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    Artists’ Lottery Syndicate

    On 1 April 2010, Harrison launched the Artists’ Lottery Syndicate forming a forty-strong collective of UK based artists joining forces to play The National Lottery over the course of a year, with the hope of hitting the jackpot. The Syndicate ran from 1 July 2010 – 1 July 2011 and was a fun and social group activity, which operated as a gentle critique of artists’ relationships to the economy, as well as a potential money-maker.
    Project website

  • Performance / Events

    The History of Revolution: Ellie Harrison’s Fireworks Display

    Conceived as the sister work to The History of Financial Crises, this performance spectacle is a one-woman attempt to re-enact a chronology of ‘the history of revolution’ over the course of the last 360 years via the medium of pyrotechnics.

  • Installations
    Detail of Press Release at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow in 2010

    Press Release

    Devised specifically for the context of the ‘degree show’. For the final three weeks of her Master of Fine Art course at Glasgow School of Art, Harrison made a conscious decision not to make any ‘work’, in favour of instead transforming her studio into a ‘press office’ and attempting to directly solicit the media coverage which many hope will come as a result of this much anticipated show.

  • Performance / Events

    General Election Drinking Game

    An endurance performance devised by Harrison to coincide with the 2010 UK general election. Four β€˜players’ represented the main political parties – each attempting to drink one shot of lager for every seat in parliament their party won, live as the results came in throughout the night.
    Project website

  • Performance / Events

    Desk Chair Parade

    On Sunday 2 August 2009, Ellie Harrison & Adele Prince (Sports Day) staged the inaugural Desk Chair Parade took place in Manchester as part of We are the Champions – Castlefield Gallery’s 25th Anniversary. A group of willing volunteers – office workers, shoppers and gallery goers alike – embarked on a magnificent adventure, freewheeling through the streets on ordinary office chairs.

  • Political Campaigns

    Bring Back British Rail

    In 2009, Harrison – the self-professed ‘Che Guevara of trainspotters’ – founded the national Bring Back British Rail campaign to popularise the idea of re-nationalising our public transport system. Now with more than 150,000 supporters across Facebook, Twitter, Riseup and its online petitions, Harrison continues to coordinate the campaign with the help of a small network of volunteers around the UK.
    Campaign website

  • Installations
    Toytown installed at the Newbery Gallery, Glasgow School of Art in 2009

    Toytown

    The sister installation to Vending Machine, this piece features a dilapidated 1980s kid’s car ride which starts up and offers people free rides when news relating to the recession makes the headlines on the BBC News RSS feed.

  • Installations
    Vending Machine installed at the Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth College of Art in 2009

    Vending Machine

    An installation for which an old vending machine is reprogrammed to release snacks only when news relating to the recession makes the headlines on the BBC News RSS feed.

  • Writing
    Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector Book

    Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector

    Harrison edited the first book about her work Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector, published by Plymouth College of Art in April 2009. The book profiles twelve of her former ‘data collecting‘ projects, for which she obsessively recorded information about different aspects of her daily routine. It is introduced by artist and curator Hannah Jones and features a specially commissioned essay by Sally O’Reilly. (Word count: 5,394)

  • Installations
    The History of Financial Crises installed at Mejan Labs, Stockholm in 2009

    The History of Financial Crises

    An installation in which the turbulent history of capitalism over the last century is re-enacted each day by a row of popcorn making machines.

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    Transactions installed at Mejan Labs, Stockholm in 2009

    Transactions

    Developed to accompany The History of Financial Crises installation – for the duration of exhibition, Harrison sent an SMS message to the phone installed in the gallery every time she made an economic transaction. The Coke can dances with joy every time a message is received.

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). On Sunday 24 April 2022 she staged Bus Regulation: The Musical at the CCA Glasgow.
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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This Tuesday 14 June, 6:30pm 🌍 Come and join me at Glasgow Sculpture Studios for this FREE discussion event as part of the 'Conversations about Art in a time of Environmental Change' series curated by Collins & Goto Studio. Sign up here πŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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GLASGOW – Conversations about Art in a time of Environmental Change

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Photos from Bus Regulation: The Musical by Ellie Harrison at CCA Glasgow on 24 April 2022 πŸšπŸŽ΅πŸ›ΌπŸŒˆπŸŽ‰ Find out more and watch the short film at: ellieharrison.com/strathclyde πŸ“Έ Erika Stevenson

Photos from Bus Regulation: The Musical by Ellie Harrison at CCA Glasgow on 24 April 2022 πŸšπŸŽ΅πŸ›ΌπŸŒˆπŸŽ‰ Find out more and watch the short film at: ellieharrison.com/strathclyde πŸ“Έ Erika Stevenson ... See MoreSee Less

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Fabulous!πŸ’ͺπŸ₯³

Woah Ellie this looks amazing! Congratulations xx

So proud to know you!! Xx

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PlayBus Regulation: The Musical on BBC Reporting Scotland

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Missed the show? You can now watch the short film about Bus Regulation: The Musical here πŸ‘‡ www.facebook.com/blatantselfpromotion/videos/455569263012255

Did you hear a clip from Bus Regulation: The Musical on BBC Radio Scotland this morning? πŸ“» You can listen again here πŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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03 May 2022: Bus Regulation: The Musical (Strathclyde) on Good Morning Scotland

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Missed the show? You can now watch the short film about Bus Regulation: The Musical here πŸ‘‡ www.facebook.com/blatantselfpromotion/videos/455569263012255

PlayBus Regulation: The Musical (Strathclyde)

A short film of Bus Regulation: The Musical by Ellie Harrison staged at CCA Glasgow on 24 April 2022 in collaboration with the local Get Glasgow Moving public transport campaign πŸšπŸŽ΅πŸ›Ό ... See MoreSee Less

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Ellie, is it possible to get more stickers? I've nearly used all the ones that I got at the CCA. Thanks in advance (I was the one with the bus hoodie and bus tattoo!).

Paul Jones Alistair Mather Adam Reid

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