[dms-discuss] bicycle themed art about

Emily Schleiner cordial.emily at gmail.com
Wed Apr 16 18:21:17 PDT 2014


Too true... In any case, I think Tim just volunteered himself to bring his
own chicken-related zoetrope that he will fabricate himself!!

But seriously people, please step up and volunteer bring / make stuff!
 Don't sweat the theme...

Woot!

-Emily


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Nicholas Weigand
<ntw at davismakerspace.org>wrote:

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