Robert Bosch Optimization Art Photo: My Modern Met |
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. Bosch solves this scenario in his art pieces using the constraint that the salesman’s route must be a long, connected loop. 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.”...
Scroll down to see more examples of Bosch’s art. And to learn more about it, pick up a copy of his book, Opt Art: From Mathematical Optimization to Visual Design.
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Professor of Mathematics Bob Bosch’s book Opt Art: From Mathematical Optimization to Visual |