I connected with Fathom Information Design during the Eyeo festival and they invited me to give a presentation during their Friday social hour in mid-July about my work and its connection to infovis and computational artmaking. I drew up a slideshow about my recent forays into Processing and how they relate to the “Organic Algorithm” series I’ve been developing.
![slide11-001](http://www.emilygarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/slide11.001.jpeg)
Handwritten “algorithm” for generating a hand-drawn map
![Organic Algorithm Animation](http://www.emilygarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/organicalgorithm-animation1.gif)
Procedurally-created hand-drawn map process
![sligo](http://www.emilygarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sligo-840x1080.jpg)
Map of a local pub
![eyeo2016018](http://www.emilygarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eyeo2016018-730x1080.jpg)
Visual notes from Eyeo during a presentation by Ben Fry, co-creator of Processing and head of Fathom
The best part of the presentation was that while I was presenting on my visual notes, I was getting visualized myself! Attending employee Rachel Harris drew an amazing map of what I’d talked about; see more of her work on her Instagram here.
![Rachel Harris](http://www.emilygarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/visit-753x1080.jpg)