LightSoundJournal.com: The winners have been announced at the second annual Knight of Illumination Awards USA (KOI-USA) ceremony, which took place at The Joint in The Hard Rock Hotel on Friday, November 22. This year, underlining the immediate popularity of the KOI-USA ceremony, attendance was up by a third over 2018’s inaugural event, with almost 400 industry professionals gathering to celebrate the creative talents of lighting and video designers’ work produced in the United States over the last year.
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I have never heard of this until now. A lot of events are using drones as entertainment for their events. I know nothing about drones but I know they are being used everywhere now. Reading a little more about this event (I had to look at another article because this one was a little sparse) it is really interesting to see different organizations recognizing different areas of work. There are so many awards and acknowledgment organizations that can really boost designers' resumes. The Tonys and Emmy’s aren’t the only way to be acknowledged as a designer. I would like to know a little more about the process of how you are even eligible for awards like this. I am not too focused on figuring out how to get awards but it is an interesting process to think about. I also like to see the different types of awards and different companies that select the winners (like ETC, Altman, Rosco, PRG, etc)
Articles like this one make me so hyped for my future. As someone who is interested in lighting design, it is really cool to see all the awards that people receive as well as what they get the awards for. I have been considering what specific area of lighting design I want to go into, and I have been conflicted between live theatre and live concerts. I think both would be amazing and dope, and now seeing that there are awards for both areas from the same event provides hope that no matter what route I choose, there is always room for clout. I wish that this article provided images of each of the winning artists’ work, but I can also see why that would be a hard selection process. One of the first things I noticed when I pulled up this article is the image of, whom I can assume are the winners. This is a photo comprised of 18 individuals. 5 of whom are people of color and 5 of whom are women. These numbers are very low. I hope that in future years to come that there is a lot more diversity and more female lighting designers.
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