Rachilla.
Rachilla.
"Rachilla" is the concealed supporting structure in the spikelets of grasses and sedges, or in other inflorescences, known in botany as the "spikelet axis"; it is where flowers attach, grow, and connect with one another.
Rachilla embodies my understanding of what it means to be a curator, my vision for that role, and the credo that guides my own actions. Unlike Rachis (the backbone), it does not occupy the centre of the structure. The curator works behind the scenes, deliberately becoming a slender, steady, and concealed axis on which artists, artworks, spaces, audiences, and distinct frameworks of experience can form connections.
“Rachilla” is the concealed supporting structure in the spikelets of grasses and sedges, or in other inflorescences, known in botany as the “spikelet axis”; it is where flowers attach, grow, and connect with one another.
Rachilla embodies my understanding of what it means to be a curator, my vision for that role, and the credo that guides my own actions. Unlike Rachis (the backbone), it does not occupy the centre of the structure. The curator works behind the scenes, deliberately becoming a slender, steady, and concealed axis on which artists, artworks, spaces, audiences, and distinct frameworks of experience can form connections.
“Rachilla” is the concealed supporting structure in the spikelets of grasses and sedges, or in other inflorescences, known in botany as the “spikelet axis”; it is where flowers attach, grow, and connect with one another.
Rachilla embodies my understanding of what it means to be a curator, my vision for that role, and the credo that guides my own actions. Unlike Rachis (the backbone), it does not occupy the centre of the structure. The curator works behind the scenes, deliberately becoming a slender, steady, and concealed axis on which artists, artworks, spaces, audiences, and distinct frameworks of experience can form connections.
Richie Xiang（向田晟）
Richie Xiang（向田晟）
Richie Xiang (b. 2000) is a Chinese curator, designer, and researcher, based in Beijing and Guangzhou. He graduated from the School of City Design and the School of Arts Administration and Education at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), holding a bachelor’s degree in Spatial Design and a master’s degree in Art Criticism.
Grounded in individual lived experience, his curatorial practice attends to the human condition amid the fluid and unstable realities of modern life: how the ways we live, choose, and act shape who we become and how we exist in the world. His research interests extend to analytical psychology, esotericism, and Chinese fate-calculation traditions, with a particular focus on ancient symbolic languages, collective archetypes, and how art emerges from concrete forms of life and practice.
As a co-founder of TTTB Artist-Run Space, Xiang has been active in curating, design, research, publishing, and the operation of artist-run spaces since 2021.
Richie Xiang (b. 2000) is a Chinese curator, designer, and researcher, based in Beijing and Guangzhou. He graduated from the School of City Design and the School of Arts Administration and Education at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), holding a bachelor’s degree in Spatial Design and a master’s degree in Art Criticism.
Grounded in individual lived experience, his curatorial practice attends to the human condition amid the fluid and unstable realities of modern life: how the ways we live, choose, and act shape who we become and how we exist in the world. His research interests extend to analytical psychology, esotericism, and Chinese fate-calculation traditions, with a particular focus on ancient symbolic languages, collective archetypes, and how art emerges from concrete forms of life and practice.
As a co-founder of TTTB Artist-Run Space, Xiang has been active in curating, design, research, publishing, and the operation of artist-run spaces since 2021.
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