2013
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Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life
12 Dec 2013
Liverpool University Press & FACT (p.120-123) ISBN 978-1846319662 -
Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life
12 Dec 2013
FACT, Liverpool -
Work-a-thon for the Self-Employed
Harrison identifies how she gradually became more politicised as a result of her growing awareness of her own labour conditions and ‘self-exploitation‘ within the post-Fordist world of work. An edited version of this text was published in the ‘Activism‘ chapter of Playing For Time (p.205-206) in 2015. (Word count: 711)
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Anti-Capitalist Aerobics
9 Dec 2013
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Eat 22: The Personal is Political
One decade on, Harrison reflects on her seminal 2002 project Eat 22, and examines her persistent interest in ‘consumption‘ in recent works: Vending Machine, The Other Forecast and Anti-Capitalist Aerobics. An edited version of this text was published in the ‘Food Growing‘ chapter of Playing For Time (p.177-179) in 2015. (Word count: 692)
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Anti-Capitalist Aerobics
Originally created as a disruption during Invisible Dust’s Ways of Seeing Climate Change conference on 30 October 2013, Anti-Capitalist Aerobics engages delegates in an energy intensive workout in order to expose some of the fundamental contradictions in the way we live our lives.
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The Other Forecast
Recorded LIVE in front of a green screen, Harrison’s The Other Forecast offers her summary of the absurd consequences of capitalism, as a warning about the future we are heading towards if the system continues unchecked. Broadcast on the Big Screen at MediaCityUK in November 2013 as part of The Other Forecast project – a collaboration between Harrison & John O’Shea.
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The Other Forecast
25 Oct 2013
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Power For The People
Harrison launched Bring Back British Rail’s ‘sister campaign’ Power for the People in October 2013 in order to popularise the idea of returning the UK’s energy production and supply to public ownership. Together the campaigns aim to ‘join the dots’ between our most carbon-intensive industries and services to make evident the need to remove the profit-motive from all of them in order to meet the challenges of climate change.
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The Future of Our Railways
14 Sep 2013
Green Party Conference, Brighton -
Say No To Tesco: Stop Supermarket Expansion on our Local High Streets
3 Sep 2013
Petitions Committee, Glasgow City Council -
Early Warning Signs
2 Sep 2013
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The Art of Life: Understanding How Participation in Arts & Culture Can Affect Our Values
1 Sep 2013
Mission Models Money & Common Cause (p.19-21) -
Counter-Hegemonic Propaganda Machine
A manifesto of sorts outlining Harrison’s values and strategies for approaching life and art-making. Written in 2012 in response to a provocation by psychologist Tim Kasser for The Art of Life (p.19-21) published by Mission Models Money & Common Cause. (Word count: 1,229)
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Lost Lines
1 Aug 2013
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh -
21 Revolutions
20 Jul 2013
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh -
Spaceship Unbound
6 Jun 2013
Castlefield, Manchester
