The Glasgow Effect: Online Talk with Ellie Harrison

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The Glasgow Effect: Online Talk with Ellie Harrison

Studio Social Online

Tuesday, 26 July 2022 7 p.m.- 8 p.m.

Pier Projects Art Agency CIC and Ellie Harrison

Studio Socials are artist talks that take place online via Zoom. In each session, an artist will share one recent work or project with time for Q&A.

Ellie Harrison will discuss her project ‘The Glasgow Effect’ which began in 2016 before being consolidated in a book.

How would your career, social life, family ties, carbon footprint and mental health be affected if you could not leave the city where you live?

Artist Ellie Harrison sparked a fast-and-furious debate about class, capitalism, art, education and much more, when news of her year-long project The Glasgow Effect went viral at the start of 2016.

Named after the term used to describe Glasgow’s mysteriously poor public health and funded to the tune of £15,000 by Creative Scotland, this controversial ‘durational performance’ centred on a simple proposition – that the artist would refuse to travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except her bike, for a whole calendar year.

The book was recently updated and republished to coincide with COP26.

This event will comprise a 20 minute talk by Ellie, a short in conversation with Pier Projects’ team and time for Q&A.

Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). Her work takes a variety of forms: from installations and performance / events, to lectures, live broadcasts & political campaigns.