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- | == feasability study for sustained sustenance: Feral Trade Cafe at http gallery == | + | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: |
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- | ===== HTTP structure, business plan, financial model ===== | + | |
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- | Current conditions | + | |
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- | Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett (unincorporated partnership). Tax entity, | + | |
- | deals with rent and overheads, PAYE. | + | |
- | HTTP & Furtherfield are not for profits with written constitutions. | + | |
- | Furtherfield has an advisory board and is funded by ACE. | + | |
- | HTTP is a furtherfield.org project. | + | |
- | HTTP compound is zoned a s mixed / live-work. | + | |
===== CAFE motives, structure and infrastructure ===== | ===== CAFE motives, structure and infrastructure ===== | ||
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Motives for opening a cafe as an art project. | Motives for opening a cafe as an art project. | ||
- | | + | 1. HTTP |
- | | + | view of its visitors. |
- | | + | It would like to give exhibition goers something more to chew on, such as |
- | Elongate visit. | + | sustenance |
+ | Elongate visit. | ||
- | | + | 2. Useful service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is |
- | changing, it's a way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and | + | changing, it's a way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and |
- | open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. | + | open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. |
- | Promoting | + | 3. Demonstrate |
- | Promote free processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global | + | Promote free processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global |
- | capitalism. | + | capitalism. |
- | | + | get from A to B. Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. |
* income scenarios | * income scenarios | ||
- | On the books. | + | All transactions logged and accounted for. |
- | The cafe would be designed as financially self sufficient, although application for seed funding | + | The cafe would be designed as financially self sufficient, although application for seed funding agreed as ok. |
Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | ||
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* hrs of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | * hrs of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | ||
- | | + | Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM fri-sun, possibly extending to thurs. |
- | Average 15-20 visitors per weekend. Mainly they arrive via Manor House tube. | + | Average 15-20 visitors per weekend. Mainly they arrive via Manor House tube. |
- | There is no cafe between the tube and HTTP although it is possible to take a | + | There is no cafe between the tube and HTTP although it is possible to take a |
- | detour to Costa Coffee. Portuguese cafe in the other direction. | + | detour to Costa Coffee. Portuguese cafe in the other direction. |
The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | ||
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When the gallery is open, there is someone always available to respond to visitors. | When the gallery is open, there is someone always available to respond to visitors. | ||
- | Sat and sun have more dedicated | + | Sat and sun have more dedicated |
Currently Ale (administration and coordination) does fri+sat, sun there is a paid invigilator. | Currently Ale (administration and coordination) does fri+sat, sun there is a paid invigilator. | ||
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Cafe would have its own publicity strand, as a HTTP project. | Cafe would have its own publicity strand, as a HTTP project. | ||
Also promoted as background for exhibitions. | Also promoted as background for exhibitions. | ||
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+ | * operating models (positive and negative) | ||
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+ | Cafe Kino in Bristol. Vegetarian cafe, opens weekdays 11-5, longer on weekends. | ||
+ | Run by a collective of artists etc who also run the Here Shop and Gallery over the road. | ||
+ | High proportion of customers are their extended social networks who probably live | ||
+ | within a few blocks of the cafe. People go for the sociability, | ||
+ | good tea and coffee, cultural contagion plus pleasure of investing in own social networks. | ||
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+ | Leila' | ||
+ | http:// | ||
===== REGULATION ===== | ===== REGULATION ===== | ||
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Use existing premises regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or | Use existing premises regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or | ||
compliance. Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research result / art project. | compliance. Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research result / art project. | ||
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+ | ===== HTTP structure | ||
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+ | Current conditions | ||
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+ | Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett (unincorporated partnership). | ||
+ | Tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE. | ||
+ | HTTP & Furtherfield are not for profits with written constitutions. | ||
+ | Furtherfield has an advisory board and is funded by ACE. | ||
+ | HTTP is a furtherfield.org project. | ||
+ | HTTP compound is zoned a s mixed / live-work. | ||
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===== MENU ===== | ===== MENU ===== | ||
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Stock considerations include: regulatory perimeters, shelf life (perishability), | Stock considerations include: regulatory perimeters, shelf life (perishability), | ||
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These include seasonality, | These include seasonality, | ||
- | trade relations with source, trade relations of delivery | + | trade relations with source, trade relations of delivery |
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+ | to a shared set of connections plus swift transit routes | ||
like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | ||
- | Possibly low-ethic ingredients will be involved. | + | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included, along with their |
- | Open up food-labelling as a platform for discussion and adaptation, as VS righteous boasting. | + | source information. The priority is to expanding the product monologue to articulate |
- | Undercut profit-motivated | + | |
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+ | [[common_products]] | ||
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+ | The commodity conceals its relations except for the money one; | ||
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+ | Open up food-labelling as a platform for discussion and adaptation, as VS righteous | ||
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Menu should be easily adaptable and transmissable | Menu should be easily adaptable and transmissable | ||
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- | and list items currently | + | and list items currently in negotiation or pending. |
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of origin or source to the broader ecology of supply. | of origin or source to the broader ecology of supply. | ||
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- | + | Commission or collect artists' | |
- | Commission or collect artists' | + | |
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incl city farm and allotment, home cultivation. | incl city farm and allotment, home cultivation. | ||
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- Cola from Bristol. | - Cola from Bristol. | ||
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+ | Other organisational contenders | ||
+ | - Fo.am Brussels. Grappa, Latvian cured meats, computer chocolate biscuits. | ||
+ | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | ||
+ | - Irational.org | ||
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===== OUTPUTS ===== | ===== OUTPUTS ===== | ||