Tonnes of carbon produced by the personal transportation of a ‘professional artist’
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Less is More
‘Less is More’ is a mini exhibition by Glasgow-based artist Ellie Harrison exploring the contradictions between sustainability and growth, and the relationship between art and activism.
Exhibition Guide -
Review: Edinburgh Art Festival 2020
4 Aug 2020
Fleming Collection -
Artists to present work outdoors and online to mark dates of cancelled Edinburgh Art Festival
1 Aug 2020
The Scotsman -
Tonnes of carbon produced by the personal transportation of a ‘professional artist’
This graph was first compiled as the central illustration of Harrison’s 2019 book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint to illustrate the artist’s increasing amount of travel in the years running up to her 2016 project and the dramatic impact it had on reducing her carbon footprint for transport. It was updated in 2020 for display at Edinburgh Art Festival.
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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)