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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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
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It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers

It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival and Carnival ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Published today! Check out The Artists Bonds 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‘‡
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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‘‡
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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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Govanhill Festival 2025 preview interviews - 29 July 2025

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I was delighted to be interviewed about the Bring Back British Rail campaign for 14-year-old Riku Fryderyk's brilliant new documentary about rail re-nationalisation ๐Ÿš‰ Well worth a watch! ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Commodities

  • Hen Weekend Bag Hen Weekend Bag £10.00
  • Part-time Book Part-time Book £10.00
  • Gold Card Adventures Poster Gold Card Adventures Poster £5.00
  • The Glasgow Effect (First Edition) The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint £10.00 – £14.00Price range: £10.00 through £14.00
  • National Museum of Roller Derby Sticker National Museum of Roller Derby Sticker £3.00
  • Bus Regulation: The Musical T-Shirt Bus Regulation: The Musical T-Shirt £15.00
  • Channel Swimming Challenge Logbook Channel Swimming Challenge Logbook £3.00
  • Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund Sticker Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund Sticker £3.00
  • 4 Live Broadcasts DVD 4 LIVE Broadcasts DVD £20.00

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