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- | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, london uk, autumn/ | + | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, london uk, autumn/ |
Feral Trade [[http:// | Feral Trade [[http:// | ||
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Practical | Practical | ||
- | HTTP is located in the back of beyond - a business park in the residential London borough of Harringay [[http:// | + | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond - a business park in the residential London borough of Harringay [[http:// |
- | They would like to give exhibition goers something more to chew on, such as | + | A cafe would give exhibition goers something more to chew on such as |
- | sustenance and conviviality, space for contemplation, | + | sustenance and conviviality; enriched |
Elongate visit. | Elongate visit. | ||
- | Useful | + | 2. A service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is |
changing, it's is a way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and | changing, it's is 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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get from A to B. Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | get from A to B. Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | ||
- | [[feral_trade_economy]] | ||
Financial | Financial | ||
+ | [[feral_trade_economy]] | ||
Profit is not a motive, which opens up the terms of engagement considerably. | Profit is not a motive, which opens up the terms of engagement considerably. | ||
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All transactions logged and accounted for. | All transactions logged and accounted for. | ||
- | The cafe would be designed as financially self sufficient, although seed funding agreed as necessary. | + | The cafe would be designed as financially self sufficient, although seed funding agreed as probable. |
Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | ||
- | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort | + | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort, |
- | | + | |
The investment is in the network. | The investment is in the network. | ||
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Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs. | Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs. | ||
- | Average | + | Current average |
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, a commercial chain in the business mall on Green Lanes. | detour to Costa Coffee, a commercial chain in the business mall on Green Lanes. | ||
- | Portuguese cafe in the other direction has cheap and good espresso, largely Portuguese clientele. | + | (Portuguese cafe in the other direction has cheap and good espresso |
The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | ||
The gallery has an exhibit approximately 3/4 of the year. | 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 | + | There are gaps between shows. In winter and gaps, the distributed library |
Trade cafe could occupy the gallery space. People would visit for the library, or for meetings. | 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. | Library visitor numbers are low but it's the intensity of the experience that counts. | ||
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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. | ||
- | Saturday and Sunday have more dedicated invigilation, | + | Saturday and Sunday have dedicated invigilation, |
Currently Ale (administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; Sunday there is a paid invigilator. | Currently Ale (administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; Sunday there is a paid invigilator. | ||
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+ | Hazards: At what scale would the cafe interfere with the basic running of other office activity? | ||
* roles for cafe. | * roles for cafe. | ||
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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. | ||
[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
- | Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life. Disinvest | + | Cafe service should be continuous with / accessory to natural office life and disinvest |
- | lowered status, advance tea and coffee service as a communications medium or interpretation of [[householding]]. | + | |
- | Weekly stock management would be 1 person' | + | Management: Feral Trade would remain involved in the politics and practicalities of supply. |
- | Probably | + | Weekly stock management would be 1 person' |
+ | probably | ||