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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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We must โ€œreimagine, rebrand and relaunchโ€ our public transport after Covid so that โ€œitโ€™s clean, affordable, cheap, quick, a joy to useโ€ โœจ๐Ÿš ๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš†๐Ÿ’• That's me in an interview by Dani Garavelli for today's The Sunday Post ๐Ÿ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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The New Normal: We must reimagine, rebrand and then relaunch after Covid. Our public transport must be a joy to use - The Sunday Post

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PlayBus Regulation: The Musical

Today my dream of Bus Regulation became a reality! ๐Ÿฅฐ ๐Ÿ’• After years of campaigning by Better Buses for Greater Manchester, the Mayor of Greater Manchester finally announced that he would stand up to the profiteering private bus companies, and commit to re-regulating the region's bus network to deliver an integrated and affordable service which puts passengers first ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš† Why not celebrate this evening by watching the Musical? We did it โœŠ #ActivismWorks ... See MoreSee Less

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Watch the announcement here: www.facebook.com/BetterBusesforGM/posts/5225150167526536

Important stuff

well done Ellie

Star! xxx

Thanks for all you did Ellie to make this happen! xxx

Read the news here! www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-andy-burnham-announces-decision...

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Join Free Our City this Thursday 25 March, 7pm for our public hearing on Glasgow City Council's public transport policy ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš† I can't wait! Sign up here ๐Ÿ‘‰ freebuses.eventbrite.co.uk ... See MoreSee Less

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Putting Free Buses Back on the Agenda

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ScotRail re-nationalised! ๐Ÿš† What a massive win for our #makescotrailpublic campaign, launched back in 2014. We did it โœŠ #ActivismWorks ... See MoreSee Less

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Public Ownership of Scotland’s Railway

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Fabulous ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ

Fantastic! More power to you, Ellie.

Good work.

I was well chuffed to discover my book 'The Glasgow Effect' featuring at no.6 on Glasgow Times' list of "best Glasgow books" to read this World Book Day (UK & Ireland) ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿฅณ Copies are still available on special offer direct from the publisher Luath Press ๐Ÿ‘‡luath.co.uk/productsg/the-glasgow-effect ... See MoreSee Less

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The best Glasgow books to read this World Book Day

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Read 'The Glasgow Effect' if you care about the city.

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