Ellie Harrison

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  • 2019 Writing

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

    On 4 November 2019, Luath Press published Harrison’s first book. Inspired by her 2016 โ€˜durational performanceโ€™ The Glasgow Effect – for which she refused to travel beyond Glasgowโ€™s city limits, or use any vehicles except her bike, for the whole calendar year – the book provides the complete context for her thinking and action. (Word count: 119,000)

  • 2015 Media

    GHAOS Reigns: The Total Institutions of Reactor

    7 Nov 2015
    The Quietus

  • 2005 Exhibition

    Total GHAOS

    7 Oct 2005
    Nottingham

  • 2005 Exhibition

    Trampoline

    6 Feb 2005
    Broadway, Nottingham

  • 2004 Exhibition

    Trampoline

    2 Dec 2004
    Broadway, Nottingham

  • 2004 Media

    Review: The Reactor Red Rooms Razzamatazz

    1 Oct 2004
    You Are Here

  • 2004 Exhibition

    The Reactor Red Rooms Razzamatazz

    27 Sep 2004
    You Are Here Festival, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

  • 2004 Media

    Red Rooms Razzamatazz Nottingham

    27 Sep 2004
    Metro

  • 2004 Exhibition

    Horse Drawn GHAOS

    21 Aug 2004
    Q Arts, Derby

  • 2004 Media

    Given a sporting chance

    5 Aug 2004
    Metro (p.18)

  • 2004 Exhibition

    The Reactor Party is for You, Comrade

    25 Jun 2004
    Waygood, Newcastle

  • 2004 Exhibition

    Reactor Barge Inn

    15 May 2004
    LIFT, Bargehouse, London

  • 2004 Media

    Event: Reactor Barge Inn

    15 May 2004
    The Guardian (The Guide)

  • 2004 Exhibition

    Horse Drawn GHAOS

    31 Mar 2004
    Seen, Leicester

  • 2004 Exhibition

    GHAOS ZX

    27 Mar 2004
    Shift Festival, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

  • 2004 Media

    A Word In Your Shell-like

    23 Mar 2004
    Nottingham Evening Post

  • 2004 Performance / Events

    GHAOS ZX

    From 2003-2005, Harrison was a member of Nottingham-based art collective Reactor. She designed and performed as ‘QuickShot Pro’ – the giant joystick in GHAOS ZX and helped devise and participate in several other GHAOS performances over the course of two years.

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  • 2004 Media

    Screenplay Weekend 2004

    28 Feb 2004
    The Guardian (The Guide)

  • 2003 Exhibition

    GHAOS Starts Here!

    24 Oct 2003
    NOW Festival, Nottingham

  • 2003 Media

    GHAOS Starts Here!

    24 Oct 2003
    Nottingham Evening Post

News

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

Ellie Harrison

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

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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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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

2 months ago
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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

2 months ago
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Why are we still waiting for better buses? ๐ŸšŒ Check out this brilliant new animation by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee graduate Sooz Reilly which we launched this week as part of the Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign. Please take two minutes to ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐˜€ to demand action ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers
๐Ÿ“จ betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
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3 months ago
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It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival and Carnival ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

6 months ago
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Published today! Che

Published today! Check out The Artists' Bond's 14th Annual Report, detailing our third best performing year with 3 cash prizes totalling ยฃ125 ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’ท This means an annual payout of ยฃ0.79 for each or our 159 artist members ๐Ÿ‘ @followers Read more here ๐Ÿ‘‡
artistsbond.co.uk/14artistsbondreport2024.pdf
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6 months ago
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This ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿณ๐—ฝ๐—บ! ๐Ÿ“ฃ Don't miss our FREE Cultivating Community Activism: Learning from Cathy McCormackโ€™s โ€˜The Wee Yellow Butterflyโ€™ event as part of Govanhill International Festival ๐Ÿ™Œ Listen to my interview on Sunny Govan to find out more! @followers tune in from 1:04:09 ๐Ÿ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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