This fall Stroom Den Haag presents the Repairing Earthquake Project, the magnum opus of the Hague-based artist Nishiko (Kagoshima, Japan, 1981). After the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami in March 2011, Nishiko visited the Tohoku district in Japan, searching for remaining objects and collecting eyewitness accounts that enable us to experience the aftermath of the disaster first hand. As part of the project she repairs and reconstructs the battered objects with great care and tenderness. Their scars are visual reminders of the historical events. “In my point of view, extreme care and dedication generate a potential for healing,” Nishiko states. The repaired objects are further granted a second life, as the artist has them adopted by “foster parents.” The exhibition at Stroom will present the Repairing Earthquake Project for the first time in its entirety. The project not only enables us to experience a human tragedy first hand, it also bears witness to an ecological crisis.