courier id shipping_report shipment_id
KATE RICH 1 walked Cube Microplex to Bristol Temple Meads, train to london and tube to Rotherhithe, overnight accommodation for courier + coffee at Brandram's Wharf. 1190
SAUL ALBERT 2 drove coffee from Brandram's Wharf to Cremer St. Studios. 1190
ali jones 1 LHR Freight agent is Kingscote, 0208 890 1000. Cleared Customs tuesday march 1, delivered to Cube wednesday march 2 2005 via Cube Microplex car, boxes stacked in under auditorium storage area. 1000
SNEHA SOLANKI 1 train to leicester, some sweets delivered to family. train leicester newcastle where the rest of the shipment is distributed from vallum court. 1152
SNEHA SOLANKI 1 train/bus to newcastle via leicester 1149
KATE RICH 1 1165
SAUL ALBERT 2 1165
KATE RICH 1 Herbs gathered wild from grasslands surrounding Tchamla Kingdom village. Walked Tchamla to Mugla village, 1 hour downhill. Car transport Mugla to Sofia courtesy Destination Bulgaria foundation www.art-hostel.com, driver Francesca. Train Sofia to Belgrade 12 hours plus delayed 3 hours enroute. Last bus connection Belgrade to Novi Sad dep 1150h. Antidepressants warehoused 2 nights Novi Sad courtesy kuda.org then travelled by mercedes shared taxi, 5 hours Novi Sad to Budapest airport, split taxi fare with Neighbourhood Public Radio (NPR) Oakland. Easyjet Budapest to Bristol 2.5 hours. Bus Bristol airport to bus station 20 minutes, walked 3 mins to Cube Microplex. 1166
LADY LUCY 2 STAGE 1: (15/6/05) Car cube microplex to newcastle courtesy of team Independent Heroines http://filmfest.independentheroine.org , and James Recognition's car. We are off on tour! Left Bristol at 1.OO pm. The journey was hot, It was a hot day. Stopped once for picnic lunch in the midlands and again for lollipops in Yorkshire. Travelled M32, M4, M5, M42, M1, M18, A1 . Arrived in Newcastle on the side at around 6.30. Journey taking around 5 1/2 hours. Delivered to The Side Cinema projection room and awaited the arrival of guests to our film festival on tour including Sneha Solanki (electronicartist.net). 1167
KATE RICH 1 STAGE 2. (3/8/05) GNER train Newcastle to Edinburgh. dep Newcastle 09:39, arr Edinburgh Waverley 11:10, no drama. Trolley up a steep yet brief incline to Stills Gallery, weather grim yet dry. 1167
SAUL ALBERT 1 1168
KATE RICH 2 PICKUP: (COFFEE SHIPMENT 5). 17th September 18h from HCH, Delta handling agent at Heathrow [0208 759 1551] using Cube Microplex Car, M32, M4 and M25 motorways; & diesel at 97p / litre. DELAY RECORD: 17/11 shipping documents delayed in transit in Atlanta. Kingscote, freight agent [0208 759 1555] can't clear shipment thru Customs or release the goods. Emailed Ricardo Yglesias M. (co-op director) & Juan Carlos Hernandez, Depto. Exportaciones (SAL) who returned a copy of the freight docs which enabled shipment's release. Delivered Cube Microplex PM on 17 September, 10 boxes stored under the cinema seating. 1172
DELTA AIRLINES 1 DISPATCH: AWB: 006-71822671 Carrier: DL (Delta) Origin: San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL) Destination: London Heathrow (LHR), UK Via: Atlanta Georgia (ATL). Total pieces: 10 Weight: 208kg incl. packing. track by airwaybill at ccx.com 1172
KATE RICH 1 0700h megabus bristol-london, tube victoria->bank->bethnal green, too many stairs. exit tube and walk to southborough street. car boot, southborough street via A1 to the North, directions courtesy of AA website, driver Hari Kunzu. diversion to Stokesly (Middlesbrough) to discuss emulsification with expert from ICI Chemicals. (http://sparror.cubecinema.com/cube/cola/stokesly) . A19 north to Newcastle, closed, diversion via M1 and japanese restaurant, arrived Vallum Court 23h. 1173
