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2006 ILDA Awards
Presented at the 2007 ILDA
Conference in China
Traditional Chinese dancers
entertain during dinner at the ILDA Awards Banquet. Photo courtesy L.
Michael Roberts |
ILDA's awards for
excellence--the laser display industry's equivalent of Hollywood's Oscars--each
year honor companies and individuals from around the world for their
achievements:
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The
Artistic Award
categories cover virtually all aspects of modern laser displays, from the
production of huge outdoor shows to the creation of individual laser graphics.
- The
Fenning Award
honors technological achievements that advance the industry.
-
Volunteer awards
recognize
some of the many people who give of their time and resources throughout the
year.
- The
Career Achievement Award
is ILDA's highest honor, given for work spanning many years in the area of
show quality, innovation, and industry service.
The 2006 ILDA Awards were
presented at the Awards Banquet held March 11, 2007 at the Yucca Hotel in
Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. Below is a list of the winners in each category.
For more details, see the
28-page booklet handed out at the Awards Banquet.
This includes full credits for each winning piece, plus a description of the
work.
2006 ARTISTIC
AWARDS
Judges: Friedrich Foerster,
Henrik Turzer, Richard Gonsalves
Judging Coordinators: Peter Mayer, Dirk Baur
Judging Facilities and Hosting: MediaLas GmbH
Beams/Atmospherics
1st: "Melody of the
Dragon Boat", HB Laser, Germany
 HB Acceptance Speech:
Click here
to download a text file of HB's acceptance speech, prepared for delivery at the
Awards Banquet. (32KB, Adobe PDF format)
2nd: "Arabian Night",
LOBO electronic, Germany
LOBO Acceptance Speech:
Click
here to download a 4-minute video of LOBO's acceptance
speech. It includes a tour of their studio facilities. (8 MB QuickTime .mov
format)
3rd: "End of War", MediaLas, Germany
Graphics Show
1st: "Arabian Dream", LOBO
electronic, Germany
2nd: " 'Europe-China 2008' Railroad Trip", Orion-Art
Productions, Russia
3rd: "El Pecado", HB Laser, Germany
Hon. Mention: "The 12 Days of Christmas", Lasertainment Productions, USA
Abstract Show
1st: "Sing Sing
Sing", Laser Show Design, Inc., USA
Beams and Screen Show
1st: "Summernights 2006",
LOBO electronic, Germany
2nd: "Samsung Ultra Roadshow", Laser Entertainment srl, Italy
3rd: "Nespresso 'Le Cube' Presentation", Laser
Entertainment srl, Italy
Nightclub/Disco Show
1st: "Heavens Mood",
Tobias Gebur, Germany
2nd: "Dance", HB Laser, Germany
3rd: "Electronic Beats", LOBO electronic,
Germany
Hon. Mention: "Digital Life", LOBO electronic, Germany
Laser Photography
1st: "Mercedes-Benz
Star",
LOBO electronic, Germany
Photo ©2006, LOBO Laser and Multimedia Systems, Aalen, Germany
Lasers Used in Video/Film
1st: " 'Don't Cha'
(Heineken Light)", Image Engineering, USA
Innovative Application
1st: "Live in the Box!",
Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte, Germany
Video Online:
Click here
to see a video of this ILDA Award winner, plus a video of the acceptance speech.
2nd: "Hey St. Peter", MediaLas, Germany
Live Stage Performance
1st: "Asian Games 2006 -
Opening Ceremony", LOBO electronic, Germany
2nd: "Statoil", LOBO electronic, Germany
Multimedia
1st: "Spirit of Dancing", LOBO
electronic, Germany
2nd: " 'Troika-Dialog' 15 Years", Orion-Art Productions, Russia
3rd: "SIB 2006 Rimini", Laser Entertainment srl, Italy
2006 TECHNICAL
AWARDS
Fenning Awards for Technical
Achievement
Judges: Tim Hallmark, Ted Smith,
Casey Stack
1st: "PASS - Professional
Audience Safety System"
Pangolin Laser
Systems, USA
PASS is a combination
hardware/software system, which, when used with the proper laser projector setup
techniques, can guarantee the safety of Audience Scanning laser shows.
