I was a bit confused about exactly what this event was until I watched this heart warming video:
Caines Arcade Short Film http://cainesarcade.com/ 9-year-old Caine Monroy spent his summer building an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dads used auto parts store, and invited the world to play.
With all due respect, in my humble opinion, a link to this video should be included in all references to this event. Without this background, I found it difficult to comprehend the event's true significance.
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:56:50 -0700, "Rod Fritz" rfritz@merida.sbcoxmail.com wrote in 925D6D4902E84658AC1BB7032B4C119F@Backstage:
Hello SBARC Members and Friends,
This is a shameless plea to get you to help in a public service event and have fun doing it.
We need a few hams to help kids transmit audio and slow-scan TV pictures between two downtown locations on Sat Oct 6 and Sun Oct 7 from 11am to 5pm. If you can work any portion of either day, you're hired.
Please let me know if you want to participate. It helps to know we have this covered in advance, so please volunteer as soon as you can.
The Art Museum's press release (below) describes the event.
73,
Rod Fritz WB9KMO
SBARC Outreach Chair
The Funk Field Station: Creating a Culture Collector
On Oct 6th and 7th artist Patrick Melroy, working with young artists from Santa Barbara's Museum of Art Teens 4 Teens High school Internship Program, in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission will transform a commonplace shipping container into a Culture Collector for the Funk Zone.
Inspired by the SBMA exhibition, "Scene on the Street" in which photographer, Doug Busch uses his large format camera to elevate the everyday, Melroy and his cadre of students will capture and communicate community stories and images from visitors and residents of the Funk Zone. Taking on the persona of research station the artists, (just added) using the expertise of the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club's HAM operators will transmit culture bites back to mission control, located at the museum.
Intrepid tourists and locals alike are encouraged to set out in search of the Funk Field Station signal. It's scavenger hunt meets science; all artfully imagined and ready for shipping October 6th.
The container will be staffed from 11pm to 5pm on Saturday, and from 11 to 5 pm on Sunday. Watch face book and twitter for more ways to connect.