2018Volume 1Number 11(1)
Blunting broken windows: Rio de Janeiros Olympic dreams
Blunting broken windows: Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic dreams

Raphael (Raphi) Soifer is a performance artist, researcher, and mess-maker from the United States. Since 2010, he has been based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he investigates the aesthetics of power and protest in urban spaces. He is a member and collaborator of various street art collectives in Rio, and holds a doctorate in Urban and Regional Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

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