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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.===== |
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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.)) |
- | 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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===== 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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* Seasonality | * Seasonality | ||
- | Economy of miniaturisation. Enables hosting small batches/ | + | Economy of downscale. Enables hosting small batches/ |
* Localness | * Localness | ||
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