Ellie Harrison

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  • 2016 Media

    Outraged over a £15,000 Glasgow art project? Look at the bigger picture

    6 Jan 2016
    The Guardian

  • 2016 Media

    Artist defends £15,000 grant that sparked abusive attack

    6 Jan 2016
    The Herald (p.11)

  • 2016 Media

    ‘Glasgow Effect’ artist controversy: arts body defends funding Ellie Harrison

    6 Jan 2016
    The Herald

  • 2016 Media

    Artist’s stay at home project has wrong effect

    5 Jan 2016
    The Scotsman (p.5)

  • 2016 Media

    Artist’s £15,000 grant to stay in Glasgow for a year is money well spent

    5 Jan 2016
    The Guardian

  • 2016 Media

    Art of provoking a backlash

    5 Jan 2016
    The Herald (p.1)

  • 2015 Media

    Let a Public Train take the Strain

    8 Aug 2015
    The Guardian (p.33)

  • 2015 Media

    Home Truths

    26 Apr 2015
    Scotland on Sunday (Spectrum p.16-17)

  • 2014 Media

    Counterpoint

    31 Aug 2014
    Scotland on Sunday

  • 2014 Media

    L’Ecosse Répète son Indépendance sur les Planches

    21 Aug 2014
    Le Monde (France) (p.12)

  • 2014 Media

    Getting Straight to the Point

    9 Aug 2014
    The Herald (The Arts p.6)

  • 2014 Media

    Royal High School set for Festival revival

    31 Jul 2014
    The Scotsman

  • 2014 Media

    Indyref Confetti Cannon to go on Display at Edinburgh Art Festival

    31 Jul 2014
    The Herald (p.10)

  • 2014 Media

    Confetti Cannon Primed to Explode, or Maybe Not

    31 Jul 2014
    The Times (p.16)

  • 2012 Media

    She Shelves Sanctuary

    9 Sep 2012
    Scotland on Sunday (The Week p.8-9)

  • 2011 Media

    Nice to Meet You

    23 Oct 2011
    Independent on Sunday (The Pink List p.4)

  • 2011 Media

    Vault Art Glasgow

    4 Sep 2011
    Scotland on Sunday (Review p.4)

  • 2010 Media

    The Finished Article

    6 Jun 2010
    Scotland on Sunday (Review p.7)

  • 2010 Media

    Artists in a bid for success with different type of draw

    29 May 2010
    The Herald (p.11)

  • 2010 Media

    Party Politics: Election Art

    5 May 2010
    The Guardian (p.17)

  • 2005 Media

    Many Conceptual Artists Have an Unholy Delight in Statistics

    27 Jul 2005
    The Times (T2 p.16)

  • 2005 Media

    Exhibition: Day-to-Day Data

    23 Jul 2005
    The Guardian (The Guide p.37)

  • 2003 Media

    A Day in the Life

    28 May 2003
    The Washington Times (USA) (p.3)

  • 2002 Media

    Eat Me!

    21 Mar 2002
    The Guardian (Online p.6)

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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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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,Image attachment

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

2 months ago
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🚶🚲🚍🚇🚉 I was honoured to be invited to discuss my activism with Bring Back British Rail, Get Glasgow Moving & Better Buses for Strathclyde at ETF's 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 conference at KVS Brussels 🙌 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

2 months ago
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Why are we still waiting for better buses? 🚌 Check out this brilliant new animation by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee graduate Sooz Reilly which we launched this week as part of the Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign. Please take two minutes to 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗦𝗣𝘀 to demand action 👇 @followers
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
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3 months ago
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It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival and Carnival 🙌 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

6 months ago
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Published today! Check out The Artists' Bond's 14th Annual Report, detailing our third best performing year with 3 cash prizes totalling £125 🥳💷 This means an annual payout of £0.79 for each or our 159 artist members 👏 @followers Read more here 👇
artistsbond.co.uk/14artistsbondreport2024.pdf
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6 months ago
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This 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟲 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟳𝗽𝗺! 📣 Don't miss our FREE Cultivating Community Activism: Learning from Cathy McCormack’s ‘The Wee Yellow Butterfly’ event as part of Govanhill International Festival 🙌 Listen to my interview on Sunny Govan to find out more! @followers tune in from 1:04:09 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

6 months ago
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