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- | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, London UK, for autumn/ | + | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, London UK, for autumn/ |
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Practical | Practical | ||
- | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond - a business park in the residential London borough of Haringey [[http:// | + | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond - a business park in the residential London borough of Haringey [[http:// |
Elongate visit. | Elongate visit. | ||
- | 2. Additionally provide 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 |
capitalism: so many shops deal with just money. | capitalism: so many shops deal with just money. | ||
Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' | Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' | ||
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Economic | Economic | ||
- | Profit is not a necessary | + | Profit is not a necessary |
* income scenario | * income scenario | ||
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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, excluding it from basic |
- | excluding it from basic capitalist | + | capitalist |
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. | ||
- | 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. | ||
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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. | + | |
Without affecting global warming. | Without affecting global warming. | ||
- | Patio bonfires are worth looking into. | + | |
+ | Patio bonfires are 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 (Furtherfield administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; | + | Currently Ale (Furtherfield administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; |
- | 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. Instead | + | Cafe service should be accessory to natural office life, disinvesting refreshment |
- | **Management: | + | **Management: |
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- | 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 | ||
- | 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? | + | |
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- | Tables, chairs, umbrellas, signage would be important to communicate cafe presence to the nighbourhood. | + | |
Liability would need to be thought through or ignored. | Liability would need to be thought through or ignored. | ||
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Also promoted as background for exhibitions. | Also promoted as background for exhibitions. | ||
- | * operating | + | * other models (positive and negative) |
Cafe Kino http:// | Cafe Kino http:// | ||
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===== REGULATION ===== | ===== REGULATION ===== | ||
- | Use existing | + | [[uk_premises_regulations]] |
+ | Use existing regulations | ||
Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | ||
===== HTTP structure | ===== HTTP structure | ||
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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. | ||
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- compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters [[uk_premises_regulations]] | - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters [[uk_premises_regulations]] | ||
- | - shelf life: essential for a slow-sales charter | + | - shelf life: to avoid sales incentive or waste |
- the facility of the food item to host information, | - the facility of the food item to host information, | ||
- information on source: relations with land embodied by the transport of its produce | - information on source: relations with land embodied by the transport of its produce | ||
- | - information on carriage: network relations, trade relations | + | - information on carriage: network relations, trade relations |
- seasonality, | - seasonality, | ||
- localness | - localness | ||
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- | of the village, to a shared set of connections | + | |
like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | ||
[[common_products]] | [[common_products]] | ||
- | The commodity, as object produced for sale on the market, conceals its relationships | ||
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- | human relations, including possibly unpleasant ones (Peter Linebaugh). | ||
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[[tea_from_bangladesh]] | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] | ||
Compare with Fair Trade which limits its communiques to the the iconic picture of | Compare with Fair Trade which limits its communiques to the the iconic picture of | ||
- | farmer/ | + | farmer/ |
http:// | http:// | ||
- | reversing earlier | + | |
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http:// | http:// | ||
- | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: | + | Feral Trade opens up food-labelling as a space for communication, as |
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- | Feral Trade opens up food-labelling as a platform for discussion and adaptation, as VS | + | http:// |
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- | the type of truth claim propagated by fresh ' | + | the type of truth claim propagated by fresh and wild. |
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+ | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: | ||
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menu items via sell/ | menu items via sell/ | ||
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ultra short seasons. | ultra short seasons. | ||
- | Menu should be easily adaptable and transmissable, | + | Menu should be easily adaptable and transmissable, |
- | and include a section for items not in stock eg. in negotiation or pending. | + | and include a section for items not in stock: wished for, in negotiation or pending. |
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