Dev Harlan was born in Arizona and grew up in Silicon Valley, California. As a self-taught artist, he was particularly interested in the experimental “subcultures” of video and computer piracy in San Francisco. Then the video production took him to New York where he began producing sculpture, 3D animation and video projection mapping. His current artistic practice uses technology to address concerns about climate change and the ecological impacts of a technology-dominated society. His ideas are articulated through the digital transformation of particular objects and materials as well as the surrealist imagination in which he immerses them.
Dev’s projection works often encourage a transcendental viewing mode. Indeed, he aspires to have his work understood as a gateway to the imaginative subconscious. He likes to suggest the existence of fictional objects possessing their own radiant power and let the imagination of the spectators speculate on the sublime cosmic origins of the object. As for his main sources of inspiration, he feels indebted to artists such as James Turrell and other artists of the "Light and Space" movement who have reached the sublime thanks to their clean and radical use of light.
Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab with Sprint)
Stratigraphy R4 - Vertical
Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab with Nikon) - Vertical
Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab with iPhone 5s) - Vertical
Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab with Nikon)
Stratigraphy R3 - Vertical
Hegemony of Screensavers (Artifacts II)
Five Body Problems 1
Hegemony of Screensavers (Artifacts I) - Vertical
Aero Gardens I
Hegemony of Screensavers (Artifacts II) - Vertical
Stratigraphy R4
Five Body Problems 3
Hegemony of Screensavers (Artifacts I)
Stratigraphy R3
Stratigraphy R2
Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab with Sprint) - Vertical
Aero Gardens III
Five Body Problems 3 - Vertical
Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab with iPhone 5s)
Eon Surf
Five Body Problems 2, Lost And Found in The Wash
Found Rock
Stratigraphy R2 - Vertical
Aero Gardens II