Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011

Photo courtesy of Arts Field Tokyo

Yoshinori Niwa calls himself a “social intervention artist” who specializes in shedding light on weighty political situations through humor. As part of “Social Dive,” an exhibition of young, socially aware artists born after 1980, Niwa will use video to explain and illustrate his attempt to reassess history by literally tossing present-day heirs to socialism in the air 20 years after the fall of Ceausescu in Romania.

3331 Arts Chiyoda
Various media. Mar 18-Apr 10, ¥300. Communist? Mar 20, 6pm, free. 6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku. Open daily 11am-8pm. Nearest stn: Suehirocho. www.3331.jp