Ellie Harrison

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    Life Raft in action at Venice Biennale in 2015

    Life Raft

    Designed as the final hole of Doug Fishbone’s Leisure Land Golf, Life Raft – a scale map of the UK floating in the adjacent canal – offers a safe haven to immigrant golf balls that can make the treacherous crossing.
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    The yellow on black sign installed outside Eastside Projects, Birmingham in 2013

    Early Warning Signs

    One of Harrison’s contributions to Two Degrees festival in 2011 and now on a life-long tour of UK arts venues. These four signs are designed to mimic those you might find outside a garage or a Bureau de Change. On a mission ‘promote’ climate change, they try hard to grab the attention of passers-by.
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    A Brief History of Privatisation installed at Watermans in 2011

    A Brief History of Privatisation

    An installation in which the oscillations in UK public service policy over the last century are re-enacted by an inner circle of electric massage chairs under the seedy glow of red, and then blue, neon.

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    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.

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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 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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We must β€œreimagine, rebrand and relaunch” our public transport after Covid so that β€œit’s clean, affordable, cheap, quick, a joy to use” ✨🚍 πŸš‡πŸš†πŸ’• That's me in an interview by Dani Garavelli for today's The Sunday Post πŸ‘‡ ... 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! πŸ₯° πŸ’• 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 πŸšπŸš‡πŸš† Why not celebrate this evening by watching the Musical? We did it ✊ #ActivismWorks ... See MoreSee Less

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

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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 πŸšπŸš‡πŸš† I can't wait! Sign up here πŸ‘‰ freebuses.eventbrite.co.uk ... See MoreSee Less

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Putting Free Buses Back on the Agenda

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4 weeks ago
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ScotRail re-nationalised! πŸš† What a massive win for our #makescotrailpublic campaign, launched back in 2014. We did it ✊ #ActivismWorks ... See MoreSee Less

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Public Ownership of Scotland’s Railway

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Fabulous 🀩🀩🀩🀩

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) πŸ“šπŸ₯³ Copies are still available on special offer direct from the publisher Luath Press πŸ‘‡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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