Ellie Harrison

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  • 2017 Exhibition

    Alles zur Zeit

    21 May 2017
    Vรถgele Kultur Zentrum, Pfรคffikon (Switzerland)

  • 2015 Exhibition

    Laboro Ergo Sum

    7 Nov 2015
    amberPlatform, Istanbul (Turkey)

  • 2015 Publication

    Poetics & Politics of Data

    1 Jul 2015
    Christoph Merian (Switzerland) (p.116-121) ISBN 978-3856166816

  • 2015 Exhibition

    Poetics & Politics of Data

    29 May 2015
    HeK, Basel (Switzerland)

  • 2015 Media

    Artworks that Clock Working Life

    20 Mar 2015
    Hyperallergic

  • 2015 Newsletter

    Work-Life Balance (various projects)

    11 Mar 2015

  • 2015 Media

    After the Data Confessional: Interview with Ellie Harrison

    24 Feb 2015
    AVANT

  • 2015 Media

    Transmediale Festival’s 2015 Exhibitions Bring Artist Labour and Bodies into Focus

    2 Feb 2015
    ArtSlant Berlin (Germany)

  • 2015 Media

    Transmediale

    1 Feb 2015
    We Love Design

  • 2015 Exhibition

    Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life

    29 Jan 2015
    HKW, Berlin (Germany)

  • 2015 Media

    Transmediale 2015

    27 Jan 2015
    Berlin.de (Germany)

  • 2014 Lectures

    Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life

    Harrison explores her growing awareness of her own labour conditions and changing relationship to work in this talk at the Time & Motion symposium at the Royal College of Art in March 2014.

  • 2014 Media

    Time & Motion: come ridefinire oggi la nostra vita lavorativa

    8 Jan 2014
    UnDo.net (Italy)

  • 2013 Publication

    Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life

    12 Dec 2013
    Liverpool University Press & FACT (p.120-123) ISBN 978-1846319662

  • 2013 Exhibition

    Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life

    12 Dec 2013
    FACT, Liverpool

  • 2012 Media

    Notes towards Becoming a Good Citizen

    16 Dec 2012
    New Escapologist (Issue 8 p.17-21)

  • 2009 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)

  • 2007 Media

    This is Ellie Harrison

    1 Mar 2007
    Candy Magazine (Ireland) (Issue 7 p.103-113)

  • 2007 Publication

    Part-time

    1 Feb 2007
    Prime (p.9-11) ISBN 978-0955504709

  • 2006 Media
    24 Hour Survey of Activity

    24 Hour Survey of Activity

    12 Jul 2006
    Leisure Centre (Issue 7 p.6-8)

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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

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

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! ๐Ÿ‘‡ You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
๐Ÿ“บ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs @followers
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"We need The Scottish Government to support our transport authority, SPT, to bring the bus network back into public control, so they can deliver a fully-integrated, accessible and affordable public transport network across the region like Greater Manchesterโ€™s new โ€˜Bee Networkโ€™, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshireโ€™s โ€˜Peopleโ€™s Networkโ€™" โ€” Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about ๐˜ˆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐Ÿ‘ Read online here ๐Ÿ‘‡
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/time-for-a-new-deal-and-vision-for-glasgow @followers
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Calling all A-N members! Don't miss this online artist's talk and workshop on '๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm ๐ŸŒ Find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Are you in Glasgow this evening? Come along to this free screening of the brilliant POWER Film at The Glasgow School of Art ๐Ÿ‘‡ I'll be introducing the event, talking about my work with Glasgow Community Energy and chairing a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hilary Powell ๐Ÿ˜Š @followersSave the date! ๐ŸŒž We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
๐Ÿ“ Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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2 months ago
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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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4 months ago
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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

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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

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