Lili Lakich

**Liliana Diane Lakich** (an haife ta a watan Yuni 4, 1944) yar wasan kwaikwayo ce Ba’amurkiya, wacce aka fi sani da aikinta a cikin sassaƙar neon . Tun tana yarinya ta sha sha'awar tallar neon, kuma ta gina sana'arta a kusa da fasaha mai haske, tare da ikonta na musamman na tunani. Lakich ta karɓi kwamitocin fasaha masu zaman kansu da na jama'a da yawa, a cikin wani yanayi na taimakawa birnin Los Angeles a aikin hasken titi. Ta kuma kafa gidan kayan tarihi na Neon Art (MONA), tarin fasaha na farko a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na lantarki. An nuna hotunanta a cikin manyan wallafe-wallafe game da sassaƙa na zamani.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Lakich a Washington, DC, amma ba da daɗewa ba ta koma Tucson, Arizona lokacin da aikin soja na mahaifinta ya canza iyali zuwa Davis Montan Air Base sannan kuma zuwa California lokacin da aka aika shi zuwa yakin Koriya . Suna yawan tafiye-tafiye a hanya inda ta ga alamun neon a gefen hanya. 

"Lokacin da mahaifina ya dawo daga Koriya," in ji ta, "abu na farko da ya yi shi ne ya sayi sabuwar Chrysler mai haske mai haske . Mun yi tafiya a ko'ina cikin Amurka, muna ziyartar dangi da kuma tsofaffi daga California zuwa Florida. Da rana mun karanta dukan ƙwararrun Burma Shave alamun kuma muka tsaya a kowane kantin sayar da kayan tarihi ko abin sha'awa na gefen hanya wanda aka yi kama da wigwam, amma ina son tuki a cikin dare. A lokacin ne duhu zai zo da rai tare da launuka masu haske na kaboyi suna karkatar da lassos a saman rearing palomino, Indiyawan da ke harbin baka da kibau, ko manyan manyan motoci a sararin sama tare da ƙafafunsu na walƙiya .

Ta halarci aji shida na 5 da manyan makarantu uku a Amurka da Jamus (mahaifinta yana zaune a Frankfurt yanzu). Bayan kammala karatun sakandare a kusa da Fort Meade, Maryland (tsakanin Baltimore da Washington, DC), ta tafi kwaleji a Cibiyar Pratt a Brooklyn, New York . Bata gamsu da azuzuwan zane-zane da zane-zane na gargajiya da ake bayarwa ba, ta bar Pratt bayan shekara ta biyu ta halarci Makarantar Fasahar Fina-Finai ta London a London, Ingila. Yin fina-finai ya nuna cewa aikin rukuni ya yi yawa, don haka ta koma Pratt kuma ta sami digiri na farko na Fine Arts a shekarar 1967.

Yayin da take Pratt, wata muguwar dangantaka ta sa ta ƙirƙiro hotonta na haske na farko, hoton kai tare da ƙananan kwararan fitila waɗanda mota ke sarrafawa, tana lumshe fuskarta kamar hawaye. "Wannan shi ne aikina na farko na lantarki na fasaha," in ji ta, "kuma a karo na farko a rayuwata, na ji cewa na bayyana kaina da gaske. A gare ni, fasaha shine cathartic - hanya ce ta motsa jiki da kuma fitar da shi. Da zarar na yi hoton kaina ina kuka, zan iya dakatar da kuka. Hoton ya yi kuka a gare ni. Idan za ku iya yin aiki a kan aikin fasaha. na layi, launuka da siffofi.

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Cibiyar Pratt, Lakich ya koma San Francisco a taƙaice kafin ya zauna a Los Angeles a shekarar 1968. "Lokacin da nake San Francisco, ba ni da wani ra'ayi daya. Birnin ya kasance dan Victorian sosai a gare ni. Lokacin da na zo Los Angeles tare da dukan fitilunsa da abubuwan gani, kwatsam na sami ra'ayoyi da yawa." 

Lakich ya fara nuna sassaken neon a cikin shekarar 1973 a Gallery 707 akan La Cienega Blvd. Nunin wasan kwaikwayo na farko na solo, a Womanspace a cikin Ginin Mata a cikin shekara ta 1974, ya tattara bita a cikin mujallar Artforum ta Peter Plagens inda ya yi sharhi "... duk nunin yana da ƙarfi, duk da haka, Ina shakka ko Lakich zai iyakance ci gabanta zuwa tsaye, ƙayyadaddun neon, idan ba don wani dalili ba sai kwanan nan 'yantar da hasken wutar lantarki ta hanyar fasaha, bidiyo. " (Yaro, ya yi kuskure. Bayan shekaru talatin, Lakich ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu fasaha a duniya da ke aiki a cikin sassaka mai haske).

