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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, from autumn/ |
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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 business |
- | Elongate | + | |
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. | 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. | ||
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Conceptual | Conceptual | ||
- | http: The cafe will demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology, that promotes free | + | http: The cafe will demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology that promotes free |
- | processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global | + | processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global capitalism: |
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Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' | Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' | ||
Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | ||
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Profit is not a necessary motive, which opens up the operating territory considerably. | Profit is not a necessary motive, which opens up the operating territory considerably. | ||
+ | Although stock should still pay for itself plus provide surplus for office consumption. | ||
* income scenario | * income scenario | ||
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Slow start. | Slow start. | ||
All transactions logged and accounted for. | All transactions logged and accounted for. | ||
- | The cafe would be designed as financially self sufficient, although seed funding | + | The cafe will be designed as financially self sufficient, although seed funding |
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, excluding it from basic | It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort, excluding it from basic | ||
- | capitalist | + | market |
The investment is in the network. | The investment is in the network. | ||
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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. | ||
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Without affecting global warming. | Without affecting global warming. | ||
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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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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 accessory to natural office life, disinvesting refreshment service of any lowered status. | + | Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life, disinvesting refreshment service of any separate |
- | **Management: | + | **Management: |
probably Ale who deals with this kind of thing anyway. | probably Ale who deals with this kind of thing anyway. | ||
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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 tea/coffee, 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' |
http:// | http:// | ||
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- | ===== REGULATION ===== | ||
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- | [[uk_premises_regulations]] | ||
- | Use existing regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance. | ||
- | Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | ||
===== HTTP structure | ===== HTTP structure | ||
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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) | + | Food goods will be informationalised (onboard or on menu). |
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- shelf life: to avoid sales incentive or waste | - 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 in delivery, embodied by courier/s. | + | - information on carriage, |
- seasonality, | - seasonality, | ||
- localness | - localness | ||
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like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | ||
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[[tea_from_bangladesh]] | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] | ||
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- | farmer/ | + | farmer/ |
http:// | http:// | ||
- | reversing | + | and one that reverses |
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+ | Gleaning: François Millet 1857 | ||
http:// | http:// | ||
- | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: | + | Feral Trade takes food-labeling as a space for diverse communications as |
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+ | fresh and wild. | ||
+ | http:// | ||
- | Feral Trade opens up food-labelling | + | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: |
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- | the type of truth claim propagated by fresh ' | + | |
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menu items via sell/ | menu items via sell/ | ||
- | + | Economy of miniaturisation / smallscale. Enables hosting small batches/ | |
- | Economy of miniaturisation / small-scale. Enables hosting small batches/ | + | ultra short seasons |
- | ultra short seasons. | + | Menu should be easily |
- | Menu should be easily | + | out of stock items - wishlisted, |
- | and include a section for items not in stock eg. in negotiation or pending. | + | |
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to deliver goods from afar, including store-bought ones. Documenting these journeys and | to deliver goods from afar, including store-bought ones. Documenting these journeys and | ||
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- | of origin or source, to a broader ecology of supply. | + | of origin or source, to the broader ecology of supply. |
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- | Challenge fresh+wild to a duel. | + | |
- | + | food projects, plus social connections to city farm, allotment, home cultivation | |
- | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks | + | (cake, jams, herbs, sprouts |
- | including | + | |
- | Commission or collect artists' | + | |
- | + | limits of biscuit; cream teas. | |
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- | Cream tea variations. | + | |
Feral Trade staples start menu. | Feral Trade staples start menu. | ||
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- Mejor Vida Corporation, | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | ||
- Irational.org, | - Irational.org, | ||
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===== OUTPUTS ===== | ===== OUTPUTS ===== |