PASS has been vigorously reviewed by numerous laser
safety consultants, and a projector that uses PASS technology has recently been
awarded a CDRH variance, thus allowing audience scanning to take place even in
the United States.
2nd: "Lightcube 12W DPSS
Air-Cooled Laser", HB Laser, Germany
A DPSS laser system,
air-cooled, 12.6W whitelight specified. Typical output 14.8W. Compared to usual
gas lasers of this class, the LightCube 12 RGB offers a much better color
balance due to an advanced color spectrum of 457nm to 655nm.
Up to now, there has always been a large frame laser
with water cooling and high voltage current required to use a lasersystem with a
12 watt output power. Due to our new LightCube 12 RGB we are in the position to
organize big outdoor events with only one single-phase 230 VAC power supply and
air cooling.
3rd: "NETLASE Lasershow Interface Board", Mueller
Elektronik, Germany
An interface board, using
standard TCP/IP network connection as communication media, to provide standard
ILDA signals and additional signals such as TTL outputs and DMX for a laser
projector. The board can be mounted into the laser projector, eliminating long
analog signal cables. Netlase can be used in any computer system running any
operating system. By setting an IP address via DIP-switch, multiple interfaces
can be controlled by the laser show software. An SD-card slot allows the board
to run as a standalone playback board.
2006 VOLUNTEER
AWARDS
Certificates of Appreciation
(awarded for exceptional service to ILDA)
John Birchman
For creating and administrating the
ILDA Forums
Hayden Hale
For assistance with
the ILDA Awards Banquet
Jim Hardaway
For hosting the 2007 ILDA Conference
Richard Maddock
For work in the area of protecting ILDA copyrights
online, and in helping develop a proposed Code of Business Practice
Peter Mayer
For “above and beyond” work on the Ethics
Committee, support of ILDA Membership in ASAE, and coordinating the 2006
Artistic Awards judging
L. Michael Roberts
For assistance on the 2006 ILDA Conference site
selection and Conference arrangements
2006
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Judges: Dirk Baur, Brian Bohan,
Stephen Harvey
Doug Mc Cullough
Doug McCullough began creating psychedelic light
shows for rock concerts in 1968. His first use of coherent light was in 1970
when he created lumia effects with a Helium-Neon laser . In the mid-1970s, he
formed Audio Visual Imagineering (AVI) as a sole proprietorship.
Doug concentrated in the 1980s on developing the
potential of laser light shows. One of the first uses of computer laser graphics
was in 1982, when he introduced sequential laser animation in a planetarium
light show titled “Visual Music”. He also pioneered thematically mixing abstract
and graphic imagery in laser show choreography. In addition to planetarium
shows, Doug worked on corporate meetings and special events, producing laser
presentations for numerous high profile clients.
At AVI, Doug innovated the extensive use of
scanned mid-air beam effects with no “bounce” mirrors. This “look” of two lasers
creating crisscrossing scanned mid-air beam effects has since become an industry
standard.
In 1987 Doug helped closely with the founding of ILDA; he served on the original
Ethics Committee. Over the next 17 years, he and his team at AVI received
numerous ILDA Awards for “hands-on” work in creative show production. In fact,
in total number of ILDA Awards received, AVI has won more than any other company
save one.
Even now his commitment to laser art remains strong. Doug continues to work in
lasers with his new company, Laser Show Design, Inc., which specializes in
high-end laser presentations for theme parks, corporate meetings, and special
events.
For his achievements in pioneering laser artistry
and techniques for over three decades, ILDA is proud to present Doug McCullough
with the 2006 Career Achievement Award.
Click here
for a more detailed version of the above biography, and to read Doug's
acceptance speech.
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