2014
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How the ‘Them’ became ‘Us’
In this short text, written for ShareAction’s Listen to USS! divestment campaign in 2014, Harrison exposes how compromises can so easily occur when one grows-up and gets a ‘proper job‘. (Word count: 998)
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Artist’s Talk
20 Nov 2014
Brandts 13, Odense (Denmark) -
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Talk by Ellie Harrison to students at Funen Art Academy in Denmark, presenting the ideas behind the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills – a title borrowed from the UK Government for her studio during her six-week residency at the academy.
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Create & Sustain
15 Oct 2014
Glasgow School of Art -
A Most Unusual Referendum Results Party
22 Sep 2014
The Student Newspaper (p.19) -
The Morning After the Revolution
19 Sep 2014
Summerhall TV -
Picking up the Pieces after the Vote
15 Sep 2014
The Scotsman TV -
Independence will lead to Artistic ‘Desecration’
13 Sep 2014
The Spectator (p.56) -
Counterpoint
31 Aug 2014
Scotland on Sunday -
The Global Race
The Global Race is an absurd vision of an Olympic games of the future, in which the brilliance of human ‘innovation‘ means we no longer need to break a sweat! At an athletics track in central Berlin, a group of ‘elite athletes’ and members of the public competed in a series of races on Segways.
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L’Ecosse Répète son Indépendance sur les Planches
21 Aug 2014
Le Monde (France) (p.12) -
The Global Race (nGbK Berlin)
19 Aug 2014
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In conversation with Ewa Jasiewicz
Harrison in conversation with journalist and activist Ewa Jasiewicz at Talbot Rice Gallery as part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2014, discussing her referendum-themed installation / event After the Revolution, Who Will Clean Up the Mess? and the relationship between art, activism and social change.
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Getting Straight to the Point
9 Aug 2014
The Herald (The Arts p.6) -
After the Revolution, Who Will Clean Up the Mess?
An installation / event completely contingent on the result of the Referendum on Scottish Independence on 18 September 2014. The four large confetti cannons installed inside Talbot Rice’s Georgian Gallery would only be detonated in the event of a ‘yes’ vote.
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