Tag Archives: The Glasgow Effect
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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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Welcome to the 15-minute city
19 Jul 2020
Financial Times -
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)
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The Glasgow Effect Book Review
1 Apr 2020
Art Monthly (Issue 435 p.43) -
Toxic Inequalities in Glasgow & Beyond – Ellie Harrison & Mary O’Hara
12 Mar 2020
AyeWrite, Mitchell Library, Glasgow -
Each for Equal: International Women’s Day
4 Mar 2020
Trade Union Education Centre, City of Glasgow College -
Sonnet Youth
19 Feb 2020
Edinburgh, Stirling & Glasgow -
The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint
13 Feb 2020
Social & Cultural Geography, Taylor & Francis Online -
The Glasgow Effect interview
19 Dec 2019
Jackie Brambles, BBC Radio Scotland -
In Conversation with artist Ellie Harrison
5 Dec 2019
Outwith Agency, Glasgow