Ellie Harrison

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2014

  • Political Campaigns, Writing

    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)

  • Lecture

    Artist’s Talk

    20 Nov 2014
    Brandts 13, Odense (Denmark)

  • Lectures

    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.

  • Lecture

    Create & Sustain

    15 Oct 2014
    Glasgow School of Art

  • Media

    Interview: Ellie Harrison

    3 Oct 2014
    Generation

  • Media

    A Most Unusual Referendum Results Party

    22 Sep 2014
    The Student Newspaper (p.19)

  • Media

    Scottish indyref and artists: “No anger or disappointment”

    19 Sep 2014
    a-n website

  • Media

    The Morning After the Revolution

    19 Sep 2014
    Summerhall TV

  • Media

    Scottish Independence: Polling Day Live

    18 Sep 2014
    The Guardian

  • Newsletter

    After the Revolution, Who Will Clean Up the Mess?

    18 Sep 2014

  • Media

    Picking up the Pieces after the Vote

    15 Sep 2014
    The Scotsman TV

  • Media

    Independence will lead to Artistic ‘Desecration’

    13 Sep 2014
    The Spectator (p.56)

  • Media

    Picturing Scotland’s Future

    1 Sep 2014
    Channel 4 News

  • Media

    Counterpoint

    31 Aug 2014
    Scotland on Sunday

  • Performance / Events

    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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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). On Sunday 24 April 2022 she staged Bus Regulation: The Musical at the CCA Glasgow.
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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Wondering how to spend your Thursday evening? Why not help us demand the public ownership of rail by responding to the Department for Transports consultation on the legislative changes required to deliver #GreatBritishRailways 🚉 Ive been working with We Own It to create this handy guide 👇 Takes 15 mins!
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Wondering how to spend your Thursday evening? Why not help us demand the public ownership of rail by responding to the Department for Transport's consultation on the legislative changes required to deliver #greatbritishrailways 🚉 I've been working with We Own It to create this handy guide 👇 Takes 15 mins!
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Done!

The railways are already nationalised. This clearly shows a lack of understanding.

Check out MOBILITY - my exclusive interview about the links between literal and social mobility for Dani Admiss' #sunlightdoesntneedapipeline project at Stanley Picker Gallery 🚲🚶‍♂️🚴‍♂️ It features my newly updated Carbon Graph showing the full carbon impact of the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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Mobility

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I really enjoyed the interview Ellie, great catching up with everything you’ve been working on x

Join me this Tuesday 26 July at 7pm for the Studio Social: An Online Talk with artist Ellie Harrison event with Pier Projects 👇 Register here 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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Studio Social: An Online Talk with artist Ellie Harrison

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Essential reading for all Glaswegians.

I loved chatting with Craig about public transport past, present & future for The Common Weal - a vision for a better Scotland Policy Podcast this week 🚌😍🚃 Have a wee listen here 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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The Common Weal Policy Podcast – Episode #132

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  • Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector Book Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector £10.00
  • The Glasgow Effect (First Edition) The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint £10.00 – £14.00
  • Day-to-Day Data Book Day-to-Day Data Book £16.00
  • Counterpoint Poster Counterpoint Poster £10.00
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