Ellie Harrison

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Thrift Radiates Happiness

14 March 2013
Birmingham Municipal Bank, Birmingham

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The History of Financial Crises

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In autumn 2021, a new and updated edition of her book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint is published by Luath Press to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Her Early Warning Signs are also installed at four ‘host venues‘ across the city to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project during COP26. Her Vending Machine features in the 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

I'm excited to be launching this CrowdJustice campaign today to bring Britain's biggest rail franchise back into public ownership 🚆 Together with my friends at the Association of British Commuters we will take down privatised rail ✊
Pledge to help us 👉 crowdjustice.com/case/tsgn
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Help take Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern back into public hands

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Are you interested in Carfree Glasgow, and experimental radio? 🚗💭 Well you might enjoy this… Dutch sound artists Henk Bakker & Lukas Simonis came to Glasgow to make a radio play for Concertzender Nederland about MVRDV’s proposals to transform our city centre – and they interviewed yours truly 📻 Worth a listen! ... See MoreSee Less

Dr. Klangendum

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Six years ago I was just beginning my epic year-long project 'The Glasgow Effect' 🍟 Last week I chatted to Neil Scott (of F91W fame) about the pros and cons of year-long projects to help him kick-off his own 🥳 ... See MoreSee Less

Year-long projects with Ellie Harrison

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Follow Neil's year-long project here: neilscott.substack.com/p/year-long-projects

cant believe that is six years already

Wit Ye Readin' this New Year? 📚 I was over the moon to hear how much my book ‘The Glasgow Effect’ inspired our city’s favourite street artist, OhPandah 🙌🙌 It’s such an honour to be his first video book review 👇 Check it out! ... See MoreSee Less

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A very fine but odd critique of this book.

Happy New Year! 🥳 One of my main aims for 2022 is to bring ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ home to Glasgow, to help in our long-running fight for better public transport 🚍🎶 I’d then love to continue the tour to Liverpool in the summer. Read more about the origins of the project in my article for last month’s Resurgence magazine 👇 And get in touch if you’re keen to help! ... See MoreSee Less

Setting the Stage for Better Public Transport

www.resurgence.org

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