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- | **feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP gallery, London UK, from autumn/ | + | =====feasability study for sustained sustenance: installing a Feral Trade Cafe at HTTP Gallery, London UK.===== |
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+ | 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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activities and how you get from A to B. | activities and how you get from A to B. | ||
Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | Even at this small scale it has a polemic value. | ||
- | [[feral_trade_economy]] | + | |
- | + | 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 - which opens up the operating territory considerably. | + | Profit is not a necessary motive |
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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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. | ||
http: It would be a coup to overcome London geography and keep the cafe open in | http: It would be a coup to overcome London geography and keep the cafe open in | ||
- | winter. Without | + | winter, without |
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Patio bonfires worth looking into. | Patio bonfires worth looking into. | ||
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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: | + | Hazards: |
* roles for cafe. | * roles for cafe. | ||
**Service: | **Service: | ||
- | Cafe service | + | Service |
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:// | ||
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At a minimum, tables, chairs, umbrellas and signage to communicate cafe presence to the nighbourhood. | At a minimum, tables, chairs, umbrellas and signage to communicate cafe presence to the nighbourhood. | ||
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- | The decking along the side of HTTP building is potential cafe seating area. HTTP to sound the landlord out on this between rent payments, | + | The decking along the side of HTTP building is potential cafe seating area, although in terms of afternoon sun gets a total eclipse. HTTP to sound the landlord out on 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' |
Liability would need to be thought through or ignored. | Liability would need to be thought through or ignored. | ||
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* other models (positive and negative) | * other models (positive and negative) | ||
- | | + | Cafe Kino http:// |
- | Run by a collective of artists etc who also run the Here Shop & Gallery over the road. | + | 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' | ||
- | againsts: http:// | ||
===== 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]] | ||
- | Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. | ||
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. | ||
http:// | http:// | ||
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- | Food goods will be informationalised (onboard or on menu). | + | * Stock Options |
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- | Customer receipts can be A4 laser prints with a torrent of product information, | + | |
+ | All menu items should be also available to buy as take-home groceries, where possible. | ||
Stock selection will involve a biodiversity of criteria, none of which should be primary or exclusionary. Considerations include: | Stock selection will involve a biodiversity of criteria, none of which should be primary or exclusionary. Considerations include: | ||
- | - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters [[uk_premises_regulations]] | + | - shelf life: avoid sales incentive or waste |
- | - shelf life: to avoid sales incentive or waste | + | - the facility of the food item to reveal |
- | - the facility of the food item to [[common_products|host | + | as object produced for sale on the market, conceals its relationships |
+ | except for the money relation. The product of the commons is filled with | ||
+ | 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 source, relations with land, embodied by the transport of its produce | ||
- information on carriage, network and delivery relations embodied by courier/s. | - information on carriage, network and delivery relations embodied by courier/s. | ||
+ | - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters | ||
- seasonality, | - seasonality, | ||
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- | | + | All cafe goods will be informationalised (onboard |
- | or nation state, to more closely replicate the world HTTP works in: a shared set | + | |
- | of connections and navigable routes like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | + | |
- | * Fairness | + | |
- | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics | + | Ingredients and products with questionable |
- | source | + | to articulate a broader |
- | larger | + | |
[[tea_from_bangladesh]] for example. | [[tea_from_bangladesh]] for example. | ||
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- | Fair Trade, in comparison, focuses its product communiques on the icon of the farmer/ | + | * Other Menu Information |
- | and one that reverses earlier breaks with tradition in visualising agriculture | + | |
- | labour as a statement on rural poverty as opposed to example of pastoral virtue. | + | |
- | See Gleaning, François Millet 1857 http:// | + | |
- | * Other Information | + | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: |
- | [[breakdown_of_expenses]]: | + | Cafe receipts can be A4 laser prints with a torrent |
* Reciprocity | * Reciprocity | ||
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* Seasonality | * Seasonality | ||
- | Economy of miniaturisation / smallscale. Enables hosting small batches/ | + | Economy of downscale. Enables hosting small batches/ |
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+ | * Localness | ||
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+ | or nation state, to more closely replicate the worlds HTTP works in. A shared set | ||
+ | of connections and navigable routes like the scale-free hubs of the internet. | ||
* Suppliers | * Suppliers | ||
- | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks, commission or collect artists' | + | Source producers or recipes from HTTP social networks, commission or collect artists' |
- | (cake, jams, herbs, sprouts etc). | + | |
* Delivery | * Delivery | ||
Courier process. Use moving social networks including known and funded travel to HTTP | Courier process. Use moving social networks including known and funded travel to HTTP | ||
- | to deliver goods from afar, including store-bought ones. Documenting these journeys and relationships expands attention to food provenance beyond a gourmet-style fetishisation | + | to deliver goods from afar, including store-bought ones, and document this process via the Feral Trade Courier database, http:// |
- | of origin or source, to the broader ecology of supply. Promote | + | Actively promote |
* Regulations | * Regulations | ||
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Regulatory limits: Define and stock emergency food products; define emergency; outer limits of biscuit; cream teas. | Regulatory limits: Define and stock emergency food products; define emergency; outer limits of biscuit; cream teas. | ||
- | | + | * Basics: Feral Trade staples start menu. |
- | Feral Trade staples start menu. | + | |
- | | + | - Tea from Bangladesh (TBC) |
- | - Tea from Bangladesh (TBC) | + | - Cola from Bristol. |
- | - Cola from Bristol. | + | - Salt from Gujarat |
- | - Salt from Gujarat | + | - Zaytoun olive oil and other products |
- | - Zaytoun olive oil and other products | + | |
- | http:// | + | |
- | http:// | + | |
- | Other organisational contenders | + | http:// |
- | - Fo.am Brussels. Grappa, Latvian cured meats, computer chocolate biscuits. | + | |
- | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | + | |
- | - Irational.org, | + | |
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+ | - Mejor Vida Corporation, | ||
+ | - Irational.org, | ||
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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]] | ||