stockholm | SE
- 2013 Conditions of Sea. Public video-installation at Domkyrkoforum, Lund | SE
- 2012 A Categorisation of a Mountain Landscape, Gallery TCG Nordica, Kunming | CHN
Group exhibitions
- 2020 Works on Paper, CASINOT XXH, Malmö
- 2020 Rosalux, Berlin (postponed until 2021)
- 2020 Platform Projects, Athens (postponed until 2021)
- 2019 Biologiska Museets Vänner # Fåglar, Eric Ericssonshallen, Stockholm
- 2019 In Mid Air, Bångska Våningen, Stockholm
- 2019 Platforms Projects, Athens
- 2019 The Whole and its Parts, Space 52, Athens
- 2019 Is This The End?, Galleri ID:I
- 2019 Stockholms Kulturnatt, Galleri ID:I
- 2018 Filmveckor, CrumHeaven, Stockholm
- 2018 Photography Books in Sweden Past Future, Institute Suedois, Paris
- 2018 Landskrona Fotofestival, Landskrona
- 2018 PAB – Konstakademin, Stockholm
- 2018 Platforms Projects 2018, Athens
- 2017 Searching for the European Roller, curated by France Choiniére, Dazibao, Montréal | CAN
- 2016 Northern Light Conference, curated by Chris Goldie, Sheffield Hallam University
- 2016 Fotografiets Ömsint Vårdande Blick. Curated by Svante Larsson. Centrum för Fotografi, Stockholm
- 2016 One Minute Video, Art Rotterdam
- 2016 Neu Now Festical, curated by Paula Crabtree and Anthony Dean, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam | NL | Northern Light Conference, curated by Chris Goldie, Sheffield Hallam University | Fotografiets Ömsint Vårdande Blick. Curated by Svante Larsson. Centrum för Fotografi, Stockholm | SE | One Minute Video, Art Rotterdam
- 2014 Everthing Must Go, Platform, Stockholm | SE
- 2013 Land/Sea/Sky, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Liverpool | UK
Screenings
- 2020 Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
- 2019 Bideodromo International experimental film and video festival, Bilbao
- 2019 FilmForm News at 65th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
- 2019 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media
- 2019 Dåtid.Samtid. Nutid – Tensta Konsthall, Biografen Zita
- 2019 Tensta Konsthall 20 år, Tensta Konsthall
- 2018 Daz Esszimmer, Bonn
- 2017 Alienationen, Two Change & ID:I Galleri, Stockholm
Artist Residencies
- 2021 SEA Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
- 2021 König Natural History Museum, Bonn
- 2020 Box Autumn Studio Bohuslän. An artist residency arranged by Galleri Box in collaboration with KKV Bohuslän & Gerleborgsskolan Bohuslän
- 2020 Clark House Initiative, Mumbai
- 2019 Sfakiotes Artist Residency, Greece
- 2012 TCG Nordica AIR, Kunming, China
- 2012 Rhizome – Lijiang Art Centre, Lijiang, China
- 2009 TCG Nordica AIR, Kunming, China (Böttern)
- 2009 Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada (Mennerdahl)
Grants
- 2020 Emil Bergs fond, Konstakademin (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts), travel grant (Berry Mennerdahl)
- 2020 Emil Bergs fond, Konstakademin (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts), travel grant (Böttern)
- 2020 IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee) Crisis grant (Berry Mennerdahl)
- 2020 IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee) Crisis grant (Böttern)
- 2020 IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee) International Cultural Exchange grant (Berry Mennerdahl)
- 2019 IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee) One-year working grant (Berry Mennerdahl)
- 2019 IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee) One-year working grant (Böttern)
- 2019 IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee) International Cultural Exchange grant (Böttern)
- 2019 Helge Ax:sson Johnsons Stiftelse (Berry Mennerdahl)
- 2019 Längmanska Kulturstiftelsen (Böttern)
- 2018 Helge Ax:sson Johnsons Stiftelse (Berry Mennerdahl)
- 2016 Main grant holder for the Principles Scholarship, Konstfack, Stiftelsen Den Nordiska Första S:t Johannislogens Jubelfond (Böttern)
- 2015 Ulla Fröberg Cramérs Stipendiestiftelse (Böttern)
- 2013 Ateljstöd (3 years), Stockholm Stad (Mennerdahl) | IASPIS (The Swedish Arts Council travel grant) | Project grant, Lunds Kommun
- 2011 Helge Ax:sson Johnssons Stiftelse. Travel and production grant
- 2009 Helge Ax:sson Johnssons Stiftelse. Travel and production grant (Böttern) | IASPIS travel grant (Mennerdahl)
Publications
- 2013 Interview-Katya Tylevich for Elephant Magazine, issue 15, summer
- 2014 Plaza: Det stora konstnummret, nr 02 februari 2014
- 2012 Interview-Orion Martin for The Terms Put Forward, Notes on Contemporary Art Art in China.
