Born in 1969, Yao Jui-chung possesses a sense of social responsibility common amongst those who participated in the "student movement" of his youth. At the same time, as an installation artist, curator and art critic, he carries with him the cultural burden of what it means to be Taiwanese, seeking in real life to "embrace internationalism from a local perspective."
一九六九年出生的姚瑞中，有著該年紀台灣「學運世代」共有的社會責任感，身為裝置藝術家、策展人、藝評人，他身上背負這片土地所賦予的十字架：「放眼本土，胸懷國際」，落實到現實中，就是以堅強的意志力，在一年半的時間內寫出四十六萬字的《台灣裝置藝術》一書。