2009
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This is… Ellie Harrison
15 Nov 2009
Central Station launch, Sloans, Glasgow -
Bring Back British Rail: East Coast Mainline
12 Nov 2009
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Data Visualisation
4 Nov 2009
Ffotogallery, Turner House, Penarth -
The Centre is Here
24 Oct 2009
Chapter, Cardiff -
In conversation with Sally O’Reilly
9 Oct 2009
Space, London -
Vending Machine
7 Oct 2009
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The Peckham Experiment
28 Sep 2009
Space Station Sixty-Five, London -
Therapy Session / Book Launch
22 Sep 2009
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Desk Chair Parade
On Sunday 2 August 2009, Ellie Harrison & Adele Prince (Sports Day) staged the inaugural Desk Chair Parade took place in Manchester as part of We are the Champions – Castlefield Gallery’s 25th Anniversary. A group of willing volunteers – office workers, shoppers and gallery goers alike – embarked on a magnificent adventure, freewheeling through the streets on ordinary office chairs.
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Desk Chair Parade (Castlefield Gallery)
30 Jul 2009
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Bring Back British Rail
In 2009, Harrison – the self-professed ‘Che Guevara of trainspotters’ – founded the national Bring Back British Rail campaign to popularise the idea of re-nationalising our public transport system. Now with more than 150,000 supporters across Facebook, Twitter, Riseup and its online petitions, Harrison continues to coordinate the campaign with the help of a small network of volunteers around the UK.
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Summer Reading
1 Jul 2009
Art Monthly (Issue 328 p.40) -
Toytown
The sister installation to Vending Machine, this piece features a dilapidated 1980s kid’s car ride which starts up and offers people free rides when news relating to the recession makes the headlines on the BBC News RSS feed.
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Altermodernism: The Age of Stupid
Published by Furtherfield in 2009, Harrison’s second essay for her Masters at Glasgow School of Art uses Nicolas Bourriaud’s Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain as a paradigm for exploring the artworld institution’s lack of acknowledgement and action over climate change. (Word count: 2,528)
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Toytown (Glasgow School of Art)
13 May 2009
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Capitalyst
5 May 2009
Catalyst Arts, Belfast -
Vending Machine
An installation for which an old vending machine is reprogrammed to release snacks only when news relating to the recession makes the headlines on the BBC News RSS feed.
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Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector
23 Apr 2009
Plymouth College of Art -
Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector
22 Apr 2009
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Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector
Harrison edited the first book about her work Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector, published by Plymouth College of Art in April 2009. The book profiles twelve of her former ‘data collecting‘ projects, for which she obsessively recorded information about different aspects of her daily routine. It is introduced by artist and curator Hannah Jones and features a specially commissioned essay by Sally O’Reilly. (Word count: 5,394)
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The History of Financial Crises
An installation in which the turbulent history of capitalism over the last century is re-enacted each day by a row of popcorn making machines.