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- | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, | + | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, |
- | Feral Trade [[http:// | + | |
- | HTTP [[http:// | + | Feral Trade http:// |
+ | HTTP http:// | ||
===== CAFE motives, structure and infrastructure ===== | ===== CAFE motives, structure and infrastructure ===== | ||
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Practical | Practical | ||
- | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond | + | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond |
- | A cafe would give exhibition | + | |
- | sustenance and conviviality; enriched space for contemplation, | + | |
- | Elongate | + | |
- | 2. A service for local residents and studio occupants. A way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. The neighbourhood is changing - cafe would be an interface to that. | + | 2. A service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is changing - incoming small business and studios - the cafe would be an interface to that. A means of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. |
Conceptual | Conceptual | ||
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- | | + | processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global |
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Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | ||
- | [[feral_trade_economy]] | + | |
+ | ((Feral Trade relies on a moving network of social connections for the transportation of goods. Trade managed through an intricate time-space-personal system covering thousands of miles, linking hundreds of people, like the Trobriand islanders of yore. The orderly distribution of goods via a variety of motives, of which gain is not prominent.)) | ||
- | Financial | + | Economic |
- | Profit is not a motive | + | Profit is not a necessary |
+ | Although stock should still pay for itself plus provide a heady surplus for office consumption. Seed funding will be required for start-up equipment and utensils: HTTP or external. | ||
- | * income scenario | + | feral trade:Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. |
- | + | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort | |
- | All transactions logged and accounted for. | + | |
- | The cafe would be designed as financially self sufficient, although seed funding agreed as probable. | + | |
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- | Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms. | + | |
- | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort, | + | |
- | excluding it from basic capitalist forms of success. | + | |
- | The investment is in the network. | + | |
* hours of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | * hours of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | ||
Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs. | Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs. | ||
- | Current average | + | 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 and a largely | + | Portuguese cafe in the other direction has good cheap espresso and a mainly |
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 | + | There are gaps between shows. In winter and gaps, the distributed library http:// |
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. | ||
- | It would be a coup to overcome geography and keep the cafe open in winter. | + | |
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- | Patio bonfires | + | |
+ | Patio bonfires worth looking into. | ||
* caretaking: human resources as they currently stand | * caretaking: human resources as they currently stand | ||
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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 dedicated invigilation, | Saturday and Sunday have dedicated invigilation, | ||
- | Currently Ale (Furtherfiled | + | Currently Ale (Furtherfield |
- | Hazards: At what scale would the cafe interfere with the basic running of other office activity? | + | Hazards: At what scale would the cafe interfere with other office activity? |
* roles for cafe. | * roles for cafe. | ||
**Service: | **Service: | ||
- | Cafe service role would be rotated amongst present core personnel. | + | Cafe service role would 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. |
- | [[http:// | + | http:// |
- | Cafe service should be continuous with / accessory to natural office life and disinvest food service of any lowered status. | + | Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life, disinvesting refreshment |
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- | **Management: | + | |
- | Weekly | + | **Management: |
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 | ||
- | Initial investment | + | Initial investment |
- | Stock would be expected | + | At a minimum, tables, chairs, umbrellas and signage to communicate cafe presence |
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- | Decking that runs along the side of HTTP building | + | The decking |
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 | ||
- | formally HTTP' | + | formally HTTP' |
- | Is the back garden an alt possibility? | + | |
Liability would need to be thought through or ignored. | Liability would need to be thought through or ignored. | ||
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* publicity | * publicity | ||
- | Cafe would have its own publicity strand as a HTTP project. | + | Cafe would have its own publicity strand as a HTTP project, as well as being promoted as background for exhibitions. |
- | Also promoted as background for exhibitions. | + | |
- | * operating | + | * other models (positive and negative) |
- | Cafe Kino [[http:// | + | Cafe Kino http:// |
- | Run by a collective of artists etc who also run the Here Shop/Gallery over the road. | + | Run by a collective of artists etc who also run the Here Shop & Gallery over the road. |
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- | within a few blocks. People go there for the sociability, | + | within a few blocks |
- | good products, cultural contagion plus pleasure of investing in own social | + | good tea/coffee, cultural contagion plus pleasure of investing in own social |
networks. | networks. | ||
- | Leila' | + | Leila' |
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- | ===== REGULATION ===== | + | |
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- | Use existing [[uk_premises_regulations]] as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance. | + | |
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- | Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | + | |
===== HTTP structure | ===== HTTP structure | ||
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- | * Current conditions | ||
Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett, a partnership and tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE etc. | Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett, a partnership and tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE etc. | ||
- | HTTP is a [[http:// | + | HTTP is a http:// |
HTTP & Furtherfield are not for profits, with written constitutions. | HTTP & Furtherfield are not for profits, with written constitutions. | ||
Furtherfield has an advisory board and is funded by Arts Council England. | Furtherfield has an advisory board and is funded by Arts Council England. | ||
- | HTTP is located in a business arena zoned as mixed / live-work. | + | HTTP is located in a business arena zoned as mixed use (typically integrating residential, |
