Esther Hovers

Works

Traveling Salesman

GALLERY

Traveling Salesman, 2018-2019, 35,6 x 45,7 cm / 14 x 18 in. Screen Print on Gummed Envelope.

SYNOPSIS

Traveling Salesman is based on the simple idea of a narrative about a walk. The story is about a traveling salesman. This idea is taken from a mathematical problem called ‘The Traveling Salesman Problem’. This problem asks the following question:

‘What is the shortest route through a list of cities in which you visit each city exactly once and return to the starting city?’

We might call it a mathematical problem about movement. Contrary to the simplicity of the question, this is in fact, a notoriously difficult problem to solve. In an age where there is a pervasive need for everything to be controlled and quantified, I use the city as a metaphor for the unpredictable.

MATERIALS

Image transfers and screen prints on gummed envelopes and wood.

33 x 20.5 cm / 13 x 8 in. Image Transfers on wood.

WORKS – Traveling Salesman

2019