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1991 ILDA Awards
Presented at the 1991 ILDA Conference in Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Laser Images Inc.
From The Laserist magazine, Summer 1992 issue
From a theatre stage in Warsaw, Poland, to the rooftop of the World Trade Center
in New York City, laser displays from around the globe were honored in ILDA's
largest creative competition to date.
The 1991 competition for outstanding laser displays saw the
highest number of entries submitted in the program's four-year history, evidence
of the growing popularity of the medium. The broad scope of winning entries was
also proof that laser displays are reaching out to new markets and new
applications.
Award-winning displays, for example, included special laser
effects for a Japanese amusement park, an educational exhibit at the Mexico City
Archeological Museum, a live laser/music performance in Warsaw, Poland and an
outdoor beam display that spanned the New York City skyline. Subject matter for
the displays included advertising for such corporate giants as Coca-Cola and
Marlboro, educational programming on topics ranging from DNA to natural history,
and entertainment programs that encompassed everything from rock 'n' roll to an
homage to abstract artist Vassily Kandinsky.
The 132 entries submitted by 14 firms were evaluated by a
three-person panel who judged entries on professionalism, creativity and
uniqueness. The judges represented a spectrum of laser applications from
technical, artistic, and scientific fields:
- Michael Ceden's film animation credits included "The Little
Mermaid," "Rescuers Down Under," and "American Tail." He also is a creator and
animator of laser works for Walt Disney World.
- Dr. J. William McGowan, as director of the National Museum of
Science and Technology in Ottawa, Canada, curated one of the world's largest
holography exhibits. He also was a professor of physics at the University of
Western Ontario.
- Craig Newswanger, the third member of the panel, developed special
laser effects for Walt Disney Imagineering and designed the laser-illuminated
fiber-optic sphere at Walt Disney's Epcot Center.
The 28 artistic awards were divided into nine categories,
with awards going to ten companies. In the New Technology category, first place
was awarded to Aura Technologies, Inc. of Chicago. Aura's new technology allows
artists to use musical instruments to produce visual laser displays through the
popular MIDI interface. Three honorable mentions also were awarded in this
category to recognize new computer software techniques for creating laser
displays.
1991 ARTISTIC
AWARDS
Graphic Design: Static
1st: "Silver
Surfer", Laser Fantasy
2nd: "Emotional Landing Strip", Laser Images
3rd: "Miss C.", Advanced Laser Design
Graphic Design: Animation
1st (tie):
"St. Louis Science Center", Image Engineering
1st (tie): "Monster of Light", Laser Fantasy
2nd: "Tree Climb", Laser Fantasy
3rd: "Mask", Advanced Laser Design
Graphic Design: Showpiece
1st: "Mystic
Loon", Laser Fantasy
2nd: "The Galaxy Song", Laser Images
3rd: "Elvis is Everywhere", Laser Fantasy
Abstract Design
1st: "Vassily
Kandinsky", Laser Images
2nd: "Tom Sawyer", Laser Images
3rd: "Jellyfish", Laser Fantasy
Mixed
Design
1st: "U
Can't Touch This", Audio Visual Imagineering
2nd: "Khameleon Vogue", Laser Media
3rd: "Tear Down The Wall", Laser Images
Beam:
Atmospheric Display
1st: "Lasercast",
Science Faction
2nd: "Beam 15", Advanced Laser Design
3rd: "SummerFest Beam Sculpture", Bennett-Ross and Laser
Artistry
Entertainment Application
1st: "Fairyland
Theatre", Laser Fantasy
2nd: "Discovery Theatre", Laser Fantasy
3rd: "Penianze", Laser Media
Advertisement/Corporate Theatre
1st:
"Coke 2", Advanced Laser Design
2nd: "UA", Audio Visual Imagineering
3rd: "Follow Your Dreams", Advanced Laser Design
1991 TECHNICAL AWARDS
New
Technology
1st: "MIDI-controlled
LGRASS", Aura Technologies
Hon. Mention: "RasType/Raster Text Display", Laserfx, a Bifrost Company
Hon. Mention: "Hidden Surface Elimination for Convex Solids", Laser Images
Hon. Mention: "Flock of Eyes/Computer Aided Animation", Laser Fantasy
Special
1st: "Realm of
Light", Laser Fantasy
2nd: "Qu Ultalan Maya (Myster Maya)", Mundo Audiovisual
3rd: "Valley Laser Light", Science Faction
1991 CAREER
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Floyd Rollefstad
Laser Fantasy founder honored for pioneering work and technical achievements
Floyd Rollefstad, president of Laser
Fantasy International, has received ILDA's 1991 Career Achievement Award
honoring a lifetime of technical and artistic achievements.
Rollefstad was honored for a series of
almost single-handed technical achievements that have significantly advanced the
laser display industry, including: 3-D laser graphic projection techniques,
acousto-optic RGB technology for full-color graphics projection, and several
unique fiber optic effects.
"Floyd Rollefstad has a persistent
desire to be successful, to make fantasy come true," said Seiji Inatsugu of
Laser Media, Inc., last year's winner of the Career Achievement Award. Inatsugu
presented the 1991 award to Rollefstad at ILDA's annual meeting in Los Angeles.
"He certainly has moved and shaken the industry," added Ivan Dryer, president of
Laser Images, Inc. and recipient of the first Career Achievement Award. "We have
been inspired by his work," said Dryer
In accepting the award, Rollefstad said
he counted himself to be fortunate, because "not too many people get to
participate in the birth of an industry. Artistically, we have incredible
opportunities. We are the first people to ever use the amazing power of the
laser to do artistic things."
In addition to his pioneering technical
work, Rollefstad was also honored for bringing educational laser display
programs to more than 1,500 high schools across North America.
"We're very proud of our education
shows," said Rollefstad, whose company was among the first to produce
full-length educational programs using laser displays. Educational shows include
"American Dream," an historical program, "Learning to Fly," about aviation, and
"Listen to the Whales," which covers ecology.
Rollefstad began creating laser shows
soon after obtaining his masters degree from the University of North Dakota in
1977, the same year he cofounded Laser Fantasy. After producing shows in Chicago
and Minneapolis, his company came to the West Coast in 1980 to perform in
Seattle at the Pacific Science Center, where it still performs today. The
company is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.
One of Laser Fantasy's best known works
is at Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam, where laser images thousands of feet
across tell a nightly story of the area's natural history. The show premiered in
March, 1989 and runs during summer months. It uses 70 watts of laser power and
sophisticated graphics projectors that produce full-color displays.
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