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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. |
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- | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond from the point of view of its visitors. | + | |
- | Would like to give exhibition goers something more to chew on, such as | + | |
- | sustenance and conviviality, | + | |
- | Elongate visit. | + | |
- | 2. Useful service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood | + | 1. HTTP [[http:// |
- | changing, it's a way of connecting with the local community that' | + | view of its visitors. |
- | open, a softer | + | It would like to give exhibition goers something |
+ | sustenance and conviviality, space for contemplation, | ||
+ | Elongate visit. | ||
- | 3. Demonstrate an alternate economy | + | 2. Useful service for local residents |
+ | changing, it's a way of connecting | ||
+ | open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. | ||
- | | + | 3. Demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology: so many shops deal with just money. |
- | capitalism. Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' | + | Promote free processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global |
- | get from A to B. Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | + | capitalism. Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' |
+ | get from A to B. Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | ||
* income scenarios | * income scenarios | ||
All transactions logged and accounted for. | 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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Run by a collective of artists etc who also run the Here Shop and Gallery over the road. | 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 | High proportion of customers are their extended social networks who probably live | ||
- | within a few blocks of the cafe. People go there for the sociability, | + | within a few blocks of the cafe. People go for the sociability, |
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- | sense of investing in own social networks. | + | |
Leila' | Leila' | ||
http:// | http:// | ||
- | Individual collection of ingredients and served foods, seem to be sourced by social | ||
- | guarantee / personal knowledge rather than by certification, | ||
- | gravitas. Boutique aesthetics and gourmet territorial fortressing plus confident | ||
- | overpricing is the anti-attraction, | ||
- | barter, contribution etc. Hard to tell if the hospitality feels real or staged. | ||
===== 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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the product of the commons is filled with human relations, although including | 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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+ | 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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- 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 | ||
===== OUTPUTS ===== | ===== OUTPUTS ===== |