Polite Rebellion is a disabled-led company facilitating the practice of Leeds-based artist Ellie Harrison.

 

Polite Rebellion is radically gentle. Playfully subversive. In an age of relentless noise it dares to be boldly quiet. It needs to be both beautiful and useful. 

 

Led by Artistic Director Ellie Harrison we create spaces to listen to untold stories and amplify people’s voices. We see creating beautiful spaces as being an emotional accessibility ramp into difficult conversations that bear witness to people’s lived experiences. We push back against the hurry sickness of contemporary culture to go slow, notice the detail and recognise that rest can be an act of protest.

 

Polite Rebellion grows out of Ellie’s most significant adventure making The Grief Series; a 13 year body of work encompassing 7 interdisciplinary projects as well as a whole host of other activities from publishing articles, running international conferences in unusual spaces, workshops with schools, digital pilgrimages and meals. You can find out more about The Grief Series at www.Griefseries.co.uk 

 

This is an exciting transitional time for Ellie’s practice as she ends the chapter of The Grief Series and launches Polite Rebellion with a new set of projects that centre access, participation and design.

 

2024 sees us work with The Brotherton Archive to create a permanent archive of The Grief Series,  develop a new project called Loose Ends and collaborate with Engineers.