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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 artistsโ€™ relationships to the economy, as well as a potential money-maker.
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  • 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 โ€˜playersโ€™ 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.

  • Installations
    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 8 January 2017, she presented The Glasgow Effect: A talk by Ellie Harrison at Glasgow Film Theatre. In 2019, she was commissioned to develop Bus Regulation: The Musical for Manchester Art Gallery and her first book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was published by Luath Press. In 2020-21, her Early Warning Signs are installed at four ‘host venues‘ around the UK and her Vending Machine features in the ๐Ÿ˜น LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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It was a great honour to give evidence to Scotland's Climate Assembly this weekend on behalf of Get Glasgow Moving. My presentation outlined the โ€˜rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changesโ€™ to our public transport system necessary before 2030 to address the climate emergency ๐ŸŒ ... See MoreSee Less

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Land travel - Ellie Harrison - SCA Weekend 3

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Here's a little project I've been working on this year during lockdown - compiling a comprehensive Bibliography for my book 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint', which was published by Luath Press in November 2019 ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿค“ The book itself has Endnotes, but no Bibliography, so I thought it would useful to draw together all the resources referenced in one alphabetical list, including links to those available online. ... See MoreSee Less

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The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint

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Fancy a bit of holiday reading? ๐ŸŽ„ My book 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' is on sale direct from publishers Luath Press ๐Ÿ“•๐Ÿ“™๐Ÿ“’๐Ÿ“—๐Ÿ“˜ Order by 15th December to receive in time for Christmas ๐Ÿ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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The Glasgow Effect — Luath Press

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Terrific book. Very readable and so interesting. All your answers to why things (often not great) happen in Glasgow.

If you care about Glasgow read this book.

I finally finished it! An online comprehensive Bibliography for the Book. I hope it's useful: glasgoweffect.ellieharrison.com/bibliography/

PlayEllie Harrison, Early Warning Signs (2011 - onwards)

Itโ€™s great to be part of this lecture series on Artists & Climate Change alongside inspiring organisations Sculpture Placement Group, Ostrero & Creative Carbon Scotland. I'm speaking about my art, activism and awareness raising activities this Thursday 3 December, 7pm โœŠ It's free to all Scottish Artists Union members, so come join us! artistsunion.scot/events ... See MoreSee Less

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Brilliant news about the Divest Dundee campaign today! ๐Ÿคฉ Ive been campaigning for more than five years to get my workplace - the University of Dundee - to commit to divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Today they finally did it! Thanks to People & Planet and to Hannah Feuerstein and all the brilliant students who have helped pile the pressure on!

Brilliant news about the Divest Dundee campaign today! ๐Ÿคฉ I've been campaigning for more than five years to get my workplace - the University of Dundee - to commit to divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Today they finally did it! Thanks to People & Planet and to Hannah Feuerstein and all the brilliant students who have helped pile the pressure on! ... See MoreSee Less

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Read the university press release here: www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/university-divest-fossil-fuel-companies

Read Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee student Hannah Feuerstein's blog for People & Planet explaining how we won the Divest Dundee campaign! โœŠ peopleandplanet.org/blog/2020-11-13/divestment-dundee-how-we-did-it

Read the Friends of the Earth Scotland press release here: foe.scot/press-release/dundee-uni-divests/

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