2000 ILDA Awards

Presented at the 2000 ILDA Conference in Stuttgart, Germany
Hosted by LOBO electronic and MediaLas Laserproducts
 

Laser display professionals from around the world were honored Oct. 8th with prestigious awards for artistic and technical achievement during the annual conference of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA).

Companies from Germany, Australia, Italy and the USA were recognized for creativity and excellence in eleven artistic categories that represented how laser displays are used to celebrate special events, promote products and entertain audiences.

Winners included LOBO electronic's Millennium celebration at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Laser Rental's role in Houston's citywide "Sky Power" extravaganza, and Laservision Macro-Media's playful "Millennium Bugs" animation show in Australia.

ILDA's Fenning Awards for Technical Achievement produced a first-place tie. The top honor was shared between AVI Imagineering with Lasers' Omnistar laser projection system and Pangolin Laser System's QM2000 Laser Display Processor Board.
 

2000 ARTISTIC AWARDS

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of the 2000 artistic winners, including credits and descriptions

ILDA Standard Projector (ISP) Beam Module

1st:   "Dampframme", LOBO electronic
2nd:  "CVS", Audio Visual Imagineering
3rd:   "Allegro No. 5", LaserAnimation Sollinger
Honorable Mention:  "Scratch", LOBO electronic

 ISP Cel Animation

1st:   "Socrates", Audio Visual Imagineering
2nd:  "Werewolf of London", Audio Visual Imagineering

ISP Computer Animation

1st:   "Raster Eye Being", Strictly FX
2nd:  "Boris the Spider", Audio Visual Imagineering
3rd:   "Caddy", LOBO electronic

 ISP Graphic Module

1st:   "The Trial", Laser Fantasy International
2nd:  "Blue", Strictly FX
3rd:   "Purple People Eater", Astronaut Memorial Planetarium

ISP Graphic and Beam Module

1st:   "Vida Loca", Audio Visual Imagineering
2nd:  "Toshiba 3D", Laser Spectacles
3rd:   "Riverside Intro", LOBO electronic

 Beams/Atmospherics

1st:   "Trance Vision", LOBO electronic
2nd:  "Symbiosis", LOBO electronic
3rd:   "Response", LDS Light Design
Honorable Mention:  "Jugend Forscht beampart", tarm Showlaser

Abstract

1st:   "Sleep Now in the Fire", Laser Fantasy International
2nd:  "Trip Like I Do", Audio Visual Imagineering
3rd (tie):  " 'Bocelli' for Romanza", Laser Images Inc.
3rd (tie):  "Qumran", Laser Images, Inc.

Graphic Module

1st:   "Millennium Bugs", Laservision Macro-Media
2nd:  "Mittelmeer 2000", Laserland
3rd (tie):  "Tom Joad", Laser Fantasy International
3rd (tie):  "Bullet in the Head", Laser Fantasy International

Indoor Show

1st:   "Dreamscape", LOBO electronic
2nd:  "1999 ILDA Awards Ceremony Opening/Closing Show", Walt Disney World and Lighting Systems Design Inc.
3rd:   "Mannesmann Dematic", LOBO electronic
Honorable Mention:  "SIB 2000 Multimedia Show", Laser Entertainment

Outdoor Show

1st:   "Sky Power and Beyond", Laser Rentals Inc. in conjunction with Laser Media and Laser Fantasy International
2nd:  "Berlin 2000", LOBO electronic
3rd:   "Spirits of Sentosa", Laservision Macro-Media
Honorable Mention:  "100 Years Zeppelin", Laserland
Honorable Mention:  "Medina 2000", LOBO electronic

Special Application

1st:   "Linea", Laser Show Design
2nd:  "Lubecker Innenstadtkirchen", tarm Showlaser
3rd:   "M&M's", tarm Lasertechnik

 

2000 TECHNICAL AWARDS

Judges: Andreu Ibanez, Jay Parkinson, Tim Walsh

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Fenning Award for Technical Achievement

1st (tie):  "Omnistar", Audio Visual Imagineering

Omnistar is a laser projection system and screen all-in-one. The screen is an inflatable sphere up to 30 feet in diameter that floats above crowds and incorporates AVI's patented 360-degree laser projector. Full-color laser graphics are projected on the inside of the balloon's surface, offering a projection system that can be easily and safely rigged in a wide variety of venues.

1st (tie):   "QM2000 Laser Display Processor Board", Pangolin Laser Systems

Pangolin wanted laserists to have a choice of recording or playing back using the same device (computer board). The company also sought the best balance of features that laserists asked for: power (DSP-type processor, large memory), fast speed (over 100,000 pts/sec output), small size (small enough to fit in a PCI slot), meeting all major industry standards (compatible with ILDA, DMX, Windows and PC computers), having backwards compatibility with older systems, and perhaps most important for laserists: being affordable.

2nd:  (not awarded)

3rd:  "Dot.Monkey", Laservision Macro-Media

Laservision's motivation to develop Dot.Monkey was born out of necessity and a desire to liberate Laserists (Dot.Monkeys) from the repetitious non-creative process of image digitizing, coloring and editing. Alternatives failed to meet standards sought by Laservision's artists and those demanded by clients. Without a viable quality alternative hand finished frames remain costly and time consuming. Put simply, Laservision decided to automate the digitizing process so that creative energies can be dedicated to producing better, cost efficient shows. Dot.Monkey has increased studio productivity by as much as 600%. The software batch processes images (from a variety of sources) and formats them instantaneously to provide truly presentation-perfect results.