HJP is a Lisbon-born architecture, art and research practitioner of Angolan heritage, dissecting philosophical frameworks in relation to enacted modes of power, moral codes and Christian discipleship. His work moves between material forms and socially engaged practice, using art installations, placemaking  and dramaturgy as sites of discourse and cultural production.

Supported by the Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship, J. Paris’s doctoral research traces the entanglements between built environments and stigmatised social experiences, attending to immersive modes of historicising that exceed nationalist borders and orientations.

Monte de Estradas

12 mins


The moving image examines the enduring impact of colonialism in Lisbon, revealing how power structures enforce marginalization while subtle acts of resistance—through sound, care, and solidarity. Monte de Estradas attends realities of labourers who have shaped the city and displaced communities grappling with inherited colonial injustices. Through imagery, sound and narrative that chronicle an inquiry interrogating power and recalling new paths toward justice and social transformation.