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  • 2023 Media

    Glasgow searches for transport integration

    …and efficiently run. “They will abolish an effective agency, seize its powers, and then re-create it. What a waste of time and resources,” future Conservative Scotland Secretary David Mundell said…

  • 2014 Media

    Spear vs. Scissors: Art Held Captive by Budget Cuts

    …appears in the nightmares of social workers who are in constant fear of personnel reductions and dismissals. According to a statement he made last year, David Cameron, tried to completely…

  • 2015 Performance / Events
    Consensus decision-making facilitated by Tripod

    Dark Days

    …David John Mitchell, Harriet Morley, Ailsa Morrant, Peter Moug, Francis Mulholland, Saskia Neupert, Stuart Noble, Jackie O’Mara, Myra Ostacchini, David Patterson, Louise Phin, Julie Price, Angela Quinn, Thulani Rachia, Tiffany…

  • 2016 Media

    [Insert outraged headline about The Glasgow Effect funding shocker]

    Creative Scotland has funded a contemporary artist to the tune of £15,000 and people are mad as hell about it, David Pollock explores why they shouldn’t be so hasty. In…

  • 2014 Media

    Scottish independence and artists: “It’s not about nationalism at all”

    …a half ago I started to feel quite strongly pro-independence.” No to nationalism Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and UK Prime Minister David Cameron signed the Edinburgh Agreement on 15…

  • 2014 Media

    L’Ecosse Répète son Indépendance sur les Planches

    …le 18 septembre. La jeune artiste se dit impatiente de voir le résultat de “l’événement politique le plus important de ces 300 dernières années”. J. K. Rowling et David Bowie…

  • 2017 Media

    Ellie Harrison – ‘The Glasgow Effect was a boycott of the oil industry, of privatised public transport’

    …Glasgow Effect was like a dark cloud hanging over me. But I did it, and I feel like I’ve made my peace with the city because of it.’ David Pollock…

  • 2016 Media

    The 2016 Hot 100

    …intended to examine localism in an international art world. Denounced as a ‘poverty safari’, it attracted much viral anger, but got us all talking and thinking about art. David Pollock…

  • 2009 Exhibition

    It’s a Mess and Most Probably Irreversible

    Vasco Alvo, Cecile Azoulay, Sidsel Christensen, Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann, Ellie Harrison, David Micheaud, Faith Millin, David Raymond Conroy, Joanna Steele and Jack Strange…

  • 2006 Media

    Insignificance

    David Briers celebrates documentary art that transfigures the everyday. ‘Making History‘, the valuable survey at Tate Liverpool of the impact of documentary practice on British art since the 30s, is…

  • 2013 Media

    Artists speak about ‘value’ at For the love of it

    …Harrison, David Blandy and Doug Fishbone. The conference took an artist-led approach, ensuring that delegates had ample opportunity to share their thoughts within the well-structured programme that also contained two…

  • 2009 Exhibition

    GSA MFA Auction

    …Renema, Rosemary Scanlon, Peter Schoeffer, Anthony Schrag, Maayke Schurer, David Sherry, Fiona Short, David Shrigley, Ross Sinclair, Lucy Skaer, Sandy Smith, Suzie Smith, Hirofumi Suda, Corin Sworn, Anna Tanner, Joanne…

  • 2016 Lectures

    The Glasgow Effect: A Discussion

    …like Cranhill, like Pollock, Arden, Darnley, boom, boom, boom, I could list them all day. So what they do it is, they ‘parachute in’ and they parachute their people in…

  • 2014 Media

    Every Little Doesn’t Help

    …an area, to the benefit of nearby businesses. David Martin, head of policy and external affairs at the SRC, said: “The case for the petition is very shaky. I think…

  • 2012 Exhibition

    Experimenting With Clouds

    Alan Butler, Andreas Nicolas Fischer, Ellie Harrison, Lucy Kimbell, Joanna Kane, David McAllister and Jacob Kirkegaard….

  • 2025 Exhibition

    Winter Sculpture Park

    …Monroe, Emma Louise Moore, Maja Novak, Marcus Orlandi, Prayer Room, David Sappa, Liam Scully, Alegria Repila Smith, Chanel Vegas, Poppy Whatmore, Tom Witherick, Mariusz Wolny, Jeremy Wyatt and Diana Zrnic….

