The 2015
edition of LDI revealed a lively market, and was yet another success for the
Italian company. In addition to gaining the visitors’ approval for its new
products, Clay Paky also won the two most significant international awards.
Clay Paky\’s
innovative new scanner the SPHERISCAN
won the LDI Best Debuting Product award
“for making the scanner fixture relevant again and moving the state of the art
in reflected beam fixtures by several orders of magnitude”. Francesco
Romagnoli, Clay Paky\’s Sales Manager for the Americas, and Ben Saltzman,
President & CEO of ACT Lighting, accepted the award from Marian Sandberg,
Content Director of Live Design and LDI.
Pio Nahum, Clay Paky\’s CEO, commented: “we are truly satisfied
the market has appreciated the effort we have made to re-invent the scanner
using the latest technology. A moving mirror can still be very useful owing to
its quick response to changes in direction and its unparalleled speed.
Moreover, the Spheriscan is very versatile because it is both an elegant piece
of stage furnishing and can be used outdoors. It is a totally innovative
concept, in keeping with our tradition.”
The SPHERILIGHT derives from this
scanner, but does not have the moving mirror. It is a fixed spotlight designed
primarily for architectural use. It is the only light of its power with an IP54
protection rating capable of projecting visual effects, logos and advertising.
It uses high resolution gobos, and can animate the light with various effects,
like rotation, prismatic multiplication and colour of different intensities.
The Spheriscan and Spherilight are both equipped with an OSRAM lamp and can
easily be converted into each other using kits.
The second
prize Clay Paky received was the Parnelli Award for \”Indispensable
Technology\”. It was assigned to the MYTHOS, which has now clocked up a total of four awards in its
still brief history. A Parnelli Award in the world of events is equivalent to a
Hollywood \”Oscar\” in the world of cinema. The Mythos is actually the
only lighting product that received a Parnelli Award, which clearly shows how
popular this light has become on stages all around the globe.
The real
newcomer, however, was the SCENIUS.
It was presented for the first time to the American public and was much
appreciated for its excellent lighting and optical features. It fits an
exclusive 1400W 6000K OSRAM lamp and is the perfect light for the most
demanding lighting professionals.
The SCENIUS PROFILE made its world
première at LDI. It is a version of the Scenius with the addition of the
renowned framing system, designed and patented by Clay Paky, which has already
been much appreciated on the Alpha Profile 700, 800 and 1500. Both appliances
have a CRI of greater than 95, which is an exceptional level for a discharge
light.
LDI in Las
Vegas was once again a showcase for launching new, innovative Clay Paky concept
products, like the SPAZIAL.
This moving bar consists of the company\’s most advanced optical know-how
applied to LED technology. Everything about the SPAZIAL is new and has never
been seen before: a battery of six powerful thirty-watt OSRAM Ostar RGBW LEDs;
an extremely narrow zoom that creates a super-concentrated, penetrating,
multi-beam shaft of light; and a moving mirror system that allows each light
beam to be moved independently through 60 degrees (+/-30°).
Lastly, the
concept version of a promising new 700 watt wash-beam light was christened at
the Palms Ghostbar in the Ivory Tower during the Clay Paky party.
Fred Foster,
CEO of ETC, received the Paky Award, a prestigious lifetime recognition award
for \”exceptional contributions to the field of technology.” The prize was
inaugurated last year in memory of Pasquale Quadri \”Paky\”, the
unforgettable founder of Clay Paky, who died in September 2014. Pio Nahum
introduced the award by recalling – with moving words – what \”Paky\”
did for the development and growth of our industry over nearly forty years.
All these
new products were presented through a series of demos, which took place every
hour (including one a day in Spanish) at the large exhibition booth Clay Paky
shared with ACT LIGHTING, the Clay Paky distributor for North America. A team
of Clay Paky specialist technicians was also available to improvise hands-on
demos. At the end of each scheduled demo, visitors were able to enjoy a
pyrotechnic light show created by the
lighting designer Mark Butts exclusively for Clay Paky.
