A pioneer of hip hop theatre turned award-winning photographer, Benji Reid talks to us about his most 'daring' work to date at this year's Manchester International Festival
Just a few months ago, Benji Reid wasn’t quite sure what his upcoming show at Manchester International Festival would look like. A pioneer of hip hop theatre turned award-winning photographer, the Manchester-born artist and creative is now just weeks away from unveiling one of his most daring projects to date - and he’s inviting you to see it through his eyes.
“For this show I’m going to be a multimedia artist combining photography, storytelling and dance to create this live performance and experience,” he explains. “Find Your Eyes is autobiographical in nature and it's really about soul searching and I bring up issues that I’ve had within my life and we explore them.
“So that conversation about who has power and whose lens is your work seen through and judged through is very interesting. Visibility will always be a conversation but it changes with each generation because my youngest daughter feels very visible, she feels present and is engaged in lots of conversations around blackness and gender.
“There was something really special about being able to make and disseminate my own images and my work without ever asking permission. I make it in my home studio and I disseminated it through Instagram and Facebook and that’s what took my career off, a whole new reaction - so now coming back to theatre is quite scary.”
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