A cikin shekarar 1980 Lakich na ɗaya daga cikin mawaƙa goma da aka gayyata waɗanda aka baje kolin aikinsu a Babban Nunin Fasaha na Madigo na Amurka a Ginin Mata . Daga shekara 1982, Lakich ya kafa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin darekta na farko na Gidan Tarihi na Neon Art a Los Angeles, ya rage a can har zuwa 1999.   A cikin 1986 ta rubuta *Neon Lovers Glow in the Dark* kuma a cikin 2007 *LAKICH: Don Haske.* *Domin Soyayya.* *Don Rayuwa.* 

An haɗa hotunanta a cikin manyan wallafe-wallafe game da sassaka na zamani, zane-zane na neon da fasaha na mata ciki har da *Alamomi*,  da kuma a cikin tarin masu zaman kansu da kamfanoni masu yawa.  Ta yi wasan kwaikwayo na solo a Tokyo, Paris da Los Angeles . 

## Ayyukan fasaha
A cikin shekara ta 1984, Lakich ne ya ƙirƙira *Drive-In* bayan Unity Savings ta ba ta izini don sabon ofishin su na Beverly Hills. A kusurwar Wilshire da La Cienega Boulevards (wanda aka sani da "Ruwan Gidan Abinci"), yana kan tsohon wurin gidan cin abinci na Dolores, wanda ya shahara saboda kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin gidajen cin abinci na asali a Los Angeles. Dolores dai an ruguje ne ba tare da son mai shi da masu kula da shi na dogon lokaci ba aka maye gurbinsa da wani babban ginin ofis. Unity Savings ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu haya. Saboda tanadi da lamuni ya dogara da tallafin mazauna gida da kasuwancin, Lakich yana tunanin zai zama abin farin ciki da dacewa don ƙirƙirar yabo ga Gidan Abinci na Dolores. 

Lakich ya kirkiro *LA Angel* a cikin shekara 1992 akan bangon Yamma na 300 na Kudancin Zaitun tare da niyyar yin aiki mai amfani matsala ga birnin Los Angeles . Lokacin da California Plaza akan Bunker Hiss aka tsawaita, ya haifar da duhu, tasirin rami mai kama da shinge 300 na Kudancin Zaitun. Maginin ya yanke shawarar shigar da sassaken haske don saduwa da ƙa'idodin hasken birnin kuma ya yi aiki tare da Gidan Tarihi na Neon Art a shekarar 1989 don ba da dala 75,000 ga wata mace mai fasaha don kammala aikin. Ginin an gina shi da zanen gadon saƙar zuma na zuma mai nauyi a cikin siffar ɗan adam da ba a zayyana ba tare da haɗa fitilun fitilun neon. Ana nufin wakiltar al'adu, masana'antu da halayen birnin Los Angeles yayin da yake magana da abin da ya gabata da na yanzu na birnin. 

Bayan 'yan shekaru, Lakich ya ba da izini don ƙirƙirar wani sassaka a cikin gida na miliyoyin daloli a cikin tuddai na Santa Ana. Mawallafin ya gabatar da ra'ayoyi daban-daban guda hudu don aikin, amma wannan shine abin da ya burge Misis Freed kamar yadda mijinta ya kasance mai ilimin hanyoyin kwantar da hankali. Da farko Lakich ya gina aikin kumfa mai kauri mai inci kuma ya kai wurin don gwada ma'aunin. Sannan ta yi amfani da aluminium na saƙar zuma da ke da goyan bayan tsarin ƙarfe don gane aikin. A cikin shekara ta 1995, *Tell Me About Yourself* ya burge mutane da yawa saboda baƙon abu ne ganin wani sassaka na Neon a wurin zama na waje. Amma ya zama sananne ga baƙi ma'auratan, kuma yana faranta musu rai cewa idan sun dawo gida daga balaguron jirgin sama za su iya hango shi daga sama a ƙasa. 

A cikin shekara ta 2009, ta kammala hukumar fasaha ta jama'a 114-ft, *Flyaway* a cikin 2009 don tashar Bus ta Van Nuys FlyAway a 7610 Woodley Ave. a Van Nuys .  Wannan sassaken da aka gina da aluminium na saƙar zuma kuma ya ƙunshi adadi guda biyu: Pegasus da ke da alaƙa da siffa mai tashi da ɗan adam mai tashi tare da ɗigon hasken neon da bututun argon. 

## Ayyukan da aka zaɓa

* *Albarkacin Mantuwa* (1975), Gidan Tarihi na Neon Art 
* *Inda Eagle Flies* (1990), zauren gidan ginin Washington, Los Angeles
* *Drive-In *',**' (1984) Unity Savings, Beverly Hills, CA
* *LA Angel* (1992), 300 na Kudancin Zaitun, Los Angeles
* *KU FAɗa NI GAME DA KANKA* (1995) Evelyn da Frank Freed suka ba da izini, Santa Ana, California
* *Mai gadi*, Asibitin Yara na Miller a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 
* *Buddha*, Gidan kayan tarihi na Neon Art 
* *Flyaway* (2009), Van Nuys FlyAway Bus Terminal, Los Angeles 

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## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Lakich Studio
* L.A. Angel 
* Gidan kayan gargajiya na Neon Art