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University lecturer Ellie Harrison's controversial project The Glasgow Effect comes to an end today.

Harrison received £15,000 in funding from Creative Scotland for what she described as "a multi-layered 'research project', which is live and unfolding during 2016.

"Its central provocation is that Harrison will refuse to travel outside Greater Glasgow for a whole calendar year (1 January – 31 December 2016)."

Harrison's pitch was aimed at engaging with local art communities while reducing her carbon footprint.

The University of Dundee lecturer was supposed to be holding a ticketed event today to update an audience on the findings of her project, but this has been moved to January 8th.

But the project has been surrounded with controversy with many confused as to what the project will actually achieve.

Facebook user Johnny Ash wrote on the event page: "What's the definition of 'durational performance'? Where have you been performing? Are you suggesting that a free £15k to live in a great city in the developed world has caused you hardship of some kind?

"If we come see the talk, and it's all been indulgent, lazy nonsense masquerading as art, will the public get their money back? What has the money been spent on? Chips?"

While Jason Richard wrote: "Pffft, I've barely been outside of Edinburgh in four years. Would be delighted if the arts council paid for me to do that. NONSENSE."

When asked an outright question on what specifically Harrison was doing, the artist could only answer that she had "been involved in a number of projects".

The University of Dundee, who originally supported the project, have since distanced themselves from the project.