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)