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+ | ===== REGULATORY STRUCTURE ===== | ||
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+ | [[uk_premises_regulations]] | ||
+ | Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | ||
+ | Use existing regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance. | ||
+ | http:// | ||
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===== MENU ===== | ===== MENU ===== | ||
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- | Food goods will be informationalised (onboard or on menu) | + | * Stock Options |
- | | + | Stock selection |
- | primary or exclusionary. | + | |
- | - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters | + | - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters |
- | - shelf life / perishability | + | - shelf life: avoid sales incentive or waste |
- | - the facility of the food item to host information | + | - the facility of the food item to reveal |
- | - information on source: relations with land embodied by the transport of its produce | + | as object produced for sale on the market, conceals its relationships |
- | - information on carriage: network relations, trade relations of delivery, embodied by courier. | + | except for the money relation. The product of the commons is filled with |
- | - seasonality, | + | human relations, including possibly unpleasant ones (Peter Linebaugh). |
+ | Commoning produces social relations in the form of commons, freely associated humanity. | ||
+ | Sarai Reader http:// | ||
+ | - information on source, relations with land, embodied by the transport of its produce | ||
+ | - information on carriage, | ||
+ | - seasonality, | ||
- locality | - locality | ||
- | | + | All cafe goods will be informationalised (onboard or on menu). |
- | the village, to a shared set of connections with known transit routes, | + | |
- | like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | + | |
- | [[common_products]] | + | * Information |
- | The commodity (as object produced for sale on the market) conceals its relationships | + | Customer receipts can be A4 laser prints with a torrent of product information, |
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- | human relations, although including possibly unpleasant ones: Peter Linebaugh. | + | |
- | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included, along with their | + | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included |
- | | + | to articulate a broader |
- | | + | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] |
- | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] | + | |
- | As opposed to the now common iconic picture of producer, which overriders other | + | |
- | relations | + | |
- | [[http:// | + | * Other Menu Information |
- | [[http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ | + | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: Menu also to include items and incidents in the transit of cash preformed for the goods' procurement: |
- | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: | ||
- | Feral Trade opens up food-labelling as a platform for discussion and adaptation, as VS | + | * Reciprocity |
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- | the type of truth claim propagated by fresh ' | + | |
- | Read-write menu. Open to intervention from random vendors eg. customers can contribute | + | Read-write menu. Open to intervention from random vendors eg. customers can contribute |
- | | + | menu items via peddling |
+ | * Seasonality | ||
- | Economy of miniaturisation / small-scale. Enables hosting small batches/ | + | Economy of miniaturisation / smallscale. Enables hosting small batches/ |
- | ultra short seasons. | + | |
- | Menu should be easily | + | |
- | and include | + | |
+ | * Localness | ||
- | Courier process. Use moving social networks including known and funded travel to HTTP | + | Expand the notion of localness |
- | to deliver goods from afar, including store-bought ones. Documenting these journeys and | + | |
- | | + | of connections and navigable routes like the scale-free hubs of the internet. |
- | of origin | + | |
- | Promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, local and foreign. | + | |
- | | + | * Suppliers |
- | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks | + | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks, commission or collect artists' |
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- | Regulatory limits: Define and serve emergency food products; outer limits of biscuit. | + | * Delivery |
- | Cream tea variations. | + | |
- | Feral Trade staples start menu. | + | Courier process. Use moving social networks including known and funded travel to HTTP |
- | | + | to deliver goods from afar, including store-bought ones, and document this process via the Feral Trade Courier database, http:// |
- | | + | Actively promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, local and foreign. |
- | - Cola from Bristol. | + | |
- | - Salt from Gujarat | + | |
- | Other organisational contenders | + | * Regulations |
- | - Fo.am Brussels. Grappa, Latvian cured meats, computer chocolate biscuits. | + | |
- | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | + | Regulatory limits: Define and stock emergency food products; define emergency; outer limits of biscuit; cream teas. |
- | - Irational.org, | + | |
+ | * Basics: Feral Trade staples start menu. | ||
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+ | - Coffee from El Salvador | ||
+ | - Tea from Bangladesh (TBC) | ||
+ | - Cola from Bristol. | ||
+ | - Salt from Gujarat | ||
+ | - Zaytoun olive oil and other products http:// | ||
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+ | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | ||
+ | - Irational.org, | ||
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===== OUTPUTS ===== | ===== OUTPUTS ===== | ||
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+ | ===== SHORT VERSION ===== | ||
+ | Feral Trade cafe at HTTP gallery | ||
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+ | Feral Trade http:// | ||
+ | HTTP http:// | ||
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+ | HTTP gallery (media- and net-art) is a cultural minority in a mainly working | ||
+ | class / cafe free residential area of NE London. The cafe will start off very small | ||
+ | scale and is modelled as a means of extending natural office tea and coffee service | ||
+ | to gallery visitors and locals. It is not motivated by cash profit, although goods | ||
+ | should cover their own costs. | ||
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+ | All goods will be served with information about source and/or delivery, | ||
+ | including the materiality of cash transactions performed to procure them. | ||
+ | Visitors should be able to buy coffee etc either by the cup or in bags to | ||
+ | take home. | ||
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+ | The feral trade courier process uses moving social networks, including | ||
+ | known and funded cultural travel, to conduct international grocery | ||
+ | trade by primarily social means. In documenting this process it expands the | ||
+ | idea of food provenance beyond a gourmet-style fetishisation of origins, to | ||
+ | broader relationships of supply. | ||
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+ | The cafe hopes to promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, | ||
+ | local and foreign, and to expand a definition of localness beyond the | ||
+ | territorial boundaries of the village or state. | ||
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