ES 9 ES 9 is the latest body of works by Oliver Griffin in his archival series The Evaluation of Space. Taken between the summers of 2010 and 2011 on the University of Plymouth campus, six groups of black and white photographs survey this habitat of science with typological exactitude: lab coats, gas bottles, pot plants, architecture. As contact sheets of negatives ranging from standard 35mm film through to huge 10 x 8 inch negatives, the prints are saturated with resolution. As works with archival qualities their aesthetics remain quiet and unfold their strength little by little each time we revisit them.