KATE RICH 1 Rolling luggage transport to London via world summit for free informaiton infrastructures (wsfii) at Limehouse Townhall. Temporary warehousing southbourough rd, hackney. Eurostar Waterloo to Brussels Midi, metro to Bourse, lift to hotel room & subsequently rolling lugggage trolley to City Mined. 1174
KATE RICH 2 AIRWAYBILL 09697096285. Iran Air handling agent Heathrow is Alitalia, Sandringham Rd off Southern Perimeter Rd. Ph.0208 745 8435. UK Customs & Excise public counter for private customs declarations (without agency of a freight agent) opens Wednesdays only, 9AM-3PM. Cube Car dawn run Bristol to Heathrow via M32, M4, 9/11/05. Picked up shipping documents from Alitalia 0900h, cleared Customs 0930h as 'personal effects': no VAT / no duty. M25 and A40/Westway to London where some sweets warehoused at Southborough Rd Hackney for onward distribution to London and the North. 10/11/05 Cube Car London-A40-M25-M4-M32-Bristol, delivery 1400h Cube Microplex. 1175
NATASCHA SADR HAGHIGHIAN 1 Order telephoned through to Haj Khalifeh by Mr. Ebrahim Mohtadi, Tehran (26/10/05). Sweets picked up in Yazd by the family Mr Mohtahdi's figher pilot trainee student (Mohamed Javad Sheibani); transported by overnight bus Yazd-Tehran. Arrived Tehran Bus Terminal West 28/10/05 and picked up by Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Mr Mohtahdi. Temporary warehousing at Fatemi Street, Tehran. Pickup by freight agent (Aran Asman Agency Cargo TEL: +98 887 47100) 2/11/05, shipping with 9 electric ricecookers and diverse other items, total weight 86 kg (5 box). Flew Iran Air 6/11/05 hitchhiking as personal effects on ticket of an unknown passeger, to London Heathrow, AIRWAYBILL 09697096285. 1175
KATE RICH 1 Saturday 19th November. Walked Southborough Rd Hackney to Kings X Station with rolling luggage trolley. GNER train to Newcastle. Walked station to Vallum Court uphill with rolling luggage, freight assistance from Sneha Solanki.
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SNEHA SOLANKI 2 1176
KATE RICH 1 travelled Bristol-London Nov 18th by megabus, london victoria to southborough road hackney by bus. 1177
SAUL ALBERT 2 southborough rd by brompton bicycle temperatures were well below freezing when the sweets transfer was effected. Sweets stored temporarily in Rotherhithe, South East London, then on 27th November via brompton and Eurostar from London Waterloo to Brussels Midi. Transfer to Femke Snelting at the Brussels aviation museum on 28th November. 1177
Femke Snelting 3 train brussels-rotterdam. 1177
KATE RICH 1 Bus to Bristol airport (BRS). Delayed in checkin queue 30 mins for interrogation by US official on why traveller had 2 Iranian visas in passport; did mini-artist's talk explaining Sweets from Iran project. Continental Airlines flight C077 direct Bristol-Newark. New Jersey Transit bus 62 from Liberty airport (EWR) to Newark Penn station; PATH train (change at Journal Square) to Christopher St Manhattan, walk to W12th St, sweets stored in fridge. 13/1/06 walked to US Post Office 18th st btw 8th&7th, sweets mailed as US Priority Letter (2days).
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US POST 2 arrived 14th st SF 17/1/06 (4days) via sunday and martin luther king day. 1178
KATE RICH 1 Bus to Bristol airport (BRS). Delayed in checkin queue 30 mins for interrogation by US official on why traveller had 2 Iranian visas in passport; did mini-artist's talk explaining Sweets from Iran project. Continental Airlines flight C077 direct Bristol-Newark. New Jersey Transit bus 62 from Liberty airport (EWR) to Newark Penn station; PATH train (change at Journal Square) to Christopher St Manhattan, walk to W12th St. 14/1/06 walk 12th st to Elizabeth st, Nolita.
