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    Fusing art and activism

    1 Dec 2022
    Culture, Climate & Environmental Responsibility, Julie's Bicycle

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    Mobility: An Interview with Ellie Harrison

    1 Aug 2022
    Sunlight Doesn't Need a Pipeline

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    Transport for All: Ellie Harrison on bringing back publicly-owned buses

    6 Jul 2022
    Common Weal Policy Podcast, The Common Weal

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    Year-long projects with Ellie Harrison

    8 Jan 2022
    Neil Scott, Substack

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    City as Social Sculpture

    In this interview for LADA’s Live Art Sector Research report, Harrison reflects on how Live Art tools and tactics have influenced her practice, and explains how her Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project evolved into Glasgow Community Energy – Glasgow’s new community-owned renewable energy co-operative. (Word count: 1,010)

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    Our public transport must be a joy to use

    4 Apr 2021
    The Sunday Post

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    The City Adapts

    19 Oct 2020
    Embassy of Mobility, World Design Embassies (Netherlands)

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    Artists to present work outdoors and online to mark dates of cancelled Edinburgh Art Festival

    1 Aug 2020
    The Scotsman

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    Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

    Künstlerin und Aktivistin Ellie Harrison über den “Glasgow Effect”

    27 Oct 2019
    Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Germany)

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    Should we bring back British Rail?

    20 Sep 2018
    Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

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    Publicly Funded Art

    17 May 2018
    The Work of Art, National Galleries of Scotland

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    Q&A with Leisure Land Golf artist Ellie Harrison

    10 Mar 2017
    Art Fund

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    Artists need to stick their necks out

    7 Jan 2016
    CommonSpace

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    Ellie Harrison on ‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like!’

    14 Jul 2015
    The Yard Theatre

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    High Street Casualties interview

    11 Apr 2015
    BBC Radio WM

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2022, Harrison is working to complete the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy – staging the Strathclyde Musical at the CCA Glasgow on 24 April, and the Merseyside Musical at the Bluecoat in Liverpool on 13 November 2022.
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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Here are some brilliant backstage shots of Bus Regulation: The Musical performed at Platform Glasgow on Saturday 28 January in collaboration with Get Glasgow Moving and starring skaters from Glasgow Roller Derby, Mean City Roller Derby & Sugar and Spin Skate Crew – stay tuned for more photos from the show coming soon...

Here are some brilliant backstage shots of Bus Regulation: The Musical performed at Platform Glasgow on Saturday 28 January in collaboration with Get Glasgow Moving and starring skaters from Glasgow Roller Derby, Mean City Roller Derby & Sugar and Spin Skate Crew – stay tuned for more photos from the show coming soon... ... See MoreSee Less

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Ellie Harrison’s glorious piece of agit-prop theatre 🚍🎭✊ A fab review of Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow in todays HeraldScotland 🥳 Thanks Neil Cooper!

"Ellie Harrison’s glorious piece of agit-prop theatre" 🚍🎭✊ A fab review of Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow in today's HeraldScotland 🥳 Thanks Neil Cooper! ... See MoreSee Less

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Read the article in full here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/23285410.theatre-review-bus-regulation-musical-strathclyde-platform/

Yeah looks amazing.

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Fabulous!

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Theres a lovely piece about my Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in todays The National Newspaper 🛼🚍🪩🎶 Stay tuned for photos of yesterdays show at Platform Glasgow coming soon!

There's a lovely piece about my Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in today's The National Newspaper 🛼🚍🪩🎶 Stay tuned for photos of yesterday's show at Platform Glasgow coming soon! ... See MoreSee Less

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Read the article in full here: www.thenational.scot/culture/23283494.bus-regulation-musical-legacy-privatisation

That's the manchester show I recognise my skates. Well done Ellie Harrison

Well done Ellie ❤️

Saw it on Saturday and was informed and entertained in equal measure. 😁 A wee yin turned to his Mum at the end and said, “That was great!” 👍 From the mouths of babes.. Well done! What’s next?

It's excellent and shows what can be done if you are creative like Ellie. Big thumbs up. 👍

That’s very good coverage Ellie.

Da iawn ti. Well done you.

GOSH, YOU MUST BE SO PROUD OF HER, BERNARD ~ AS ANNE WOULD HAVE BEEN!

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Nothing reported by the UK press about this story the worlds biggest story right now. www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-you-really-want-understand-how-powerful-big-pharma-is-cons...

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Dont miss your chance to see the *award-winning* Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow next Saturday 28 January!! 🪩🚍🎵🛼 Get your name on the Waiting List, as we plan to release more free tickets on Monday! Sign up here 👇
🎟️ platform-online.co.uk/whats-on/event/912

Don't miss your chance to see the *award-winning* Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Glasgow next Saturday 28 January!! 🪩🚍🎵🛼 Get your name on the Waiting List, as we plan to release more free tickets on Monday! Sign up here 👇
🎟️ platform-online.co.uk/whats-on/event/912
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I was well chuffed to receive one of the University of Dundees Public Engagement Awards for my work on the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside over the last few years 🥳🚍🪩 🛼 #DiscoveryDays23

I was well chuffed to receive one of the University of Dundee's Public Engagement Awards for my work on the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside over the last few years 🥳🚍🪩 🛼 #DiscoveryDays23 ... See MoreSee Less

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Da iawn ti. Well done you.

Well done Ellie!

Legend!!

Congratulations Ellie! Very well deserved, I am sure! 🥰xx

Huge congratulations Ellie! So we’ll deserved 🥳👍

Well done! 😁

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