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Frederick Weston
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
aha enyereFrederick Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya9 Disemba 1946 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụMemphis Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya21 Ọktoba 2020 Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụomenkà Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọFerris State University Dezie

 

Frederick Weston (1946 – 2020) bụ onye omenkà interdisciplinary America. N'ịbụ onye kụziri onwe ya, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na collage, ịbịaru, ọkpụkpụ, foto, ịrụ ọrụ na ide ihe. A zụlitere ya na Detroit, Michigan wee kwaga New York City n'etiti 1970s. N'ime oge nke oge ya na New York, o mepụtara nnukwu akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ihe oyiyi na ephemera metụtara ejiji, ahụ, mgbasa ozi, AIDS, na isiokwu ndị na-adịghị mma site na ọrụ ya dị iche iche na ọnụnọ ọha na eze na ụlọ mmanya hustler na ndụ nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke. Ihe odide mbụ ya na foto foto ya, bụ ndị na-ejikarị ụdị nke ndị na-azụ ahịa eme ihe, gosipụtara ọdịdị mmekọrịta ọha na eze na nke obodo nke ụlọ ọrụ dị otú ahụ. N'ịga n'ihu isiokwu a, n'etiti 1990s, ọ ghọrọ onye nchoputa nke guerrilla artist group Underground Railroad, nke mepụtara nka okporo ámá na nrụnye n'èzí. N'oge ndụ ya, o gosipụtara ndị na-ege ntị obere ndị na-ege ntị na oghere nkà na-abụghị omenala na naanị n'ime afọ abụọ gara aga nke ndụ ya ka ọrụ ya bịara bụrụ nke a maara nke ọma na nke a na-akwanyere ùgwù na mpaghara nka obodo.

Ọchịchọ mbụ Weston nwere ide nyocha ejiji maka ibi ndụ mechara bido ndụ ọhụrụ mgbe onye na-ahụ maka ọrịa AIDS gbara ya ume ka o were uri kwupụta mmetụta ya. Ndị nyocha mechara hụ mmetụta nke uri ya na kọlọji ndị o mere. Mgbe Foundation for Contemporary Arts nyere ya onyinye Roy Lichtenstein ya na 2019, ọkwa ya toro ndị otu ya dị ka "ụdị uri a na-ahụ anya, nke na-enyocha mmadụ n'otu n'otu na ụzọ ndị obodo si emepụta njirimara" yana n'ememe nke mbụ solo ya. ihe ngosi n'ebe a na-ere ahịa azụmahịa otu onye curator dere, "Weston na-anabata mkpokọta maka ngwa ngwa ya dị ka ụdị uri dị egwu."

Weston dị obi umeala banyere nnabata mbubreyo ọ nwetara. N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2019, o kwuru, "Ana m amara dị ka onye na-ese ihe ugbu a n'ihi na m dị afọ 73 na onye ọrịa AIDS ọkachamara nke jisiri ike dị ndụ ma na-eme nkà n'oge a."

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ

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A mụrụ Frederick Eugene Weston na Septemba 9, 1946 na Memphis, Tennessee . Nne ya, Freda Morman Weston, dị afọ 21 n'oge ahụ na n'alụghị di. Mgbe ọ ka bụ nwa ọhụrụ, Freda kpọtara ya ka ya na nne na nna ya, Fred na Emma Weston biri n'ụlọ ha dị na Detroit . Fred bụ onye na-arụ ụgbọala na Emma bụ́ nwunye ụlọ. Weston mechara kwuo na nne na nna ya ochie bụ ndị na-elekọta ya n'oge ọ bụ nwata. Ọ kpọrọ nne na nna ya ochie "nne" na "papa" wee kpọọ nne ya "Freda". Weston nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu nke ezigbo ndị ikwu, ezinụlọ nke nne na nna Freda na ụmụ nke alụmdi na nwunye o mere mgbe Weston bụ nwata. Nna ya amataghị ya dị ka nwa ya na Weston kwuru na ọ hụrụ ya ugboro abụọ na ndụ ya.

