Benji Reid

**Benji Reid** (amụrụ 1966) bụ onye na-ese foto Britain, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye nkuzi. Ọrụ ya na-elekwasị anya na njikọ nke agbụrụ, mba, na okike na-elekwasị anya na ahụmịhe Black British, oke nwoke na ahụike uche. 

Foto ya *na-ejide nna* (2016) bụ onye mmeri nke Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 Mental Health.  Onye ọsụ ụzọ nke ihe nkiri hip-hop na omenala na United Kingdom,  Reid na-akọwa onwe ya dị ka "onye na-ese foto choreo", okwu ọ chepụtara   iji na-ezo aka na omume nke ijikọ ihe nkiri na choreography na ya. foto. 

E gosipụtara ọrụ ya na MoCADA Museum na New York,  Somerset House na London,  na Design Fair Paris. 

## Afọ mbụ
Benji Reid tolitere na Manchester na ezinụlọ ndị na-etinye aka na nka na nke a na-eji ọzụzụ nka akpọrọ ihe nke ukwuu. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup> Ya na ụmụnne nwanyị Joan, Beverly, na Claudia, </link>A kpọbatara Reid na egwu na ịgba egwu site na nwata: "Amaara  ga-abụ onye na-ese ihe. na-ekwu."  Reid nwere mmasị na ịgba egwu nke oge a mgbe ọ dị afọ asaa mgbe ya na nne ya malitere ịga ihe ngosi na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Obí dị n'ógbè ahụ. Na 1974 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">**' &#x5D; &#x5B; dị afọ asatọ, ọ gara nnukwu ịwa ahụ obi.  Ihe omume a mere ka Reid si dị adị na ndụ na nka na mmasị ya na ọnwụ na ọnọdụ mmadụ.  N'agbanyeghị nsogbu ahụike ya, ọ kụziiri onwe ya ịgba egwu robot nke ama ama na njedebe 1970s na mmalite 1980 na nke a tụgharịrị n'ime mpụta .  N'agbata afọ 1984 na 1986, Reid jiri Broken Glass gagharịa na mba na mba ụwa, otu n'ime ndị ọrụ mgbawa na United Kingdom. 

## Ịgba egwu na ihe nkiri
Na 1986, Reid malitere ịga Northern School of Contemporary Dance ebe ọ gụrụ ballet, nke dị ugbu a, choreography, na imepụta ọkụ.  Na 1990, mgbe ahụmịhe ihe nkiri mbụ ya na mmepụta Alan Lyddiard nke *Tempest* for the Edinburgh Festival,  Reid gbara akwụkwọ maka Soul II Soul na ụlọ oriri na nkwari abalị nke Fridge na Brixton, London, ghọrọ onye isi ịgba egwu na onye na-arụkọ ọrụ choreographer maka ụfọdụ n'ime ha. ọnụọgụgụ ha,  wee gaa njem nlegharị anya ụwa dịka akụkụ nke mkpokọta mgbe ahapụchara album ha na-enweta ọtụtụ ihe nrite *Club Classics Vol.* *Otu* . 

Mgbe ọzụzụ ya dị ka onye ịgba egwu na ahụmahụ ya na Soul II Soul, Reid zụrụ David Glass maka otu  ma soro ya gaa njem na mba. N'etiti 1992 na 1994, Reid na-arụ ọrụ na onye nduzi Denise Wong  na Black Mime  ụlọ ihe nkiri na-egosi *Obi* na *EDR* . Na 1994-1995, ọ na-eduzi Jonzi D's solo of *Airplane Man* ;  ọzọ na mmekorita ya na Jonzi D, Reid jikọrọ aka mepụta iberibe *Silence da Bitchin*'  na *Cracked* (1995) mgbe, na 1996-1997, o dere na kpakpando na *Jaketị Akwụkwọ* . 

Egwuregwu egwuregwu izizi nke Reid duziri bụ egwu hip-hop *Avalanche* maka Nottingham Playhouse (1998).  Ihe ngosi a kara akara ntọala nke ụlọ ọrụ Reid Breaking Cycles.  N'etiti 1990s, ihe nkiri hip-hop na-etolite n'otu oge na United States na United Kingdom, mana Jonzi D na Reid bụ ihe dị mkpa n'ijikọta mpaghara abụọ ahụ mgbe ha sonyere na Hip-Hop Theater Festival na New York na New York. mmalite 2000s.   Reid bụ onye na-ahụ maka *ọrịa ahụ*, abalị mbụ nke ihe nkiri hip-hop na Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (2000) na Jim Parris, DJ Bizniss, Robert Hylton, Jonzi D, na Abstract Dance (Mo Ideas na Frank Wilson).  Na 2003-2004, Jonzi D na-eduzikwa Reid's *13 Mics* .  Egwuru egwu Reid *The Holiday* (2000), na-ahụ maka ahụike uche na igbu onwe ya, bụ nke mba ụwa anabatala ya;  ọ gara PS122 na New York,  Sydney Opera House, Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House ), Ụlọ ihe nkiri QEH, na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Kọntaktị . Na 2006 Reid tọrọ ntọala Usoro 06, "Ememe ihe nkiri hip hop mbụ nke UK na-eduzi"  na ohere inyocha ihe nkiri hip-hop dị ka ngwa nkuzi.

