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2012

  • Media

    Notes towards Becoming a Good Citizen

    16 Dec 2012
    New Escapologist (Issue 8 p.17-21)

  • Media

    The Hour of Power

    9 Dec 2012
    Resonance FM

  • Exhibition

    Data as Culture

    30 Nov 2012
    Open Data Institute, London

  • Lecture

    The Lush Prize

    Alongside activist Peter Tatchell, Harrison co-hosted the awards ceremony for the inaugural Lush Prize in support of alternatives to animal testing.

  • Internet / Broadcasts

    Friendship Festival

    For Glasgay! 2012, Harrison & her flatmate Oliver Braid presented Friendship Festival. Building on the success of their popular radio show, they invited six other friendly duos with intimate and provocative thoughts to share with the world, into their home for a series of weekend radio show ‘takeovers’.

  • Installations
    The Redistribution of Wealth installed at Tate Britain in 2012

    The Redistribution of Wealth

    Installed in Tate Britain’s Historic Collection Room, this piece retells the history of UK government spending on the arts from the birth of the β€˜Council for the Encouragement of Music & the Arts’ in 1940, right up to the present day climate of cutbacks.

  • Media

    Acts of Legacy

    4 Oct 2012
    a-n website

  • Newsletter

    The Redistribution of Wealth (Late at Tate Britain)

    1 Oct 2012

  • Exhibition

    21 Revolutions

    22 Sep 2012
    Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

  • Media

    She Shelves Sanctuary

    9 Sep 2012
    Scotland on Sunday (The Week p.8-9)

  • Publication

    The New Home Front II

    8 Sep 2012
    Green Party of England & Wales (p.41-42)

  • Political Campaigns, Writing

    Bring Back British Rail

    As founder of the Bring Back British Rail campaign, Harrison was invited to write about the public ownership of our railways for the Green Party of England & Wales’s The New Home Front II (p.41-42) in 2012, which looks to the post-war period for lessons on how to tackle climate change now. (Word count: 709)

  • Media

    National Museum of Roller Derby

    1 Sep 2012
    Lead Jammer (Issue 3 p.14)

  • Media

    The Revolution on Roller Skates

    1 Sep 2012
    Inside Line (Issue 5 p.34)

  • Media

    Creating a cultural legacy: the National Museum of Roller Derby

    24 Aug 2012
    London Rockin' Rollers

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2022, Harrison is working to complete the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy – staging the Strathclyde Musical at the CCA Glasgow on 24 April, and the Merseyside Musical at the Bluecoat in Liverpool on 13 November 2022.
In autumn 2021, a new and updated 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. 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 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Here are some brilliant backstage shots of Bus Regulation: The Musical performed at Platform Glasgow on Saturday 28 January in collaboration with Get Glasgow Moving and starring skaters from Glasgow Roller Derby, Mean City Roller Derby & Sugar and Spin Skate Crew – stay tuned for more photos from the show coming soon...

Here are some brilliant backstage shots of Bus Regulation: The Musical performed at Platform Glasgow on Saturday 28 January in collaboration with Get Glasgow Moving and starring skaters from Glasgow Roller Derby, Mean City Roller Derby & Sugar and Spin Skate Crew – stay tuned for more photos from the show coming soon... ... See MoreSee Less

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Ellie Harrison’s glorious piece of agit-prop theatre 🚍🎭✊ A fab review of Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow in todays HeraldScotland πŸ₯³ Thanks Neil Cooper!

"Ellie Harrison’s glorious piece of agit-prop theatre" 🚍🎭✊ A fab review of Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow in today's HeraldScotland πŸ₯³ Thanks Neil Cooper! ... See MoreSee Less

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Read the article in full here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/23285410.theatre-review-bus-regulation-musical-strathclyde-platform/

Yeah looks amazing.

Paul Jones

Fabulous!

Whoop!!!

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Theres a lovely piece about my Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in todays The National Newspaper πŸ›ΌπŸšπŸͺ©πŸŽΆ Stay tuned for photos of yesterdays show at Platform Glasgow coming soon!

There's a lovely piece about my Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in today's The National Newspaper πŸ›ΌπŸšπŸͺ©πŸŽΆ Stay tuned for photos of yesterday's show at Platform Glasgow coming soon! ... See MoreSee Less

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Read the article in full here: www.thenational.scot/culture/23283494.bus-regulation-musical-legacy-privatisation

That's the manchester show I recognise my skates. Well done Ellie Harrison

Well done Ellie ❀️

Saw it on Saturday and was informed and entertained in equal measure. 😁 A wee yin turned to his Mum at the end and said, “That was great!” πŸ‘ From the mouths of babes.. Well done! What’s next?

It's excellent and shows what can be done if you are creative like Ellie. Big thumbs up. πŸ‘

That’s very good coverage Ellie.

Da iawn ti. Well done you.

GOSH, YOU MUST BE SO PROUD OF HER, BERNARD ~ AS ANNE WOULD HAVE BEEN!

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Nothing reported by the UK press about this story the worlds biggest story right now. www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-you-really-want-understand-how-powerful-big-pharma-is-cons...

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Dont miss your chance to see the *award-winning* Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow next Saturday 28 January!! πŸͺ©πŸšπŸŽ΅πŸ›Ό Get your name on the Waiting List, as we plan to release more free tickets on Monday! Sign up here πŸ‘‡
🎟️ platform-online.co.uk/whats-on/event/912

Don't miss your chance to see the *award-winning* Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow next Saturday 28 January!! πŸͺ©πŸšπŸŽ΅πŸ›Ό Get your name on the Waiting List, as we plan to release more free tickets on Monday! Sign up here πŸ‘‡
🎟️ platform-online.co.uk/whats-on/event/912
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I was well chuffed to receive one of the University of Dundees Public Engagement Awards for my work on the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside over the last few years πŸ₯³πŸšπŸͺ© πŸ›Ό #DiscoveryDays23

I was well chuffed to receive one of the University of Dundee's Public Engagement Awards for my work on the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside over the last few years πŸ₯³πŸšπŸͺ© πŸ›Ό #DiscoveryDays23 ... See MoreSee Less

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Da iawn ti. Well done you.

Well done Ellie!

Legend!!

Congratulations Ellie! Very well deserved, I am sure! πŸ₯°xx

Huge congratulations Ellie! So we’ll deserved πŸ₯³πŸ‘

Well done! 😁

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