Ezinụlọ a zụlitere Weston nwere ọgụgụ isi na ọgụgụ isi. A gụrụ ya, bụrụkwa onye n'onwe ya na-agụsi akwụkwọ ike. Ọkachamara onye na-akwa akwa, nne ya kere ụdị ejiji ụmụ nwanyị nwere mmasị na ya. O rite uru na atumatu mgbochi nkewa na agụmakwụkwọ ma jiri ụgbọ ala banye n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na eze na Detroit nke, o kwuru, ọ nwere ahụ iru ala ma nweta agụmakwụkwọ dị mma. N'ịbụ onye na-arụsi ọrụ ike, ọ nwetara ego n'ịrụ ọrụ ndị na-adịghị mma ka o wee nwee ike ịga ma mesịa gụchaa na Mahadum Ferris. Ndụ ụmụ akwụkwọ n'ebe ahụ nwere mmasị na ya wee nyere aka chọta ụlọ akwụkwọ mahadum mbụ African-American fraternity.

Ọ nọrọ na nwata ya na Detroit, Michigan, ebe nne ya kwagara obere oge ka amuchara ya. Mgbe ọ bụ nwata, ọ zutere nna ya naanị otu ugboro, n'ihi ntorobịa nne ya, ọ nwetara nlekọta nne na nna ya site n'ụlọ nne na nna ya. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha jikọtara ọnụ na, mgbe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ na Detroit's Commerce High School, otu n'ime ndị nkuzi ya gbara ya ume ịchụso nka dịka ọrụ. Otú ọ dị, mgbe nne ya gwasiri ya ike na ya apụghị ịkwado onwe ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe, ọ gbasoro ndụmọdụ ahụ. Kama, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ azụmahịa na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na, mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ gara Ferris State University na obere obodo Big Rapids dị n'etiti steeti ebe, na 1971, ọ nwetara akara BS na isi ahịa ahịa. N'ịbụ onye mụtara ime uwe site n'ikiri usoro nne ya nwere nkà nke ukwuu, ọ chepụtara onwe ya uwe mgbe ọ na-enweta ihe e ji ebi ndụ na ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ihe oyiyi ojii na Detroit.

N'afọ 1973, Weston kwagara Manhattan ebe, n'ịchọghị ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ejiji, na-arụ ọrụ ọrụ ọrụ ndị na-adịghị akwụ ụgwọ dị ala. Na mmalite 1980s, ọ malitere ọmụmụ na Fashion Institute of Technology, na-ewere ọmụmụ na uwe ejiji nwoke na ịzụ ahịa. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na FIT magna cum laude na 1985 site na nzere AAS . Ọ na-arụ ọrụ ruo oge ụfọdụ na onye mmebe Africa-American Stephen Burrows, ma na-enwe nkụda mmụọ maka omume ịkpa ókè nke ụlọ ọrụ ejiji ma gbahapụ ọchịchọ ịghọ onye edemede ejiji ọkachamara. N'ime 1980s, ọ gara n'ihu na-adị ndụ n'ọrụ ọrụ akwụ ụgwọ dị ala dị ka ịlele okpu na mkpuchi n'ime ụlọ mmanya ndị mmekọ nwoke na nwanyị n'etiti obodo, oge niile ka ọ na-anakọta ma na-ahazi isi mmalite maka kọlụm ndị o nwere, ka ọ na-erule mgbe ahụ, malitere ime. Ọ bụ ezie na, dị ka o mesịrị kwuo, ọ dịghị mgbe ọ mụtara ịbịaru, site n'etiti 1990s usoro ihe omume a na-atụghị anya ya mere ka o kwenye na ọ nwere ike ịghọ ọkachamara ọkachamara.

