lecture
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Scottish Artists Union AGM
Harrison was invited to be guest speaker at the 2016 AGM of the Scottish Artists Union, the union she has been a member of since 2010. She offered some insights into her research and work during The Glasgow Effect, in relation to some timeless trade union themes: solidarity and exploitation.
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Get Glasgow Moving
Speaking as founder of the Bring Back British Rail campaign at the Get Glasgow Moving! Building a citywide Public Transport campaign meeting, Harrison gives an account of her experience of various public transportation systems in cities around the UK to show how and why Glasgow must radically transform its own. (Timecode 08:54-19:25)
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What can the world learn from radical approaches to socially engaged art-making?
Harrison was invited to introduce the Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project as part of this panel discussion chaired by Anna Cutler at the third International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC3) exploring ‘Best, next and radical practice in participatory arts‘. (Timecode 00:56-09:05)
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The RRAAF Founding Symposium
Harrison outlines the vision, mission and values of the Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund at the start of its Founding Symposium at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow on 23-24 July 2016.
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White Wood Forum
Harrison answered questions from Deirdre Heddon about The Glasgow Effect project as part of the White Wood Forum event at Deveron Projects in Huntly exploring Art and Sustainability.
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In Conversation with Doug Fishbone
5 May 2016
New Art Exchange, Nottingham -
Data Dystopia
19 Mar 2016
Somerset House, London -
The Glasgow Effect
Harrison was invited by the Scottish Artists Union to speak via Skype to the Cross-Party Group on Culture at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on 1 March 2016. She screened The Glasgow Effect by Wee D before discussing his arguments in relation to wider debates about arts funding, economic policy and social change.
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Think Global, Act Local!
Harrison’s first public appearance following the start of The Glasgow Effect, was this Skype presentation to the Annual Symposium of the Centre for Environmental Change & Human Resilience at the University of Dundee, where she has been employed as a lecturer since 2013.
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The Glasgow Effect: A Discussion
A discussion about The Glasgow Effect chaired by Roanne Dods & Gerry Hassan with Darren McGarvey, Katie Gallogly-Swan & Ellie Harrison, held at the Glad Cafe as part of Imagination: Scotlandโs Festival of Ideas.
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The RRAAF Debate
Harrison outlines the ideas behind her new Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project at the Shifting Power event at Beaconsfield in London.
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Sustainability in Practice
Speaking at the Culture & Sustainability event organised by Julie’s Bicycle at The Tetley in Leeds, Harrison discusses the challenges and consequences of putting ‘sustainability’ into practice; specifically: her life-long project Early Warning Signs, her Environmental Policy and how her breaches of its Transportation section led to The Glasgow Effect.
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Data Traces
4 Jul 2015
Academy of Art & Design FHNW, Basel (Switzerland) -
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 360ยฐ programme at Camden Arts Centre in London.
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Dark Days Discussion
14 Mar 2015
Glasgow's Green: Imaging a Sustainable City, Tramway, Glasgow -
Dark Days: Artist’s Talk by Ellie Harrison
5 Mar 2015
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow -
Transmediale: Capture All
Harrison discusses her strategies for monitoring and redressing the work-life balance, as part of the Time & Motion panel at Transmediale 2015: Capture All.
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Artist’s Talk
20 Nov 2014
Brandts 13, Odense (Denmark) -
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Talk by Ellie Harrison to students at Funen Art Academy in Denmark, presenting the ideas behind the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills – a title borrowed from the UK Government for her studio during her six-week residency at the academy.
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Create & Sustain
15 Oct 2014
Glasgow School of Art -
In conversation with Ewa Jasiewicz
Harrison in conversation with journalist and activist Ewa Jasiewicz at Talbot Rice Gallery as part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2014, discussing her referendum-themed installation / event After the Revolution, Who Will Clean Up the Mess? and the relationship between art, activism and social change.
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Some People Think Iโm Bonkers
18 Jun 2014
LIFT, The Yard Theatre, London -
Practices in Motion
26 Apr 2014
Dundee Contemporary Arts
