Ellie Harrison

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2015

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    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

  • Social / Networks

    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 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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I've just published The Artists' Bond 11th Annual Report 👏👏 ... See MoreSee Less

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I love this project and am honoured to be part of it!!!

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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Commodities

  • Day-to-Day Data Book Day-to-Day Data Book £16.00
  • Day-to-Day Data + Confessions Books Day-to-Day Data + Confessions Books £20.00
  • The Glasgow Effect (First Edition) The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint £10.00 – £14.00
  • 4 Live Broadcasts DVD 4 LIVE Broadcasts DVD £20.00
  • Gold Card Adventures Poster Gold Card Adventures Poster £5.00
  • Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund Sticker £3.00
  • Channel Swimming Challenge Logbook Channel Swimming Challenge Logbook £2.00
  • Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector Book Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector £10.00
  • National Museum of Roller Derby T-Shirt National Museum of Roller Derby T-Shirt £10.00

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