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Niwa focuses on social interventions translated from performance, video and installation. His practice is characterized by straightforward expressions and slogan-like titles and concentrated on interventions in public spheres - works are primarily executed on the street and in public spaces, experimenting with interventions and propositions that expose cultural systems of exchange. In his work, Niwa employs seemingly absurd and unproductive physical performances, as for example the act of transferring a puddle from East to West Berlin through soaking up the water from the street with his …