Phil
Collins Farewell Tour 2004 / 2005
The centrepiece of the Phil
Collins Farewell Tour is a motorised louvre system, designed
as part of the stage set and giving the whole show a very
distinctive look. Five large louvre panels, set at 15 degree
angles. provide spectacular movements revealing banks of
lighting beneath them. To add to this, the reverse side of
the panels is mirrored and can be used to great effect
reflecting the lights from below or from above.
Technically, the brief for each panel
was straightforward, 360 degree rotation, DMX control - with
the usual complication of having to be made in two halves
for transportation.
The Panels where fabricated from
aluminium, with particular attention to the thickness of the
material, knowing that everything had to be as lightweight
as possible.
A DC servo motor was housed in the
base of each panel and individual louvres coupled through a
tensioned chain drive. this in turn was powered by a DMX
servo control card.