Na March 1995, Weston nwetara nchoputa dị ka onye ọrịa AIDS tara . N'oge ahụ, otu enyi ya duziri ya na nsogbu ahụike nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke, òtù ọrụ AIDS na Greenwich Village . Otu onye maara na GMHC tụrụ aro ka ọ bụrụ onye na-ekere òkè na mmemme nlekọta ahụike ndị okenye nke AIDS, nke dị n'otu ụlọ ahụ ma na-arụ ọrụ na-elekọta mmadụ nke a na-akpọ Village Care of New York . Na ntinye akwụkwọ, Weston nabatara na mmemme wee malite isonye na ọrụ Medicaid na-akwado nke ọ na-enye. Dị ka onye so na ya, ọ natara ọrụ ahụike na ndụmọdụ gbasara ịṅụ ọgwụ ọjọọ, ma nye ya nri ọ nwere ike iburu n'ụlọ si otú ahụ hụ na ọ na-eri nri abụọ n'ụbọchị (ebe tupu ọ nwee naanị otu). Ọ nwetakwara enyemaka n'inweta enyemaka ego site na mmemme ọdịmma New York City na, n'ụzọ dị ukwuu, e nyere ya agbamume na ihe enyemaka maka ịrụ ọrụ nka.

Na 1998, Weston wetara foto ndị enyi ya nwụrụ anwụ sere na Visual AIDS, otu nzukọ na-akwado ndị na-ese ihe nwere AIDS. N'ịghọta ikike nka ya, nzukọ ahụ kpọrọ ya ka ọ sonyere nzukọ ahụ wee sonye na ihe ngosi ndị ọ kwadoro. [note 1]

Ọrụ nka

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Foto ntinye nke "Okooko osisi abalị" nke Frederick Weston dere na Trix Bar, 1996
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Frederick Weston, "Blue Bathroom Blues #13", mkpokọta na foto nke agba, 1999, 8.5 x 11 sentimita asatọ

N'ihe dị ka n'otu oge ahụ ọ ghọrọ onye so na mmemme nlekọta ahụike ụbọchị ndị okenye AIDS, Weston weghaara ọrụ n'oge abalị n'ime ụlọ mmanya nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke nke Midtown nke a na-akpọ Trix. Weston wụnyere nnukwu ogwe n'ahụ mgbidi nke mkpuchi mkpuchi mkpuchi ebe ọ na-arụ ọrụ na ihe oyiyi Polaroid nke ọ kpụụrụ ụmụ okorobịa nwere mmasị nwoke ọ zutere na Trix bụ ndị o yiri uwe nke abụọ ọ chịkọbara ma chịkọta uwe. Weston mechara kọwaa ndị ahịa Trix dị ka "ngwakọta mara mma nke dị elu na nke dị ala na nke kacha mma drag Queens ị hụtụrụla". Site na nchịkọta foto a, o mepụtara ihe a na-akpọ ihe ngosi nke mbụ ya. N'afọ 1996, Trix kwagara n'ebe ọzọ n'ime ime ihe nkiri etiti obodo wee gbanwee aha ya ka ọ bụrụ Stella's. N'ịga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ nlele mkpuchi ebe ahụ, Weston mepụtara ihe a na-akpọ ihe ngosi solo nke abụọ ya. Akpọrọ ya "Okooko osisi na-agba agba abalị", ọ bụ nhọrọ sitere na ngosipụta ọ gosipụtara na Trix. Foto nwụnye nke mgbakọ a na-egosi n'aka ekpe.

