Vol. 16, No. 2, July-September 2005 

ILDA's 1998 Awards for Outstanding Laser Displays

From corporate presentations to multimedia educational exhibits, the 1998 ILDA Awards for Outstanding Laser Display honored the world's best laser presentations from around the world. Judged by a three-person panel, the ILDA Awards for artistic achievement recognize companies for creativity, professionalism and uniqueness. ILDA's Fenning Award honors companies for technical accomplishments.

Nearly 200 attendees gathered in Amsterdam for the awards banquet, where 13 companies received awards in 11 artistic categories and four companies were honored with Fenning Awards. Several award recipients brought clients with them to the podium and thanked their sponsors for supporting laser displays. Germany's LOBO electronic was honored with six awards, the most received by any company. America's AVI Imagineering with Lasers took home four awards (all of them in the ISP Projector category), as did meeting host ABC LaserEvents of The Netherlands.

The awards were judged by a three-person panel consisting of Alexander Bresinsky, "company b;" Steven Hubbard, The Planning Stage; and Howard Ungerleider, Production Design International.

The first four categories take advantage of the ILDA Standard Projector (ISP) format. Submissions are made on ADAT tape and are played back for judging using an ISP laser projector.

ISP Beam Module

1st Place: Mount Everest, AVI Imagineering With Lasers
2nd Place: Rock It, FFP Laser Systems
3rd Place: Nightmare, FFP Laser Systems
Honorable Mention: MC303 Beams, Laser Spectacles

ISP Graphic Animation

1st Place: (tie) Dog & Pig, AVI Imagineering With Lasers
1st Place: (tie) Metamorphosis, Lightspeed Design Group

ISP Graphic Module

1st Place: My Way, Strictly FX
2nd Place: Dark and Long, Laseronics Northwest
3rd Place: Money, FirstLight Laser Productions

ISP Graphic + Beam Module

1st Place: Godzilla, AVI Imagineering With Lasers
Honorable Mention: Diana, AVI Imagineering With Lasers

Show Elements: these categories are for compositions that focus on one of the three primary laser show elements: beams, abstracts and graphics. Entries are submitted on videotape.

Beams/Atmospherics

1st Place: Living Lines III, tarm SLL Technik
2nd Place: Lobomania, LOBO electronic

Abstract

1st Place: Sunshower, AVI Imagineering With Lasers
3rd Place: The Woof, Laser Animation Sollinger

Graphic Module

1st Place: BP Convention, CoCoTec Showlaser
2nd Place: Yamaha, ABC LaserEvents
3rd Place: (tie) Enso-1, ABC LaserEvents
3rd Place: (tie) Konica Cebit 98, CoCoTec Showlaser
Honorable Mention: Just One Day, Laser Animation Sollinger

Performance: These three categories are for complete shows that combine two or more of the following elements: beams, abstracts and graphics. Entries are submitted on videotape.

Indoor Show

1st Place: Living Lines II, tarm SLL Technik
2nd Place: Tunnel of Love, ABC LaserEvents
3rd Place: Is There Life On Mercury?, LOBO electronic

Outdoor Show

1st Place: Hemispheric, LOBO electronic
2nd Place: Natale Sotto La Madonnina, Laser Entertainment

Multimedia

1st Place: Convention Sanofi: `Aprovel' Presentation, Laser Entertainment
2nd Place: One Ocean, Lightspeed Design Group
3rd Place: (tie) Enso-2, ABC LaserEvents
3rd Place: (tie) Javelin Thrower, LOBO electronic

Special Application: Displays with a unique application or concept that do not fit easily into other categories. Entries are submitted on videotape.

Honorable Mention: A Day Of A Caterpillar, LOBO electronic