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  • 2016 Media

    Is it art or crazy golf?

    13 Apr 2016
    Nottingham Evening Post

  • 2016 Media

    Dundee University withdraws support from art project

    18 Mar 2016
    The Courier (p.1)

  • 2016 Media

    Unpaid leave for art project

    18 Mar 2016
    Evening Telegraph (p.12)

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow Effect artist Ellie Harrison has university funding pulled

    11 Mar 2016
    The Sun

  • 2016 Media

    Top 5 Pioneering Female Artists & Designers in Big Bang Data

    8 Mar 2016
    Somerset House

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow Central Station Demonstration

    4 Mar 2016
    CommonSpace

  • 2016 Media

    Artist says Glasgow Effect project will explore the โ€˜economic systemโ€™

    23 Feb 2016
    The Courier (p.10)

  • 2016 Media

    The crazy golf course tackling capitalism, migration and police brutality

    21 Feb 2016
    The Guardian

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow Effect artist Ellie Harrison has no regrets

    4 Feb 2016
    BBC News, Glasgow & West Scotland

  • 2016 Media

    Stay or Glasgow?

    1 Feb 2016
    Art Monthly (Issue 393 p.11)

  • 2016 Media

    Artist whose Glasgow Effect project caused controversy to discuss row in new event

    23 Jan 2016
    The Herald (p.3)

  • 2016 Media

    From Below: A Visual Arts Reflection on ArtCOP Scotland

    22 Jan 2016
    Creative Carbon Scotland

  • 2016 Media

    The week in higher education

    14 Jan 2016
    Times Higher Education (p.4)

  • 2016 Media

    Long Story Short – The Glasgow Effect

    11 Jan 2016
    The Social, BBC Scotland

  • 2016 Media

    The ethics and effects of funding artists: a response to the Ellie Harrison affair

    11 Jan 2016
    a-n website

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow Effect artist may have the last laugh over misplaced internet ‘shaming’

    10 Jan 2016
    Sunday Herald (p.27)

  • 2016 Media

    Poverty safari? Don’t forget the pith helmet

    10 Jan 2016
    The Independent on Sunday (p.40-41)

  • 2016 Media

    Our arts body cannot only back risk-averse ideas

    9 Jan 2016
    The Herald (p.15)

  • 2016 Media

    The ‘Glasgow Effect’ is not in our control

    9 Jan 2016
    The National (p.14-15)

  • 2016 Media

    Ellie Harrison should wrap up The Glasgow Effect and move on

    9 Jan 2016
    The Herald (The Arts p.27)

  • 2016 Media

    Ellie Harrison Makes Me Deeply Ashamed

    8 Jan 2016
    AutonomyScotland

  • 2016 Media

    Letโ€™s not give The Glasgow Effect project the Glasgow kiss off

    8 Jan 2016
    The Scotsman (p.24-25)

  • 2016 Media

    I’m a posh punchbag, says artist in Glasgow row

    8 Jan 2016
    The Times (p.17)

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow is much more than a plate of chips

    7 Jan 2016
    Evening Times

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 โ€“ 2023).
In 2021 the Second 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, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. 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 ๐Ÿ˜น LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Ellie Harrison

Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' ๐Ÿ“š

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! ๐Ÿ‘‡ You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
๐Ÿ“บ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs @followers
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"We need The Scottish Government to support our transport authority, SPT, to bring the bus network back into public control, so they can deliver a fully-integrated, accessible and affordable public transport network across the region like Greater Manchesterโ€™s new โ€˜Bee Networkโ€™, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshireโ€™s โ€˜Peopleโ€™s Networkโ€™" โ€” Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about ๐˜ˆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐Ÿ‘ Read online here ๐Ÿ‘‡
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/time-for-a-new-deal-and-vision-for-glasgow @followers
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Calling all A-N members! Don't miss this online artist's talk and workshop on '๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm ๐ŸŒ Find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago
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Are you in Glasgow this evening? Come along to this free screening of the brilliant POWER Film at The Glasgow School of Art ๐Ÿ‘‡ I'll be introducing the event, talking about my work with Glasgow Community Energy and chairing a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hilary Powell ๐Ÿ˜Š @followersSave the date! ๐ŸŒž We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
๐Ÿ“ Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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2 months ago
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Itโ€™s this blatant injustice that motivates all my campaigning ๐Ÿ˜ก Why should people in the poorest parts of Glasgow have to pay ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ for an essential public service as bankers in the City of London? Shame on The Scottish Government for presiding over this system for more than 25 years! @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Ten years ago today, I was just beginning my year-long durational performance #TheGlasgowEffect which was to become one of the most controversial publicly-funded artworks that Scotland had ever seen.

Part psychological experiment, part protest, part strike, for the whole of 2016, I vowed not to travel beyond Glasgowโ€™s city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike.

I described my experience of starting #TheGlasgowEffect, including being at the centre of the social media stooshie it provoked, in โ€˜When the Chips Hit the Fanโ€™ โ€“ Chapter 5 of my book โ€˜The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprintโ€™ published by Luath Press ๐Ÿ“š

We have just printed a newly updated version of the Second Edition, so do have a read if youโ€™d like to be transported back to that moment in January 2016... Find out more at: ellieharrison.com/book @followers
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4 months ago
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It's been brilliant working with Metro Map Design to produce Get Glasgow Moving's new film setting out our vision for the new #ClydeMetro integrated public transport system ๐Ÿคฉ Check it out here ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš‰ I was honoured to be invited to discuss my activism with Bring Back British Rail, Get Glasgow Moving & Better Buses for Strathclyde at ETF's ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต conference at KVS Brussels ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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