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KATE RICH 1 coffee packed in wine box. walked Cube to Barrista coffee on Corn street, who incidentally charge you 30p per cup extra for fair trade coffee, a mad inflation. 1180
DANIEL OLIVER 2 At Barrista coffee repacked into rucksack, walked to Create Centre. 1180
KATE RICH 1 Dep 5PM West 12th st Manhattan. Walked to Christopher Street PATH train, westbound train changing at Journal Square New Jersey to Newark Penn Station. Bus 62 to Newark Liberty Airport (EWR), arr 7PM. Continental flight 76 checked in self-service as handbaggage only, walked couple of km to Departures area, gate 86. Flight dep 9PM, groceries stored in the overhead locker space. Landed Bristol Airport (BRS) 8:45 AM. Walked to Arrivals area, airport flyer bus to bus station, arrived Cube Microplex 9:45 AM. 1181
KATE RICH 1 Walked cube microplex to better food co., did some grocery shopping.
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HEATH BUNTING 1 herbs retrieved from truck storage space and mailed them. 1183
KATE RICH 1 Coffee packed cardboard box. Walked 5 mins Cube Microplex to Bristol central post office (broadmead). Parcel is over 2kg, therefore must be sent by 'Parcelforce', service promises delivery within 3 working days. Delivered to Stockhom 12 days later, possibly apprehended by Swedish Customs, some messing with package evident. 1184
ROYAL MAIL 2 1184
KATE RICH 1 walked cube to bristol temple meads, virgin train to sheffield, walked access space. trip briefened by industrial action on virgin trains, forcing early return to bristol after 3 hrs. 1185
KATE RICH 1 Train stapleton rd bristol to bristol temple meads, coffee packed in found courier bag. SW train to london paddington, circle line to tube to london kingsx. gner train to york, transpenine train to middlesbrough, walked to thistle hotel (travel & accommodation courtesy AV06 Festival & Teesside University). 1186
GINA CZARNECKI 2 walked thistle hotel to teesside univeristy. coffee transfered to Rebecca Shatwell. 1186
REBECCA SHATWELL 3 Arts Council charter bus to Newcastle, midnight arrival, took coffee to Arts Council England NorthEast. Sold two bags to ACE NorthEast development workers interested in sustaining economies and communities. 1186
SNEHA SOLANKI 4 picked up coffee on Wednesday 15 march, 4.45pm, 3 bags sold to the Fine Art Cafe at Newcastle University. 1186
KATE RICH 1 Travelled Bristol-London by train, picked up coffee from London storqge and distribution agent Mute Magazine (Whitechapel office), picked 6 copies of current issue Mute magazine for onward carriage to Brussels. Tube to London Waterloo. 1540h Eurostar to Brussels got cancelled enroute to Ashford, although eurostar offered feral trade 1 free 1 way ticket as compensation for trite 1.5 hr delay, time well earnt. Brussels Midi metro to Bourse hotel, walked to MAP where the coffee was exchanged for euros.
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ENRICO LUNGHI 2 train Brussels-Luxembourg, walked to Casino. 1187
DANIEL OLIVER 1 Biked Cube to Beafort Pub, Montpellier. Had a swift beer and a laugh Beafort, then to 47 Shaftsbury Ave, my home. AM 47 Shaftsbury Ave to Create Centre. All journeys I had to make anyway, so only extra energy used was from carrying more! Though it was all 0% carbon anyway. 1188
KATE RICH 1 walked cube microplex to cafe mono on ninetree hill for handover 1189
KAYLE BRANDON 2 coffee repacked into plastic bag, cafe mono to 40 rosebery avenue via red bicycle. 15/05/06 travelled in car driven by Chani Morrison to Dartington college of Arts Totnes. 1189
KAYLE BRANDON 1 drove bristol to newcastle june 6th in biodiesel conversion van. 1192
ELE CARPENTER 2 Date: Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:04:50 +0100
\nFrom: Ele Carpenter: Hi. Monday 31 July I wrapped the coffee in lots of plastic bags as the smell was permeating my clothes! taxi (Byker Taxi's) from my house (Heaton, Newcastle) to Newcastle Airport,
\nNewcastle To Belfast Intl; flight 553 dep. 13:55; arr. 14:50. The flight was delayed for half an hour due to bad weather conditions in Belfast. We arrived at 3.30pm. Aisling picked me up from the Airport. The rain was torrential, and driving was quite dangerous.
