This is me when I visited Tomioka, zone 2, in Fukushima, Japan for the first time. Approx 9 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi powerplant. I joined a studytour organized by an NGO called Green Cross. After this visit I went back four times, spread over 3 years. In total I've spend about 8 weeks in the affected zones of Fukushima prefecture after the nuclear disaster. I did several art projects and I wrote a book on my observations. Right now this book is only available in Dutch. The title is 'Het gevaar van angst - hypochonderen in Fukushoma' ('Dangers of fear - hypochondria in Fukushima')
At this moment I am the only person in the world who reported from the affected zones after staying there for a longer time. Most journalists and artists and filmmakers only visit for a few hours. This is one of the reasons that most reports contain a lot of wrong information. This is why one of my goals is to fix that!

I'm planning to go back later this year to continue a large art project in the red zone, close to the powerplant. I will keep you updated about that.

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