Ellie Harrison

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2015

  • Lectures

    The RRAAF Report Launch Event

    Harrison outlines the ideas behind her new Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project at the Launch of The RRAAF Report at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.

  • Media

    Project to turn renewable energy into arts funding has wind in its sails

    14 Dec 2015
    a-n website

  • Exhibition

    Big Bang Data

    3 Dec 2015
    Somerset House, London

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    RRAAF Kickstarter – Last Chance to Get Involved!

    2 Dec 2015

  • Media

    Wind-Powered Art

    30 Nov 2015
    10:10 UK

  • Lectures

    The RRAAF Debate

    Harrison outlines the ideas behind her new Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project at the Shifting Power event at Beaconsfield in London.

  • Lectures

    Sustainability in Practice

    Speaking at the Culture & Sustainability event organised by Julie’s Bicycle at The Tetley in Leeds, Harrison discusses the challenges and consequences of putting ‘sustainability’ into practice; specifically: her life-long project Early Warning Signs, her Environmental Policy and how her breaches of its Transportation section led to The Glasgow Effect.

  • Exhibition

    Laboro Ergo Sum

    7 Nov 2015
    amberPlatform, Istanbul (Turkey)

  • Media

    GHAOS Reigns: The Total Institutions of Reactor

    7 Nov 2015
    The Quietus

  • Newsletter

    Support the Shift from Aesthetics to Ethics

    4 Nov 2015

  • Media

    Harnessing the Wind

    1 Nov 2015
    Art Monthly (Issue 391 p.33)

  • Exhibition

    For Love or Money

    Created in 2015 to highlight the main causes of Harrison’s breaches to her own Environmental Policy and the amount of carbon each produced, For Love or Money paved the way for The Glasgow Effect in 2016.

  • Media

    Blowing in the wind: artist launches campaign to fund art with renewable energy

    8 Oct 2015
    a-n website

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    Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund

    Initiated by Harrison in 2015, the Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund (RRAAF) aims to be a new and autonomous funding scheme, which uses renewable energy to offer ‘no strings attached’ grants for art-activist projects in the UK.
    Project website

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    Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund

    6 Oct 2015

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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 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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We must β€œreimagine, rebrand and relaunch” our public transport after Covid so that β€œit’s clean, affordable, cheap, quick, a joy to use” ✨🚍 πŸš‡πŸš†πŸ’• That's me in an interview by Dani Garavelli for today's The Sunday Post πŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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The New Normal: We must reimagine, rebrand and then relaunch after Covid. Our public transport must be a joy to use - The Sunday Post

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PlayBus Regulation: The Musical

Today my dream of Bus Regulation became a reality! πŸ₯° πŸ’• After years of campaigning by Better Buses for Greater Manchester, the Mayor of Greater Manchester finally announced that he would stand up to the profiteering private bus companies, and commit to re-regulating the region's bus network to deliver an integrated and affordable service which puts passengers first πŸšπŸš‡πŸš† Why not celebrate this evening by watching the Musical? We did it ✊ #ActivismWorks ... See MoreSee Less

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Watch the announcement here: www.facebook.com/BetterBusesforGM/posts/5225150167526536

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well done Ellie

Star! xxx

Thanks for all you did Ellie to make this happen! xxx

Read the news here! www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-andy-burnham-announces-decision...

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Join Free Our City this Thursday 25 March, 7pm for our public hearing on Glasgow City Council's public transport policy πŸšπŸš‡πŸš† I can't wait! Sign up here πŸ‘‰ freebuses.eventbrite.co.uk ... See MoreSee Less

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Putting Free Buses Back on the Agenda

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3 weeks ago
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ScotRail re-nationalised! πŸš† What a massive win for our #makescotrailpublic campaign, launched back in 2014. We did it ✊ #ActivismWorks ... See MoreSee Less

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Public Ownership of Scotland’s Railway

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4 weeks ago
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Fabulous 🀩🀩🀩🀩

Fantastic! More power to you, Ellie.

Good work.

I was well chuffed to discover my book 'The Glasgow Effect' featuring at no.6 on Glasgow Times' list of "best Glasgow books" to read this World Book Day (UK & Ireland) πŸ“šπŸ₯³ Copies are still available on special offer direct from the publisher Luath Press πŸ‘‡luath.co.uk/productsg/the-glasgow-effect ... See MoreSee Less

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The best Glasgow books to read this World Book Day

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Read 'The Glasgow Effect' if you care about the city.

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