Ellie Harrison
Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector
Thurs 23 April 09 – Sat 30 May 09
This exhibition marks the end of Ellie Harrison’s period of residency at Plymouth College of Art.
Between January and March Harrison made a series of research visits to the college to develop a new body of work exploring the effect that local and global events, as reported in the media, may have on artistic production. She has been working on this project with i-Dat (a renowned ‘Centre of Expertise’ located in the Faculty of Technology at the University of Plymouth).
Her new work marks a conscious shift towards a more outward-looking practice, which rejects the introspective methods she has used in the past – often collecting large quantities of data about her own everyday life over long periods of time. For projects such as Eat 22 for example, she photographed everything she ate for a year.
To coincide with the exhibition, Plymouth College of Art Press is producing a special publication which examines Ellie Harrison’s previous works: Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector explores the most significant of her data collecting projects, setting a context for this type of obsessive practice and revealing some of the hidden side effects of carrying out such work.
VISITING ARTIST TALK:
Thurs 23 April 09
Studio Theatre, Plymouth College of Art 4:00 – 5:00pm
(PUBLIC TALK – OPEN TO ALL)