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  • "doing something conceptually beautiful with the possibility of making real changes in the world"
    - David Pollock

  • "clever-but-accessible"
    - The List

  • "a critique of the careerist structure of the art system or merely a symptom of it?"
    - Moira Jeffrey

  • "a tail-biting thinker par excellence"
    - Martin Herbert

  • "passionate about inequality, climate change and artists’ roles in society"
    - Elinor Morgan

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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, 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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Brilliant news about the Divest Dundee campaign today! 🤩 Ive been campaigning for more than five years to get my workplace - the University of Dundee - to commit to divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Today they finally did it! Thanks to People & Planet and to Hannah Feuerstein and all the brilliant students who have helped pile the pressure on!

Brilliant news about the Divest Dundee campaign today! 🤩 I've been campaigning for more than five years to get my workplace - the University of Dundee - to commit to divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Today they finally did it! Thanks to People & Planet and to Hannah Feuerstein and all the brilliant students who have helped pile the pressure on! ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

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Read the university press release here: www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/university-divest-fossil-fuel-companies

Read Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee student Hannah Feuerstein's blog for People & Planet explaining how we won the Divest Dundee campaign! ✊ peopleandplanet.org/blog/2020-11-13/divestment-dundee-how-we-did-it

Read the Friends of the Earth Scotland press release here: foe.scot/press-release/dundee-uni-divests/

Find out how childhood memories from the '80s have influenced my aesthetic 🤩 Thanks to Michael Pinchbeck at Manchester School of Art for inviting me to do this online lecture about the performative aspects of my practice for the Bunker Talks series at Manchester Metropolitan University 📚 Watch online here 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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Ellie Harrison – Bunker Talk #30 – Manchester School of Art

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1 month ago

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Great to catch up again. Thanks for talking to Bunker Talks about your influences e.g. childhood memories, dishevelled fun runs and misjudged publicity stunts!

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What can we learn from the past when designing 'the sustainable city of the future'? 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚍🚇🚊 Here's an interview about my 2016 #glasgoweffect project for the Embassy of Mobility's 'the city adapts' series for Dutch Design Week on 'til 25 October 2020 👉 worlddesignembassies.com/en/theme/hoe-kan-een-stad-of-land-zich-aanpassen-aan-veranderende-mobiliteitswensen ... See MoreSee Less

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I'm really excited to be helping organise Imagine if buses were free - Campaign launch & Conference for our new Free Our City campaign. We've invited speakers from Dunkirk, France and Tallinn, Estonia to tell #Glasgow how great it is living in cities with free public transport 🚶‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚍🚇🚆 Listen up Glasgow City Council, we need to be next! Register to take part here: 👉 freebuses.eventbrite.com ... See MoreSee Less

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Imagine if buses were free... Campaign launch & Conference

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2 months ago

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You can watch the live stream of the event here www.facebook.com/FreeOurCityGlasgow/videos/752290398946502

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I did enjoy giving a short talk at The Academy of Urbanism Scotland at The Glasgow School of Art earlier this month 🌞🏭🏢🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️🌳🏣 We had a great discussion! You can watch online here 👉 ... See MoreSee Less

2 months ago

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  • Counterpoint Poster Counterpoint Poster £10.00
  • Ellie & Oliver Show T-Shirt Ellie & Oliver Show T-Shirt £20.00
  • The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint £12.00
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