FERAL DATA VISUALIZATION

Reimagining data visualization for the ecological, queer, feminist, and embodied using botanical simulation

Research cultivated by
Cathryn Ploehn

Read the manifesto

(IEEE Visualization
for Social Good)

PRESENTATIONS & ARTICLES

watch (Eyeo Ignite 2022)
read (ACM SIGGRAPH blog)

PROJECTS

Tsuga Convictio

A cellular automata simulation of old growth forests for visualizing community vitality.

watch the presentation or
read the paper (IEEE VIS Arts Program)
interactive prototype

Transgender Day of Remembrance

A bald cypress wreath serving as a data-driven memento mori of trans life lost every year.

read the article (Data Science by Design)
interactive prototype
watch the presentation (Outlier 2021)

Festival Beach Food Forest

Place-based botanical simulations tanigbly demonstrating ecological and community resilience on a permaculture food forest located on a public park. (Work in progress)

Support from

Planet Texas 2050