Their best known work is the Earth Studies which included projects: The London Series, Tidal Series, Thaw Series and Japan Series.
'World Series' is the one what stands out to me though. Visitors to their studio were asked to get blindfolded and throw darts or fire an airgun at a map of the world which covered a wall. By the end of this bizarre technique they had acquired over a thousand random sites.
Addison Crescent, London Series 1969
Earth Piece
'The World Series (Initiated in 1968) pieces involve the meticulous re-creation of randomly chosen areas of the surface of the earth (using resin and fibreglass, as well as real materials from the site)' - Wikipedia.
Mark Boyle sadly passed away in 2005 but the family and their works have still been exhibiting around the world at various galleries.
I have to chosen to include The Boyle Family's work not because it directly appeals to me, but because of the ideas they adopted in choosing the areas to cover the subject. Blindly firing a loaded air rifle in a room, who wouldn't enjoy that!
I think I would like to try something along the same lines if I can find some fellow students who would also maybe interested in trying it out, although I think it would have to be called 'The Manchester Series' cos I'm a student and I can't afford to be gallivanting around the world.... Yet.
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