In particular, Bosch is interested in making art that solves what is known as the traveling salesman problem.
This optimization question entails that a salesman must visit several other locations without visiting the same place twice.
The goal is to find the shortest, most efficient route that stops at every point once.
Meaning that each of his drawings is actually one circuitous line.
The mathematician in me is fascinated by the various roles that constraints play in optimization problems, explains Bosch.
Sometimes they make them much harder to solve; other times, much easier.
And the artist in me is fascinated by the roles that constraints play in art.
All artists must deal with constraints, and many artists choose to impose constraints upon themselves.
The complexity of Bosch’s art is determined by the number of locations that he uses in the scenario.
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Mathematician Robert Bosch creates intricate drawings using one continuous line.
This optimization art solves the traveling salesman problem.
