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Dev Harlan

@devharlan.bsky.social

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Artist, Researcher, NYC Earth Science, Columbia DEES '25 "De-Growth Fangirl" www.devharlan.com

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Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Jul 21

Very interesting conference by the Anthropocene Sediment Network last month, thank you @anthrosednet.bsky.social for the opportunity to participate! Recordings can now be seen here:
youtu.be/2m2h0sjiaX8?...

Thin Natures, Speculative Cores, and Rumors of The Regenerative Turn - Dev Harlan

YouTube video by The Anthropocene Sediment Network

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Jun 9

Currents 2025 opening this week! Excited to be participating with a screening of moving image work ‘Afterlives II’

CURRENTS New Media @currentsnewmedia.bsky.social · Apr 4

CURRENTS 2025 Art & Technology Festival @ El Museo Cultural from June 13th - 22nd! This ten-day festival will feature works exploring the evolving intersections of art, technology, and digital culture.
currentsnewmedia.org/festivals/cu...

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Jun 9

Great exhibit up at New Inc’s Demo 2025, on view in lower Manhattan until June 22:
demofestival.org DEMO2025

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 28

Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Images from Landsat, panchromatic band, June & July 2023. Notice the large, dark colored icebergs breaking off en masse in the July '23. Ice calving does not normally happen this way at Helheim and may be due to excessive thinning of the glacier.

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Wes McQ | Art Maxi | Fractional CMO @wesmcq.bsky.social · Feb 16

Newest acquisition to the collection
"Five Body Problems #3, (Afterlives)"
@devharlan.bsky.social

I adore this piece

"... of global resource extraction and the myth of limitless consumption. I depict technological decay and disruption as it is not clear if a stable solution exists..."

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 14

Awesome thank you for that! how did you come across the work?

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 13

"For example, according to Elon Musk in 2021, 'government is simply the biggest corporation, with a monopoly on violence and where you have no recourse'. All talk of 'legitimacy' and 'right' has been removed and replaced with a wholesale, a priori rejection of the basic premises of democracy."

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 13

“It uses words like "liberty" and "tyranny" to characterize political power in deceptive ways, relying on a willful misreading of the sociologist Max Weber …that ‘a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory’"

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 13

"...it is democratic governance that cyberlibertarian dogma puts squarely in its sights. ... it closely follows the anarcho-capitalist view that all governments are inherently authoritarian, regardless of their claims or the actual appearance of democratic consent."

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 13

Skimming some relevant readings from David Golumbia's thoroughly researched book "Cyberlibertarianism" see thread
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Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 13

“It uses words like "liberty" and "tyranny" to characterize political power in deceptive ways, relying on a willful misreading of the sociologist Max Weber …that ‘a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory’"

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 13

36 views on technostalgia, just to get you started:
brooklynrail.org/2025/02/art-...

Appreciate the mention in this excellent article on the Brooklyn Rail by Charlotte Kent @[email protected]!

brooklynrail.org

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jan 29

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

www.404media.co

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Columbia Climate School @climate.columbia.edu · Jan 23

An interactive map from @ncdp.bsky.social compiles data from official sources (FEMA, CAL FIRE, NOAA, NASA, EPA, ESRI, more) to track California wildfire perimeters, air quality, evacuation orders/shelters, damage assessments, disaster recovery centers, demographics/social vulnerability, and more.

CA Wildfires of 2025

NCDP has assembled official data sources that track wildfire perimeters, damage, individual assistance, weather, and demographics.

ncdp.columbia.edu

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Jan 14

Butler ✅ Robinson ✅

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 11

"The aesthetic nod to early computing isn’t just nostalgic; it underscores how tech culture has historically dismissed or sidelined environmental urgency." --Verse

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 11

"These interactive works examine the ethical entanglements of tech and climate science — mapping where we stand (“You Are Here”) amidst hypothetical trajectories of apathy, denial, and systemic inertia." -Verse

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 11

Been losing sleep on this for weeks! Happy to announce auction goes live today on Verse, 1PM EST, 7PM CET

"The Dithering (You Are Here)"
verse.works/exhibitions/...

Thanks so much @fakewhale.bsky.social for curating. Enjoy the work and happy bidding!

The Dithering (You Are Here) | Verse

The series *The Dithering* extends Dev Harlan’s work with emulated desktops to contextualize climate apathy within the history of techtopian imaginaries which have largely been dismissive or hostile t...

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 9

'Late Stage Capitaloscene' part of the exhibit 'The Dithering (You Are Here) coming to verse.works 12/11, presented by @fakewhale.bsky.social:
verse.works/exhibitions/...

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 8

‘You Are Here’
Strange Attractors, AppleScript, 1992 IPCC Climate Report, OS 7.1, generative graphics in C

Coming soon on Verse.works

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 7

Cthuluscene CO2 Proxy
verse.works/series/cthul...

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Dec 7

Cthuluscene CO2 Proxy
Now live on Verse.works, Part of the solo exhibition "The Dithering (You Are Here)" Curated by @fakewhale.bsky.social

verse.works/series/cthul...

Cthuluscene CO2 Proxy by Dev Harlan | Verse

The series *The Dithering (You Are Here)* extends Dev Harlan’s work with emulated desktops to contextualize climate apathy within the history of techtopian imaginaries which have largely been dismissi...

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Nov 27

On the reading list, just published this month and so relevant right now! Also highly recommend Golumbia’s 2016 book, The Politics of Bitcoin:
firestorm.coop/products/161...

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Nov 25

Impressed with the care and attention that went into this show at the Institute of Fine Arts, Cali, Colombia, thank you so much @dianedrubay.bsky.social and Ana Aguirre for including me! Here are a couple views of the work "Afterlives, Vignettes" from the exhibit which closed last weekend: