<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!! <div><br></div><div>But seriously people, please step up and volunteer bring / make stuff! Don't sweat the theme... <div>
<br></div><div>Woot!</div><div><br></div><div>-Emily</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Nicholas Weigand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ntw@davismakerspace.org" target="_blank">ntw@davismakerspace.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .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>
<br>
Anyway, I think people are fine showing whatever they have.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Nicholas<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:00 PM, suzie <<a href="mailto:szl@dcn.org">szl@dcn.org</a>> 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>
><br>
><br>
> 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 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 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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