  • 2001 Exhibition

    Trampoline

    Frank Abbott, AV_DV, David Bore, Jim Boxall, Chris Burns, Bill Callahan, Paul Drury & Ian Pare, Miles Chalcraft & Anette Schäfer, Finger Disko (Jon Burgerman & Ellie Harrison), Hollow Creature,…

  • 2016 Media

    Ellie Harrison should wrap up The Glasgow Effect and move on

    …presented by David Mitchell, which ranged from online etiquette to golf club dress rules. At one point a contributor boldly observed that there are a disproportionate number of poorer people…

  • 2011 Exhibition

    Left to My Own Devices

    8gg, FOUND, Ellie Harrison, Toshio Iwai, Kaseo, Sachiko Kodama, Ryota Kuwakubo and David McAllister….

  • 2017 Exhibition

    Rising

    Helen Barff, Louise Beer, Ryan Gander, Helen Goodwin, Katie Goodwin, Ellie Harrison, Hayley Harrison, Ian Maslen, David Morgan-Davies, Catriona Leahy, Sujin Lim, Simon Read, Jessica Rinland, Ben Rivers and Chris…

  • 2023 Media

    Making a song and dance about local buses

    …this Saturday at The Black-E in Liverpool city centre, writes Local Democracy Reporter David Humphreys. Inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1980s hit musical Starlight Express, the 30-minute show features Merseyside-based…

  • 2013 Media

    Копья против ножниц: искусство в плену бюджетных сокращений

    …St. Luke, David Zwirner, Space Station 65, Eykyn Maclean, Michael Werner, Thaddaeus Ropac, Gagosian, White Cube, Vitrine, Carroll/Fletcher. Это касается не только частных, но и благотворительных институций: Тейт Модерн увеличила…

  • 2012 Writing

    It’s like 10,000 ‘friends’, when all you need is a friend

    …starting point for My Five New Friends and were offered up to five filmmakers to interpret (David Hoyle & Lee Baxter, Patrick Staff, Maayke Schurer, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould…

  • 2017 Media

    New money: Do local currencies actually work?

    …banknotes bearing colourful images of local heroes, like David Bowie and secret Agent Violette Szabo, to spend in over 150 local shops. It can also be used by residents to…

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 – 2023).
In 2021 the Second 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, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. 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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Ellie Harrison

Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' 📚

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This 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 in Glasgow! 📢 I'm delighted to be talking about my work with Get Glasgow Moving & Glasgow Community Energy at the 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘨𝘰𝘸? conference at the University of Glasgow 🎟️ Tickets are free, so come join us 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! 👇 You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs @followers
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"We need The Scottish Government to support our transport authority, SPT, to bring the bus network back into public control, so they can deliver a fully-integrated, accessible and affordable public transport network across the region like Greater Manchester’s new ‘Bee Network’, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshire’s ‘People’s Network’" — Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘨𝘰𝘸 👏 Read online here 👇
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/time-for-a-new-deal-and-vision-for-glasgow @followers
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Calling all A-N members! Don't miss this online artist's talk and workshop on '𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm 🌍 Find out more 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Are you in Glasgow this evening? Come along to this free screening of the brilliant POWER Film at The Glasgow School of Art 👇 I'll be introducing the event, talking about my work with Glasgow Community Energy and chairing a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hilary Powell 😊 @followersSave the date! 🌞 We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion 👇
🗓️ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
📍 Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
🎟️ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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It’s this blatant injustice that motivates all my campaigning 😡 Why should people in the poorest parts of Glasgow have to pay 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 for an essential public service as bankers in the City of London? Shame on The Scottish Government for presiding over this system for more than 25 years! @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Ten years ago today, I was just beginning my year-long durational performance #TheGlasgowEffect which was to become one of the most controversial publicly-funded artworks that Scotland had ever seen.

Part psychological experiment, part protest, part strike, for the whole of 2016, I vowed not to travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike.

I described my experience of starting #TheGlasgowEffect, including being at the centre of the social media stooshie it provoked, in ‘When the Chips Hit the Fan’ – Chapter 5 of my book ‘The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint’ published by Luath Press 📚

We have just printed a newly updated version of the Second Edition, so do have a read if you’d like to be transported back to that moment in January 2016... Find out more at: ellieharrison.com/book @followers
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It's been brilliant working with Metro Map Design to produce Get Glasgow Moving's new film setting out our vision for the new #ClydeMetro integrated public transport system 🤩 Check it out here 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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