Ellie Harrison

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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 Britainโ€™s Historic Collection Room, this piece retells the history of UK government spending on the arts from the birth of the โ€˜Council for the Encouragement of Music & the Artsโ€™ 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). On 8 January 2017, she presented The Glasgow Effect: A talk by Ellie Harrison at Glasgow Film Theatre. In 2019, she was commissioned to develop Bus Regulation: The Musical for Manchester Art Gallery and her first book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was published by Luath Press. In 2020-21, her Early Warning Signs are installed at four ‘host venues‘ around the UK and her Vending Machine features in the ๐Ÿ˜น LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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It was a great honour to give evidence to Scotland's Climate Assembly this weekend on behalf of Get Glasgow Moving. My presentation outlined the โ€˜rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changesโ€™ to our public transport system necessary before 2030 to address the climate emergency ๐ŸŒ ... See MoreSee Less

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Land travel - Ellie Harrison - SCA Weekend 3

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Here's a little project I've been working on this year during lockdown - compiling a comprehensive Bibliography for my book 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint', which was published by Luath Press in November 2019 ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿค“ The book itself has Endnotes, but no Bibliography, so I thought it would useful to draw together all the resources referenced in one alphabetical list, including links to those available online. ... See MoreSee Less

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The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint

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Fancy a bit of holiday reading? ๐ŸŽ„ My book 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' is on sale direct from publishers Luath Press ๐Ÿ“•๐Ÿ“™๐Ÿ“’๐Ÿ“—๐Ÿ“˜ Order by 15th December to receive in time for Christmas ๐Ÿ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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The Glasgow Effect — Luath Press

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Terrific book. Very readable and so interesting. All your answers to why things (often not great) happen in Glasgow.

If you care about Glasgow read this book.

I finally finished it! An online comprehensive Bibliography for the Book. I hope it's useful: glasgoweffect.ellieharrison.com/bibliography/

PlayEllie Harrison, Early Warning Signs (2011 - onwards)

Itโ€™s great to be part of this lecture series on Artists & Climate Change alongside inspiring organisations Sculpture Placement Group, Ostrero & Creative Carbon Scotland. I'm speaking about my art, activism and awareness raising activities this Thursday 3 December, 7pm โœŠ It's free to all Scottish Artists Union members, so come join us! artistsunion.scot/events ... See MoreSee Less

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Brilliant news about the Divest Dundee campaign today! ๐Ÿคฉ Ive been campaigning for more than five years to get my workplace - the University of Dundee - to commit to divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Today they finally did it! Thanks to People & Planet and to Hannah Feuerstein and all the brilliant students who have helped pile the pressure on!

Brilliant news about the Divest Dundee campaign today! ๐Ÿคฉ I've been campaigning for more than five years to get my workplace - the University of Dundee - to commit to divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Today they finally did it! Thanks to People & Planet and to Hannah Feuerstein and all the brilliant students who have helped pile the pressure on! ... See MoreSee Less

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Read the university press release here: www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/university-divest-fossil-fuel-companies

Read Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee student Hannah Feuerstein's blog for People & Planet explaining how we won the Divest Dundee campaign! โœŠ peopleandplanet.org/blog/2020-11-13/divestment-dundee-how-we-did-it

Read the Friends of the Earth Scotland press release here: foe.scot/press-release/dundee-uni-divests/

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