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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. A platform to present feral trade goods and develop |
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Practical | Practical | ||
- | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond (an industrial estate in the residential London area of Haringey http:// | + | 1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond (an industrial estate in the residential London area of Haringey http:// |
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. | ||
- | Conceptual | + | Concepts |
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 | ||
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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 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.)) | + | Economics((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.)) |
- | Economic | + | Profit is not a necessary motive |
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- | Profit is not a necessary motive - which opens up the operating territory considerably. | + | |
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. | 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. | ||
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basic market measures of success. The investment is in the network. | basic market measures of success. The investment is in the network. | ||
- | * hours of operation, visitor patterns, winter plan | + | * hours of operation |
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- | Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs. | + | |
- | Average 15-20 visitors per weekend, mainly arriving via Manor House tube. | + | |
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 good cheap espresso and a mainly Portuguese clientele. | + | Portuguese cafe in the other direction has good cheap espresso and a mainly Portuguese clientele.)), winter plan |
The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows. | ||
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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; Sundays they hire an invigilator. | + | Currently Ale (Furtherfield administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; Sundays they hire an invigilator.)) |
- | Hazards: The main anticipated hazard is success, with too many customers impacting staffing. | + | Hazards: The main anticipated hazard is success, with too many customers impacting staffing. |
- | At what scale would the cafe interfere | + | |
* roles for cafe. | * roles for cafe. | ||
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* other models (positive and negative) | * other models (positive and negative) | ||
- | | + | Cafe Kino http:// |
Many of their customers are from their extended social networks, probably from | Many of their customers are from their extended social networks, probably from | ||
within a few blocks radius. People go there for the sociability, | within a few blocks radius. People go there for the sociability, | ||
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 structure | ===== HTTP structure | ||
- | 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. | ||
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[[uk_premises_regulations]] | [[uk_premises_regulations]] | ||
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Use existing regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance. | Use existing regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance. | ||
Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | ||
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* Information | * Information | ||
- | Ingredients and products with questionable or complex ethics should be included on the menu, along with their product information. The main thing is to expand the product monologue beyond simple boasting and purity fetishes (eg. the truth claims, elevated origins and destinies - gourmet, organic, health - promoted by fresh and wild style packaging http:// | + | Ingredients and products with questionable or complex ethics should be included on the menu, along with their product information. The main thing is to expand the product monologue beyond simple boasting and purity fetishes (eg. the truth claims, elevated origins and destinies - gourmet, organic, health - promoted by fresh and wild style packaging http:// |
to articulate a broader picture of the world the product moves through. | to articulate a broader picture of the world the product moves through. | ||
[[tea_from_bangladesh]] for example. | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] for example. | ||
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* Seasonality | * Seasonality | ||
- | Economy of miniaturisation. Enables hosting small batches/ | + | Economy of downscale. Enables hosting small batches/ |
* Localness | * Localness | ||
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trade by primarily social means. In documenting this process it expands the | trade by primarily social means. In documenting this process it expands the | ||
idea of food provenance beyond a gourmet-style fetishisation of origins, to | idea of food provenance beyond a gourmet-style fetishisation of origins, to | ||
- | broader | + | the broader |
The cafe hopes to promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, | The cafe hopes to promote inter-organisational trade with artistic peers, | ||
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+ | [[lecture_notes]] | ||