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Ah, makes sense. I think Tim and I were responding to the question
mark and the link to Tour de Cluck. It sounds like though the Art
About suggests a theme each month, that theme is optional? And that
you are encouraging members to display anything at all that they
have made in the last month, whether it fits the theme or not, and
whether it is actually for sale or not?<br>
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Suzie<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/16/14, 6:21 PM, Emily Schleiner
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<div dir="ltr">Too true... In any case, I think Tim just
volunteered himself to bring his own chicken-related zoetrope
that he will fabricate himself!!
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<div>But seriously people, please step up and volunteer bring /
make stuff! Don't sweat the theme...
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<div>Woot!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:08 PM,
Nicholas Weigand <span dir="ltr"><<a
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">From the
ArtAbout coordinator:<br>
"This May, in honor of National Bike Month and the 5th
Annual Davis<br>
Tour de Cluck, we encourage all ArtAbout venues to display
art or hold<br>
events in the theme of bikes, chickens, or agriculture! It
is optional<br>
to take part. We will feature businesses following this
theme first in<br>
the ArtAbout Guide, Davis Downtown website, mobile app, and
facebook."<br>
<br>
So it's not just about the Tour de Cluck. For the ArtAbout
itself<br>
they are specifically asking for and promoting bicycle (as
well as<br>
chicken/agriculture) themed exhibits. I think we are safe
either<br>
following that theme or not. Also, the ArtAbout is on May
9th and the<br>
Tour de Cluck isn't until the 24th so I don't think we will
risk<br>
confusing anybody too badly no matter what we do.<br>
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Anyway, I think people are fine showing whatever they have.<br>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:00 PM, suzie <<a
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wrote:<br>
> I've helped out on the Tour de Cluck and also
ridden it once, and Tim's<br>
> description is exactly right. I think most people
are on the Tour because of<br>
> an interest in chickens. The bicycle simply adds a
Davis flavor, although it<br>
> is not an original idea--there are versions of the
bicycle chicken coop tour<br>
> in Austin, Portland, and other
bike/chicken-friendly cities across the<br>
> country.<br>
><br>
> As a longtime chicken keeper, my own interest in
gadgets would lean toward<br>
> things that are practical as well as whimsical. A
light-sensitive, or timed<br>
> coop door opener. A nesting box that rolls the egg
out to be collected. A<br>
> dispenser that can fling a handful of scratch
across the yard twice a day. A<br>
> regulated heating system for chicks that would stay
within range, and a<br>
> non-tip waterer/feeder for same.<br>
><br>
> That said, I would also enjoy seeing the zoetrope
and Rube Goldberg machine,<br>
> as well. I do realize this is primarily an art
show, not a gadget show. :)<br>
><br>
> Suzie<br>
><br>
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> On 4/16/14, 1:07 PM, Tim F wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> April 16, 2014<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Emily and all --<br>
>><br>
>> I like your ideas about bikes and suchlike
contraptions!<br>
>><br>
>>>>> Something having to do with
bicycles and chicken, am I right? (Tour<br>
>>>>> de cluck)<br>
>><br>
>> Just to let you know, the Tour de Cluck is
almost all about visiting the<br>
>> chicken coops that people in Davis have, and
the bike part of it doesn't<br>
>> really seem to be a major point of the event.<br>
>><br>
>> Mostly I get the impression that the tour
organizers want people to tour<br>
>> all the chicken coops. Encouraging them to use
bikes is a lot nicer than<br>
>> having them drive cars. Our next-door neighbors
are into it big time; last<br>
>> year several hundred people came to their house
to see their coop... if<br>
>> they'd been in cars, it would have been a major
disaster. But as it is,<br>
>> people spend a pleasant day pedaling around
town from site to site on the<br>
>> tour.<br>
>><br>
>> So if we had something that was MOSTLY about
gadgets and/or bikes instead<br>
>> of mostly about chickens, we MIGHT confuse SOME
people who are really into<br>
>> chickens and don't care much about bikes, much
less gadgets.<br>
>><br>
>> But I think your idea could work very well if
it made an explicit<br>
>> connection between chickens, bikes, and
gadgets. Maybe you could whip up<br>
>> some strutting-chicken images for your
zoetrope? In the style of Eadweard<br>
>> Muybridge? Or the "egg rolling down a chute"
sequence could be great!<br>
>><br>
>> Fun stuff -- thanks!<br>
>><br>
>> -- Tim F<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --------------------------------------------<br>
>> On Tue, 4/15/14, Emily Schleiner <<a
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href="mailto:cordial.emily@gmail.com">cordial.emily@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Subject: [dms-discuss] bicycle themed art
about<br>
>> To: "Davis Makerspace General Discussions"<br>
>> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:discuss@lists.davismakerspace.org">discuss@lists.davismakerspace.org</a>><br>
>> Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 3:57 PM<br>
>> Hey all,<br>
>> Seems like the DBA chose a theme for Davis's<br>
>> ArtAbout in May: Something having to do with
bicycles and<br>
>> chicken, am I right? (Tour de cluck)<br>
>> A great opportunity if anyone has any
bicycle or<br>
>> even Rube<br>
>> Goldberg machine types of things to show
people. How<br>
>> about an egg rolling down a chut? :)<br>
>> I'm thinking I will pull out my bicycle<br>
>> wheel-zoetrope... Or perhaps you have some
photos, or<br>
>> maybe some Davis-specific software relating
to bicycles?<br>
>> That would be awesome!<br>
>> Your help is much appreciated! Parties
interested in<br>
>> showing work let me know asap. (Friday the
announcement<br>
>> goes out.)<br>
>> Thanks always,Emily<br>
>> --<br>
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