What is 100 words?

Imagine if you had to choose a hundred words…which would you choose? Why would you choose them? Would you choose a word for the way it sounded or because of what it means? How would you use them?

One Hundred Words explores how the essence of a language and culture can be captured in 100 words and how by sharing these words through plays, operas, films and virtual communities, connections can be forged and an insight into another culture gained. As One Hundred Words grows, it will not only link London and Beijing but hundreds of cities across the world.