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    Artist as Active Citizen

    Harrison reflects on The Glasgow Effect for this new text commissioned to launch a-n‘s year-long research project with AirSpace Gallery: Artists Make Change (May 2020 – May 2021). It is published alongside a new text by Dave Beech reflecting on the history of political art, to provoke discussion about artists’ roles in affecting social change. (Word count: 1,540)

  • Writing

    The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint

    On 4 November 2019, Luath Press published Harrison’s first book. Inspired by her 2016 ‘durational performance’ The Glasgow Effect – for which she refused to travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except her bike, for the whole calendar year – the book provides the complete context for her thinking and action. (Word count: 119,000)

  • Media

    The timely return of activism

    28 Jan 2017
    The Herald (The Arts p.6)

  • Media

    Loving the Inbox: the Artist as Bureaucrat

    1 Jul 2016
    ArtReview Asia (p.68-71)

  • Performance / Events

    The Glasgow Effect

    The Glasgow Effect was a multi-layered ‘research project‘, which took place in 2016. Its central provocation was that Harrison would refuse to travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except her bike, for a whole calendar year (1 January – 31 December 2016). On 8 January 2017, she gave a talk about the work at the Glasgow Film Theatre. On 4 November 2019, she published a book providing the complete context for her thinking and action.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Writing

    A Good Climate for Business

    Written by Harrison for Artsadmin in response to her residency at Two Degrees festival in 2011. This text details her attempts to explore the relationship between capitalism and climate change, which led to the development of Work-a-thon for the Self-Employed and Early Warning Signs. (Word count: 2,758)

  • Writing

    Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom

    Harrison’s 2010 thesis, published in four parts by Furtherfield, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the ‘career’ of artist in the 21st Century and presents her manifesto for how best to move forward. (Word count: 8,284)

News

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 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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