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Our Members add impact to shows with the purest, most brilliant light in the universe
Proven experience as an ILDA Professional accredited company
ILDA helps keep shows safe and legal; free safety software for Members
Customers buy with confidence when backed by the Code of Ethics
The world’s best laser shows, at the yearly meeting of the world’s best laserists
Using new technologies and developing industry-wide standards
Successful Montréal ILDA Conference, hosted by LaserTech Canada, concludes on Nov. 12
Montréal Conference attendees after the Awards Banquet and Presentation on November 12. The Conference featured laser safety classes, the ILDA Business Meeting, Advanced Technology Workshop, IDN seminar, Artistic seminar, Awards seminar, the Lase-Off, the Laser Jockey competition, the ILDA Awards, and an all-day cultural city tour, as well as many informal laser demonstrations and collegial discussions. Photo courtesy Theo Petrides.
ILDA Conference attendees watch a beam show during the Lase-Off, held the night before the Awards Presentation. No ILDA DB-25 cables were used; the entire setup used the new ILDA Digital Network to send signals to the LaserAnimation SOLLINGER projectors. It was even possible to record the live Laser Jockey performances and play them back the next night at the Awards. Conference host: LaserTech Canada; thanks to Dirk Apitz for the IDN devices.
2018 ILDA Award winners announced
The 2018 ILDA Award winners were announced at a gala presentation November 12, 2018 — the finale of the ILDA Conference in Montréal.
Congratulations to all winners, and especially to the recipient of ILDA's highest honor, Glenn Thomas, the 2018 Career Achievement Award winner. His acceptance speech and a list of all the award winners are at the 2018 Awards page.
A PDF booklet containing all the 2018 ILDA Award winners is now online. It contains a list of all the winners along with a description of each winning entry.
Also, a compilation video is now at YouTube. It has short excerpts from each of the winners, giving a good overview of the best laser shows in the world. Click the image below to watch the video on this page.
The 25-minute 2017 ILDA Award winners compilation video includes work from the three top shows in each of these categories:
2016 and 2015 ILDA Award videos
We also have the 2016 and 2015 ILDA Award compilation videos. Each one is about 20-25 minutes long, and has the best shows from those years.
2016 ILDA Awards compilation
And, if you want to see each 2016 winner as it was entered (up to 4 minutes maximum), go to the ILDA YouTube playlists, and click on the “2016 ILDA Awards”. Every winning video is available at its full entered length.
2015 ILDA Awards compilation
Fascinating laser history book now online
ILDA is pleased to publish the online version of Glenn Thomas' book "The Laserium® Laserist: The Greatest Job on Earth."
The book is a fascinating look at the pioneering efforts that first brought the beauty of laser light to wide audiences.
In the early 1970's, filmmaker Ivan Dryer created the first permanent laser light show, Laserium®, at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. It dazzled audiences there for 28 years.
Glenn Thomas's book describes the technical and artistic efforts that go into a Laserium® show. It was a constant battle with the technical limitations of the unwieldy krypton-ion laser. And without computer assistance, almost all of the show was performed live each night by a new artist, the "laserist."
We hope ILDA Members and the general public will enjoy this account from a person who loved his work and felt, as so many of us do, that being a laserist is "the greatest job on earth."
ILDA thanks Glenn Thomas for permission to put this online, the ILDA Board for supporting Glenn and this book, and the current holder of the Laserium® trademark, Tim Zigenbein of LumaLaser Inc and Laserium.com.
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Photo credits: Large pictures, in order — “Rainbow” by ILDA; “The Voice Italy” and “Echoes” by Laser Entertainment srl; “Deep Web” by LaserAnimation Sollinger; “Zedd - Ain’t No Rainbow” by Richard Gonsalves; “All You Need Is…” by Christopher Short; “Year of 39” by ER Productons; “Laser Violin” by Visual Sensation Laser Shows and Technologies, Guinness World Record lasers top photo by Patrick Murphy, blue beams photo courtesy ER Productions. Green beams above column 1 (The universe’s most unique light) — “Scooter” by Lightline Lasertechnik.