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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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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.)) |
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- | 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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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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* Stock Options | * Stock Options | ||
- | All menu items should be also available | + | All menu items should be also available |
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: | ||
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* Information | * Information | ||
- | Ingredients and products with questionable ethics | + | Ingredients and products with questionable |
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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- Cola from Bristol. | - Cola from Bristol. | ||
- Salt from Gujarat | - Salt from Gujarat | ||
- | - Zaytoun olive oil and other products http:// | + | - Zaytoun olive oil and other products |
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+ | http:// | ||
* Other organisational contenders | * Other organisational contenders | ||
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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]] | ||