## Foto na choreo-photolism
Mgbe ụlọ ọrụ ya hapụrụ enweghị ego na 2011, njem Reid n'ime foto malitere.  Ebe ọ bụ nna nwere ụmụ abụọ, o ji igwefoto ọ na-ejibu edepụta ọrụ ihe nkiri wee were ya were dekọọ nwa ya nwanyị nke nta ka ọ na-etolite.   Reid ekwuola na "ụfọdụ ndị si na Northern School of Contemporary Dance dị ka ndị na-agba egwú, apụtara m dị ka onye na-ese ihe";  A na-achịkọta usoro nka nka site na okwu choreo-photolism, okwu o chepụtara iji na-ezo aka na nzute foto, ihe nkiri, ihe nkiri, na ịkọ akụkọ n'ọrụ ya.   Ịnabata foto bụ omume nke iguzogide enweghị ego na njedebe nke ndụ ya kwa ụbọchị: "Ise foto ghọrọ ihe omume mgbanwe nye m. Ọ bụ omume nnupụisi na m ka ga-anọgide na-arụ ọrụ n'enwetaghị ego."  Ruo n'oge ahụ, ụlọ ihe nkiri bụ ụzọ isi okwu ya: dị ka onye na-ahụ maka ihe nkiri, ọ na-arụ ọrụ mgbe niile na anụ ahụ na mbara igwe,  ma ihe ịma aka ya na foto na-ejikọta akụkọ na foto site na iji ya. ihe ndị a na-eme kwa ụbọchị tụgharịrị ghọọ ihe nkwado dị egwu.  Ihe ngosi foto mbụ Reid mere bụ *puku okwu* na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Kọntaktị na Manchester na Ọktoba 2016. 

Site na ndetu ịhụnanya nye nwa ya nwanyị ka ọ na-enyocha ahụike nke uche site na eserese na-apụtachaghị ìhè na eserese onwe ya,   foto maka Reid na-anọchitekwa anya ohere ịme ememe ịhụnanya na adịghị ike na-ama aka mgba stereotypes nke Black nwoke.  Isiokwu ndị ọzọ dị mkpa na mmepụta ya bụ nna ojii, ndụ dị ka onye mbịarambịa, na ahụike uche.  Reid na-ezo aka n'ọrụ okike ya dị ka "ememe akụkụ, foto akụkụ, na ekpere akụkụ." 

2023 akara nlọghachi Reid na ihe nkiri na ọrụ na-ejikọta omume foto ya na ọrụ ya gara aga na nka. *Chọta Anya Gị* ( Manchester Academy, 12-16 Julaị 2023), ntụgharị uche na usoro okike, bụ mmemme ogbo dị ndụ gụnyere "egwu egwu, ihe nkiri na foto."  N'ihe ngosi ahụ, Reid na-ewepụta oge nzuzo nke okike nke foto ya ma kesaa ihe ncheta ndụ ya na ndị na-ege ntị na-ebi ndụ:  "N'ime akụkọ ahụ bụ akụkụ nke ndụ Reid. Ọ na-akpọ ihe ọ na-eme ' foto esemokwu', ọ bụghị ihe oyiyi nke ebe agha, kama mbibi nke agha kwa ụbọchị, karịsịa nke onye isi ojii na UK Ọ na-ekpughe esemokwu nke ndụ ya, na-enwe mmetụta nke obi nkoropụ: ịṅụ ọgwụ ọjọọ, ịda mbà n'obi, ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, mmekọrịta ọha na eze. usoro nlekọta ma ọ na-egosikwa anyị imepụta ihe, echiche efu, imekọ ihe ọnụ na echiche na-agbapụ. "  *Chọta anya gị* nọkwa na Internationaal Theatre Amsterdam site na 1 ruo 3 October 2023  ga-anọkwa na mbipụta 60th nke Venice Biennale na Summer 2024. 

## Ihe ngosi

### Ihe ngosi solo ahọpụtara
2021: *Benji Reid: Ọchị na ike ndọda*, October Gallery, London, England  

### Ihe ngosi otu ahọpụtara
2022: *N'ìhè: Ọrụ foto nke James Barnor, Benji Reid, Alexis Peskine na Zana Masombuka,* October Gallery, London, England 

2022: *Ihe ngosi dị obi umeala,* Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England 

2021: *Shadow to Substance*, Harn Museum of Art, Mahadum Florida, Florida, USA 

2021: *Foto London*, ya na October Gallery, London, England 

2021: *1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair*, New York, (online) na October Gallery, London, England 

## Ndepụta ihe nrite

### Agba egwu
1988: Ebe mbụ – Onye mmeri d'Europe Electric Boogie IDO (Macon, France) 

1986: Ebe nke abụọ - Campionato del Mondo Electric Boogie IDO (Montecatini, Italy) 

1986: Ebe nke atọ – World Dance Festival Electric Boogie IDO (Italy) 

1986: Onye mmeri n'ahụ na UK (Manchester, England) 

### Ụlọ ihe nkiri
2005: NESTA Dreamtime Fellowship  

2005: Onye ikpeazụ - ART05 Mmezu pụtara ìhè na nka na North West (Liverpool) 

### Foto
2020: Otu onye mmeri nke ahụike uche - Wellcome Trust Photography Prize  

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