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. 

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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 grew 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 here or visit our archived project site here.  

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Recently, we have handed over the permanent archive of The Grief Series to Cultural Collections at The Brotherton Archive to create a lasting legacy, shared our Loose Ends project with communities around Yorkshire and developed a new disability arts project called Iconic Fatigue with support from University of Leeds and The Cultural Institute.