Plant South Salesroom, formed in 2021 as an assemblage, focuses on plant humanities studies and community-based interactions. Ranging from creations, journeys, to mutual conversations, our practices subtly develop a mycelium network for grassroots, to provoke intimate responses towards the ambiguous territory of scientific knowledge and everyday experience.
Yao Jiang is a CHASE-funded doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He holds an M.A. in Architectural History from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Environmental Design from Tongji University. His current research examines how living plants and changing environments reshape the ways cultural landscapes and their histories are told. His writing has appeared in Landscape Architecture Frontiers, UED Academic, and online platforms including the Plant Humanities Lab and ThePaper.
Hangping Yang is an artist currently based in Frankfurt am Main. He studied Fine Arts under Prof. Haegue Yang at the Städelschule. Working in sculpture and installation, Yang investigates the internal structures of fleeting moments, focusing on the stillness that precedes change. He regards this state as a construction of a moment, comprising the residual shadow of memory, the perception in the midst of forming, and the silent tension brought about by a change that has not yet arrived.
Mingyu Zhuang has a double Master's degree in Advanced Environmental Design from Tongji University and Creative Sustainability from Aalto University, and Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from Tongji University. She focuses on design practice and research related to sustainability issues. Her master's research specializes in sustainable consumption, production and communication in the museum’s sector, with her thesis published in the SCI journal Sustainability. She has led the 13th Shanghai Biennale "Intersensorial" exhibition design, and participated in the exhibition curation and design of the 2022 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB).
Song Yao, the founder of ScheinSpace, a non-profit art space in Hangzhou. Rooted in the notion of transparency, she envisions the space as an experimental field where fragile, independent individuals might gather, adapt, and grow—making their presence heard with grounded and resonant force.
Zian Lu is a dedicated graphic designer, specializing in typography and branding. He has his academic background in visual communication design from both the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University in China and the Basel School of Design in Switzerland.