Weston welitere ọrụ ụlọ ahịa na-akwụ ụgwọ dị ala na njedebe 1990s ebe, dịka o kwuru, "ha na-enye m aha (onye nduzi nka) n'ihi na ha anaghị enye m ego ọ bụla". A gwara ya ka o chepụta ihe ngosi nwere isiokwu na-acha anụnụ anụnụ maka ihu ụlọ ahịa ahụ, ọ chịkọtara ọtụtụ arịa ndị na-enweghị isi ọ chịkọtara, ha niile na-ese na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, iji mee ka obodo mepere emepe na-adịghị ahụkebe. Mgbe onye nwe ụlọ ahịa ahụ jụrụ atụmatụ ahụ, o tinyere ọrụ ya n'akụkụ ụzọ n'ihu ihe mgbochi na-acha anụnụ anụnụ n'ebe a na-ewu ihe owuwu dị nso. Nke a gosipụtara na ọ bụ mmalite izizi nke ihe ghọrọ otu n'ime ọrụ a kacha mara amara, "Blue Bathroom Blues". O wetere aha ya site n'usoro uri na-agbanwe agbanwe nke o deburu nke a kpọrọ "Blue Bedroom Ballads" na mechaa "Blue Bathroom Blues". N'igosi uri ndị ahụ, o tinyere slide ndị na-egosi ụdị ọrụ nka n'akụkụ ụzọ. Ọrụ ahụ sitere na arịa ndị na-adịghị efu gbakọtara n'èzí gaa na kọlọji na foamcore nke obere mpempe akwụkwọ nwere. Ngwakọta ndị a yiri bọọdụ foto ndị o mere na mbụ mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ na Trix. E gosipụtara ụdị 1999 nke "Blue Bathroom Blues" n'aka nri.

N'ime oge a, Weston gara n'ihu na-egosi ọrụ nchịkọta na ntọala gallery na-abụghị omenala, gụnyere Nlekọta Obodo ("The okpu" na "Abụ m nwoke" na 1999, yana "Underground Railroad" na 2000), Stella's ("Ngosipụta). Stephanie Crawford" na 1997, na "Ihe ọ bụla mere Freddy Darling?" na 2003), AIDS Housing Network Art Gallery ("The Lost Language of Men's Clothing" na 2002), na Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual na, Transgender Community Center. ("Go Figure" na 2002).

Weston nwụrụ na Ọktoba 21, 2020. Ná mmalite afọ ahụ, ọ mụtara na ya nwere ọrịa kansa eriri afọ nke merela agadi, nke a gosikwara na ọ bụ ya kpatara ọnwụ ya. Otu onye nwụrụ anwụ kwuru na ọ na-echegbu onwe ya na ịgwọ ọrịa kansa nwere ike ịkpata nsogbu na ọgwụ ndị o were iji chịkwaa HIV . Obituary kwuru, "o kpebiri na ọ gaghị achọ ọgwụgwọ ụlọ ọgwụ ọzọ, ma ọ nọrọ n'ụlọ na-elekwasị anya na nka ya".

Ọgụgụ ọzọ

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  • DUETS: Frederick Weston & Samuel R. Delany na Mkparịta ụka ( AIDS Anya, 2021)  [1]

Ihe ndetu

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Ntụaka

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kọwaa ndị ahịa Trix dị ka "ngwakọta mara mma nke dị elu na nke dị ala na nke kacha mma drag Queens ị hụtụrụla". Site na kọwaa ndị ahịa Trix dị ka "ngwakọta mara mma nke dị elu na nke dị ala na nke kacha mma drag Queens ị hụtụrụla". Site na nchịkọta foto a, o mepụtara ihe a na-akpọ ihe ngosi nke mbụ ya. N'afọ 1996, Trix kwagara n'ebe ọzọ n'ime ime ihe nkiri etiti obodo wee gbanwee aha ya ka ọ nchịkọta foto a, o mepụtara ihe a na-akpọ ihe ngosi nke mbụ ya. N'afọ 1996, Trix kwagara n'ebe ọzọ n'ime ime ihe nkiri etiti obodo wee gbanwee aha ya ka ọ

Njikọ mpụga

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  1. Art, Sex and Times Square (en). POZ (2021-06-28). Retrieved on 2021-06-30.