Joya Art & Ecology, Murcia, Spain

2026, residency.  Exploring phytography in the semi-desert Mediterranean steppe, Griffiths combined solar UV, large-format microfilm, and plant-based photochemistry to record botanical 'stress responses'—a process attuned to his personal period of neurological transition. Formulating toners from Aleppo pine, almond, and olive trees, he brought the rational, informatic sensibility of document film into contact with the agency of plants as they transcribe their architecture onto the emulsion, recording ecological resilience across Joya's terraces and the Sierra María mountains. 
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