The Knight of Illumination Awards Announces Ceremony Event

The Knight of Illumination Awards has revealed details of this year's much anticipated glittering ceremony in London.

For the first time London ExCel's Platinum Suite will host the KOI Awards. The event will kick off at 6:30pm on Sunday, October 6. As is traditional, the awards coincide with the opening day of PLASA London, which also takes place at ExCel for the first time this year.

"Last year, hundreds of top creative lighting professionals donned their finery and put on their dancing shoes to celebrate the outstanding creative achievements of lighting designers working on productions in the UK," says Pio Nahum, chief commercial officer for Clay Paky. "This year's KOI Awards have already seen a record number of submissions, so we will be showcasing an incredibly high level of talent from all sectors of lighting design at KOI 2013."

The popular awards, organized by The Society of Television and Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), Clay Paky, and Ambersphere Solutions, continues to forge closer ties between the world of lighting design and the lighting industry as a whole and provides a social platform for great lighting design to be recognised and celebrated by the industry. The awards are sponsored by Osram, Chroma Q, Hawthorn, MA Lighting, Robert Juliat, and XL Video.

This year, organizers have allocated more time for those attending to enable them to network with colleagues and friends before the awards ceremony kicks off. A number of other changes will also better reflect the diverse talent and applications of the lighting design community. In addition to the Rock sector being renamed 'Concert Touring and Events', each sector will now contain a new category as follows: Video Graphic Display (for TV), Video Electronic Content (for Concert Touring And Events), and Projection Design (For Theatre).

"There has been an explosion of truly impressive creativity and artistry within the field of video, and it is now becoming an integrated part of visual design. With this in mind, it was a logical step to include this new category in each of our sectors," comments Durham Marenghi, KOI Awards coordinator.

An individual panel of industry experts will assess each of the following sector categories: The Television category includes awards for: Drama; Light Entertainment; Small Studio Events; and Video Graphic Display.

The Concert Touring And Events (previously Rock) category includes awards for: Concert Touring Stage; Concert Touring Arena; Live Events; and Video Electronic Content.

The Theatre category includes awards for: Dance; Opera; Play; Musicals; and Projection Design.

Finally, the Enrico Caironi Award For Lifetime Recognition will be presented to an individual who has made an outstanding impact on the industry. Previous winners include lighting designer Richard Pilbrow in 2011 and Bryan Leitch in 2012. The category is named in recognition of former Clay Paky commercial director Enrico Caironi (1947 - 2011), whose inspiration and enthusiasm created and subsequently shaped the Knight Of Illumination Awards.

Submissions are open until the end of July. More information can be found at the KOI 2013 website.