A presentation of "since then | from now" research, performance art, farming experience, and a community event combined multi-layered art project held in the city of Ishinbomaki, Japan in April 2023. Diverse local communities as well as performance artists and researchers gathered from various locations on the globe and discussed the meanings of ruins caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami 12 years ago, and also post Covid pandemic, and possible contribution for this very second by performance art.