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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)

  • Writing

    Practising what we Preach

    Written by Harrison during the first few months of The Glasgow Effect in 2016, this essay explores the many problems within the higher education system, which were the project’s initial impetus, and the destructive values these promote. It outlines key actions to resolve the contradictions that are preventing us from practising what we preach. (Word count: 4,496)

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    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.

  • Exhibition

    For Love or Money

    Created in 2015 to highlight the main causes of Harrison’s breaches to her own Environmental Policy and the amount of carbon each produced, For Love or Money paved the way for The Glasgow Effect in 2016.

  • Lectures
    Ethics: Extremism & Compromise

    Ethics: Extremism & Compromise

    A talk by Ellie Harrison exploring the relationship between her life choices and her work as an artist for Artquest’s Practice 360° programme at Camden Arts Centre in London.

  • Writing

    Counter-Hegemonic Propaganda Machine

    A manifesto of sorts outlining Harrison’s values and strategies for approaching life and art-making. Written in 2012 in response to a provocation by psychologist Tim Kasser for The Art of Life (p.19-21) published by Mission Models Money & Common Cause. (Word count: 1,229)

  • 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)

  • Internet / Broadcasts

    Transmission: Glasgow to London

    For the first of 4 LIVE Broadcasts made over the course of a year (December 2010 – November 2011), Harrison gives a rambling exploration of ethical compromise and political contradiction. Questioning how a person’s moral outlook and priorities may shift with age, she offers an insight into the life of a home-owning thirty-something in devolved Scotland. (Duration: 18:00)

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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 2020-21, 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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This Weds 24 February, 7pm, I'm really looking forward to hosting Get Glasgow Moving's public meeting on Public Transport: Privatisation & Poverty w/ special guest Philip Alston 🚍💰💸 Philip Alston is the former UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights, whose report from the UK in 2018 highlighted the deregulation and privatisation of our public transport as a key factor exacerbating poverty. Please join us to find out more! Sign up here 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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Public Transport: Privatisation & Poverty w/ special guest Philip Alston

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The Glasgow Community Energy project has been keeping me busy throughout lockdown 🌞 Were gearing up to release some exciting news in the next few months, so please sign up for updates 👇

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It was a great honour to give evidence to Scotland's Climate Assembly this weekend on behalf of Get Glasgow Moving. My presentation outlined the ‘rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes’ to our public transport system necessary before 2030 to address the climate emergency 🌍 ... See MoreSee Less

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Here's a little project I've been working on this year during lockdown - compiling a comprehensive Bibliography for my book 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint', which was published by Luath Press in November 2019 📚🤓 The book itself has Endnotes, but no Bibliography, so I thought it would useful to draw together all the resources referenced in one alphabetical list, including links to those available online. ... See MoreSee Less

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

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Fancy a bit of holiday reading? 🎄 My book 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' is on sale direct from publishers Luath Press 📕📙📒📗📘 Order by 15th December to receive in time for Christmas 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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The Glasgow Effect — Luath Press

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Terrific book. Very readable and so interesting. All your answers to why things (often not great) happen in Glasgow.

If you care about Glasgow read this book.

I finally finished it! An online comprehensive Bibliography for the Book. I hope it's useful: glasgoweffect.ellieharrison.com/bibliography/

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