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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 ===== | ||
- | Motives for opening a cafe as an art project. | + | * Motives for opening a cafe as an art project. |
- | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond from the point of view of its visitors. | + | 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 | + | 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. |
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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. |
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* 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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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. |
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- | The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | + | |
- | The gallery has an exhibit approximately 3/4 of the year. | + | |
- | There are gaps between shows. In winter and gaps, the distributed library and Feral | + | |
- | Trade cafe could occupy the gallery space. People would visit for the library, or for meetings. | + | |
- | Library visitor numbers are low but it's the intensity of the experience that counts. | + | |
+ | The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | ||
+ | The gallery has an exhibit approximately 3/4 of the year. | ||
+ | There are gaps between shows. In winter and gaps, the distributed library and Feral | ||
+ | Trade cafe could occupy the gallery space. People would visit for the library, or for meetings. | ||
+ | Library visitor numbers are low but it's the intensity of the experience that counts. | ||
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It would be a coup to overcome geography and keep the cafe open in winter. | It would be a coup to overcome geography and keep the cafe open in winter. | ||
Without affecting global warming. | Without affecting global warming. | ||
Patio bonfires are worth looking into. | Patio bonfires are worth looking into. | ||
- | In winter it could be a kiosk, menu devised for creating heat or utilising refrigeration. | ||
* caretaking: human resources as they currently stand | * caretaking: human resources as they currently stand | ||
- | | + | When the gallery is open, there is someone always available to respond to visitors. |
- | Sat and sun have more dedicated invigilation, | + | Sat and sun have more dedicated invigilation, |
- | 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. |
* roles for cafe: preparation, | * roles for cafe: preparation, | ||
- | | + | Cafe service role should be rotated amongst present core personnel. |
- | This kind of distributed culture is integral to the way Furtherfield works as a group. | + | This kind of distributed culture is integral to the way Furtherfield works as a group. |
- | Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life. Disinvest food service of | + | Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life. Disinvest food service of |
- | lowered status, advance tea and coffee service as a communications medium. | + | lowered status, advance tea and coffee service as a communications medium. |
- | | + | Weekly stock management would be 1 person' |
- | Probably Ale who deals with this kind of thing anyway. | + | Probably Ale who deals with this kind of thing anyway. |
* physical setup: service and storage spaces, equipment investment, utensil choices | * physical setup: service and storage spaces, equipment investment, utensil choices | ||
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+ | Initial investment would be an advantage. | ||
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- | | + | Decking. Sound the landlord out on this between rent payments. |
- | Landlord relations are distantly friendly. There is a janitor who keeps a close eye | + | Landlord relations are distantly friendly. There is a janitor who keeps a close eye |
- | on the compound. If landlord rejects decking plans, the parking spaces in front are | + | on the compound. If landlord rejects decking plans, the parking spaces in front are |
- | legally HTTP' | + | legally HTTP' |
- | Is the back garden an alt possibility? | + | Is the back garden an alt possibility? |
Liability would need to be thought through either way. | Liability would need to be thought through either way. | ||
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* publicity | * publicity | ||
- | | + | 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. 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 ===== | ||
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 | + | compliance. Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research 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 as mixed / live-work. | ||
===== MENU ===== | ===== MENU ===== | ||
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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. | ||
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- | (The product of the market conceals its relations except for the money one; | ||
- | the product of the commons reveals human relations, although including possibly | ||
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- | Open up food-labelling as a platform for discussion and adaptation, as VS righteous | ||
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+ | The commodity conceals its relations except for the money one; | ||
+ | the product of the commons is filled with human relations, although including | ||
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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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- | Mejor Vida Corporation, | + | |
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- | + | Commission or collect artists' | |
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- | 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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- Tea from Bangladesh (TBC) | - Tea from Bangladesh (TBC) | ||
- Cola from Bristol. | - Cola from Bristol. | ||
- | + | - Salt from Gujarat | |
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+ | Other organisational contenders | ||
+ | - Fo.am Brussels. Grappa, Latvian cured meats, computer chocolate biscuits. | ||
+ | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | ||
+ | - Irational.org, | ||
===== OUTPUTS ===== | ===== OUTPUTS ===== | ||