\nWe got to Flaxarts Studios about 4pm. Then I photographed the coffee...
\nI will take the remaining 8 bags of coffee to Belfast on Thursday 05 October
\nTaxi from Heaton to Newcastle Airport at 12noon. Check in 12.30pm.
\nEasyjet, Newcastle To Belfast Intl; flight 553 dep. Thu 05 Oct 13:55; arr. Thu 05 Oct 14:50
\nLift by car from Belfast Airport to Golden Thread Gallery, Crumlin Road, Belfast.
\n
\nWed, 14 Jun 2006 10:56:54 +0100, From: Ele Carpenter: Hi All, Am back in Newcastle, Kayle is here with Tom, Ian and the Bio-deisal van.
\nThey have brought with them coffee and cola recipe for Sneha. And a box of coffee for Flaxarts which I will take in two loads. All is well. Will take pics now before I forget. Ele X.
\nOn 12 Jun 2006, at 19:13, kate rich wrote:
\n
\n> coffee dep for newcastle this morning.
\n> please let me know of its successful arrival/transit
\n> & take pics if you can, i forgot..
\n>
\n> kate
\n>
\n> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Ele Carpenter wrote:
\n>
\n> > Hi Folks,
\n> > I am away until wed 14th, when I can pick up coffee.
\n> >
\n> > If needed - do give Kayle my mobile no. to make arrangements.
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KATE RICH 3 Ground agent Plane Handling receives shipment at London Gatwick and transfers to Radius PArk Heathrow, better proximity to Bristol. Cube Car pickup, drive to the airport 2x as the coffee takes more than a day to clear Customs. 1171
DELTA AIRLINES 2 1171
ALAN ALEXANDER 1 COFFEE SHIPMENT 1. car to airport from San Pedro Nonualco courtesy co-op. aire freight with delta airlines via Atlanta Georgia (hub). 1171
DELTA AIRLINES 2 COFFEE SHIPMENT 4. flight schedule Delta Airlines 01293 579555 24FEB05 SAL-ATL/DL380 25FEB05 ATL-LGW/DL012 26FEB05 LGW-LHR/131I airway bill 006-7207 2350 Arr LHR mon feb 28. 1000
amy balkin 3 package retrieved from mailbox, walked upstairs to 4th floor apartment fridge. 1178
kate rich 1 Megabus bristol-london victoria, walked to southhampton row, bloomsbury. Walked southhampton row to whitechapel centre, where the cola was bottled. 1193
kate rich 1 Walked Rosebery Avenue to the Cube Microplex and from there to Bristol station; train to London. Tube disruptions and heat levels suggested bus to to Whitechapel would be preferable to tube. Following morning, walked Whitechapel to Waterloo station via Manneby Prior in Kings Cross where the cola was interviewed for national newspaper. Cube cola travelled via handbag, lift and escalator then Eurostar, Waterloo to Brussels Midi. Walked to Constant residence in St Gilles where the cola was transferred to basket. Walked to Molenbeek. 1194
kate rich 1 Walked Rosebery Avenue to the Cube Microplex and from there to Bristol station; train to London. Tube disruptions and heat levels suggested bus to to Whitechapel would be preferable to tube. Following morning, walked Whitechapel to Waterloo station via Manneby Prior in Kings Cross where the cola was interviewed for national newspaper. Cube cola travelled via handbag, lift and escalator then Eurostar, Waterloo to Brussels Midi. Walked to Constant residence in St Gilles. Cola syrup made up in residence kitchen. Car from Constant to Quarantine courtesy Harrison. 1195
kate rich 1 Megabus bristol-london victoria, walked to southhampton row, bloomsbury. 1196
pauline van mourik broekman 2 Cycled southhampton row to mute, whitechapel 1196
kayle brandon 1 1197
kayle brandon 1 1198
amy balkin 1 1221
kate rich 1 1222
kate rich 1 1223
kate rich 1 Walked with wheeled trolley, Microplex to station; train to London, tube disruptions and heat levels suggested bus to to Whitechapel preferable to tube. Following morning, walked Whitechapel to Waterloo station via Manneby Prior in Kings Cross; ricecooker travelled via wheeled trolley, lift and escalator. Eurostar Waterloo to Brussels Midi, walked to Constant accommodation in St Gilles. 1225
