Ellie Harrison

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2010

  • 2010 Media

    The Finished Article

    6 Jun 2010
    Scotland on Sunday (Review p.7)

  • 2010 Media

    Art erupts out of a fine mess

    4 Jun 2010
    The Herald (p.21)

  • 2010 Media

    Artists in a bid for success with different type of draw

    29 May 2010
    The Herald (p.11)

  • 2010 Writing

    Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom

    Harrison’s 2010 thesis, published in four parts by Furtherfield, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the ‘career’ of artist in the 21st Century and presents her manifesto for how best to move forward. (Word count: 8,284)

  • 2010 Performance / Events

    General Election Drinking Game

    An endurance performance devised by Harrison to coincide with the 2010 UK general election. Four โ€˜playersโ€™ represented the main political parties – each attempting to drink one shot of lager for every seat in parliament their party won, live as the results came in throughout the night.
    Project website

  • 2010 Media

    Party Politics: Election Art

    5 May 2010
    The Guardian (p.17)

  • 2010 Newsletter

    General Election Drinking Game

    1 May 2010

  • 2010 Media

    Ballot Proof

    29 Apr 2010
    The List (p.7)

  • 2010 Media

    Buy Now

    29 Apr 2010
    The List (p.17)

  • 2010 Lecture

    Trajectories

    22 Apr 2010
    Apple Store, Glasgow

  • 2010 Exhibition

    Vending Machine

    15 Apr 2010
    Glasgow Film Theatre

  • 2010 Media

    Vending Machine feature

    15 Apr 2010
    The Movie Cafe, BBC Radio Scotland

  • 2010 Newsletter

    Artists’ Lottery Syndicate

    1 Apr 2010

  • 2010 Media

    The Bubble

    26 Mar 2010
    BBC Two

  • 2010 Media

    Budget Buzzwords Prompted Machine to Deliver Crisps

    24 Mar 2010
    BBC News, North West

  • 2010 Lectures

    Hedonism vs. Asceticism: A control freakโ€™s guide to the MFA

    A lecture by Harrison as part of the Master of Fine Art (MFA) screening programme at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. Detailing her experience of studying on the MFA course at Glasgow School of Art from 2008 – 2010, the lecture offers an insight into how she set about organising both her time and the contents of her mind, and explores her tempestuous relationships with ‘work’ and ‘play’.

  • 2010 Exhibition

    Vending Machine

    15 Mar 2010
    Abandon Normal Devices, Lancaster

  • 2010 Newsletter

    Hedonism vs. Asceticism (Centre for Contemporary Arts)

    11 Mar 2010

  • 2010 Media

    Lady Dada

    1 Feb 2010
    Trece:Veinte (Mexico) (Issue 54 p.22-29)

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 โ€“ 2023).
In 2021 the Second Edition of Harrison’s book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was launched at the UN Habitat’s Innovate4Cities conference to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. Her Early Warning Signs were also exhibited at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library during COP26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project.
Harrison’s Vending Machine continues to feature in the ๐Ÿ˜น LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Ellie Harrison

Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' ๐Ÿ“š

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! ๐Ÿ‘‡ You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
๐Ÿ“บ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs @followers
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"We need The Scottish Government to support our transport authority, SPT, to bring the bus network back into public control, so they can deliver a fully-integrated, accessible and affordable public transport network across the region like Greater Manchesterโ€™s new โ€˜Bee Networkโ€™, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshireโ€™s โ€˜Peopleโ€™s Networkโ€™" โ€” Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about ๐˜ˆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐Ÿ‘ Read online here ๐Ÿ‘‡
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/time-for-a-new-deal-and-vision-for-glasgow @followers
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Calling all A-N members! Don't miss this online artist's talk and workshop on '๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm ๐ŸŒ Find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Are you in Glasgow this evening? Come along to this free screening of the brilliant POWER Film at The Glasgow School of Art ๐Ÿ‘‡ I'll be introducing the event, talking about my work with Glasgow Community Energy and chairing a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hilary Powell ๐Ÿ˜Š @followersSave the date! ๐ŸŒž We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
๐Ÿ“ Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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Itโ€™s this blatant injustice that motivates all my campaigning ๐Ÿ˜ก Why should people in the poorest parts of Glasgow have to pay ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ for an essential public service as bankers in the City of London? Shame on The Scottish Government for presiding over this system for more than 25 years! @followers ... See MoreSee Less

4 months ago
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Ten years ago today, I was just beginning my year-long durational performance #TheGlasgowEffect which was to become one of the most controversial publicly-funded artworks that Scotland had ever seen.

Part psychological experiment, part protest, part strike, for the whole of 2016, I vowed not to travel beyond Glasgowโ€™s city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike.

I described my experience of starting #TheGlasgowEffect, including being at the centre of the social media stooshie it provoked, in โ€˜When the Chips Hit the Fanโ€™ โ€“ Chapter 5 of my book โ€˜The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprintโ€™ published by Luath Press ๐Ÿ“š

We have just printed a newly updated version of the Second Edition, so do have a read if youโ€™d like to be transported back to that moment in January 2016... Find out more at: ellieharrison.com/book @followers
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5 months ago
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It's been brilliant working with Metro Map Design to produce Get Glasgow Moving's new film setting out our vision for the new #ClydeMetro integrated public transport system ๐Ÿคฉ Check it out here ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš‰ I was honoured to be invited to discuss my activism with Bring Back British Rail, Get Glasgow Moving & Better Buses for Strathclyde at ETF's ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต conference at KVS Brussels ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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