[dms-discuss] bicycle themed art about
suzie
szl at dcn.org
Wed Apr 16 18:34:15 PDT 2014
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?
Suzie
On 4/16/14, 6:21 PM, Emily Schleiner wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:cordial.emily at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Subject: [dms-discuss] bicycle themed art about
> >> To: "Davis Makerspace General Discussions"
> >> <discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org
> <mailto: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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