As Human beings, anyone belongs in various categories such as nation, nationality, family and the environment in which they were born, and at the same time is one individual who does not belong to any of those categories. The more history and affairs that encircle oneself, the more one is worried about his or her identity.  However, even if the person has led an ordinary life, everyone is troubled about their identity his or her whole life.  Then, they wish that people will look at them without any prejudices.  I thought that I wanted to create a piece based on what I felt as I went back and forth between Fukuoka and Busan.  I am an individual.  However, when I come to Japan there are times when I become a Korean despite that I am an individual.  I think that the moment when all people can encounter one another on an even footing is perhaps when they meet as individuals, separated from their sex, age, nationality, and place of origin.  Of course, I know that this sort of encounter is extremely difficult.
Often, we see one individual and rather than try to see that one person in him/herself, we try to get an impression of him or her through factors like their birthplace, nationality, or the environment in which they were raised.  Why does this happen?  Can’t we get over that wall and feel like we can encounter a human being just as a human being?  This question is the biggest concern I carry now, and also my challenge.  In a way, it is probably quite a natural and idealistic question, but I believe that only idealism can change reality.

In this project I want to express the loneliness and contradictions in society by borrowing the linguistic power of theatre, and represent the possibility of empathy felt through the human body through dance.  Also, I would like to explore this way of thinking through various mediums such as text, film, and visual arts.　

In April 2012 Young Doo visited Fukuoka.  Just on that day, it was the commemoration of the opening of “Hakata to Pusan,” the only oceanic route on the Asian Highway, a modern Silk Road connecting Tokyo`s Nihonbashi to a town in Turkey called Kapıkule.  Without ever losing interest, we were dazedly watching the ships going out into the ocean from the port of Hakata, the ships coming in from the ocean, and the people and things being carried in.

Since ancient times, various cultures from China have passed through South Korea and spread through Japan with Fukuoka as the entrance. As of now, airplanes have come into the world and can arrive in Seoul from Hakata in just one hour, and the Internet runs throughout the world.

Maybe, something very important has become overlooked.  I thought that I want to search for a “Path= Asian Road” heading for the future between Japan and South Korea, something which cannot be seen through politics or economics, but only through the viewpoint of an artist.