Chen Hui-mei, whose art often takes "life" as its theme, said that the smell of rotting and decay was integral to the work. Given the official setting, she purposefully chose her materials in order to draw a contrast between the resilient character of the Taiwanese people, and the corrupt heart that lurks beneath the polished exterior of the bureaucracy. It was a dig at the host authorities themselves.
一向以「生命」為創作主題的陳慧美表示，腐爛與發酸的氣味原本就是她作品的一部份，在這樣官方的展覽空間，她特別以這種對比性的材料，一方面展現台灣人的強韌性格，一方面批判在美麗外表下隱藏腐爛內心的官僚權力，頗有踢館的意味。