aisling o beirn 1 1230
kate rich 1 We walked Rosebery Avenue to the Cube, where the cola-mixing equipment was assembled / bagged for transport. Walked across town and up whiteladies road, paused to watch wayne rooney get sent off world cup match vs portugal. Found the last bag of ice in town at tesco, then headed across the downs and down the gorge cut to new quarry. 1234
kayle brandon 2 1234
delta airlines 2 Shipment Tracking
\nAir Waybill 006-73473691 Origin SAL Destination LHR Pieces 9 Weight 202.0
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\n12SEP/1059 -- 9 PIECES ACCEPTED AT SAL, ASSIGNED TO DL276/12SEP
\n12SEP -- 9 PIECES DEPARTED FROM SAL ON DL276/12SEP TO ATL
\n12SEP/2152 -- 9 PIECES AUTHORIZED AT ATL FOR INBOND TRANSIT
\n12SEP/2152 -- 9 PIECES ARRIVED AT ATL ON DL276/12SEP FOR TRANSIT \t \t \t \t \t
\n13SEP -- 9 PIECES DEPARTED FROM ATL ON DL010/13SEP TO LGW
\n14SEP/1229 -- 9 PIECES CHECKED IN AT LGW OFF DL010/13SEP
\n14SEP -- 9 PIECES DEPARTED FROM LGW ON DL032I/14SEP TO LHR
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kate rich 3 Bank transfer $2336 USD / 1309 GBP including 25 transfer charge - the dollar is edging down - sent from Abbey National UK to Scotiabank El Salvador 17/7/06 13h, hope it arrives. As of August 6th, no confirmation from Coop that the money has arrived. Email from Jorge Araujo: this week is a kind of Holy week Country wide, etc. Everybody is on vacation. Pls. wait a few more days. Sept 12-15, tracking incoming shipment via Delta cargo website. Friday 15 phone Kingscote freight handlers, (0208 890 1000) to confirm arrival. Depart bristol in the new cube peugot car 1030h. Petrol is 93.9p per litre, the route takes in M32, M4, M25, southern perimeter rd. Weather is mild, rainy and sunny. Roadworks on the M4 restrain traffi to 50mph in sections. 1230h arrive Heathrow cargo district, steamfarm lane. 104 GBP payable to Kingscote freight for release documents, drivers licence for required ID. Cargo pickup from HCH, scylla rd, door 10. 1330 departure for 1530 arrival Cube Microplex. Coffee stacked in the back corridor, for transfer to storage under the stage. 1238
driver 1 driver picked up 300ml cola syrup in a jam jar, 1830h. weather rainy. white van estimated journey time to glasgow 6 hours. cola arrived safely for on-air service in studio (blind taste test) at 1040h, august 1st. 1240
kate rich 1 1/8 bristol to london by train, tube to whitechapel via gallery, bus to islington for over (2) nights accommodation. 3/8 walked to waterloo eurostar to brussels midi, walked to Constant residence in st gilles where the coffee was warehoused whilst on holiday in ardennes, french alps and fontainebleau. 25/8 walked in rain st gilles to foam office 1242
kate rich 1 bristol-london via train with stopovers at whitechapel. islington before the coffee boarded eurostar for 2.5 hr transit to brussels midi. walked midi to st gilles. 1243
kate rich 1 28/8/06 Walked to Brussels Midi (hailstorm), 1928h train to Koln Hbhf avoiding 2 ticket checks (before & after Liege). 2239h sleeper train to Kopenhagen, 29/8/06 connecting train to Malmo and express train to Stockholm were bland and uneventful. Walked Stockholm Central to Art Hotel where the coffee was warehoused overnight. 30/8/06 walked Art Hotel to Mejan Labs. 1244
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saul albert 1 1241
kate rich 1 train bristol temple meads to london paddington, tube to rotherhithe, walked to brandrems wharf where the coffee was transferred to saul albert. overnight warehousing of coffee & courier at brandrem's wharf. 1247
Ricardo Andres Yglesias M. 1 Email august 15: As of today we found out that the bank account has registered a transfer of $2,274.70; that shows a charge of 61.30 in the understanding that you send us $2,336.00 as the total price of the shipment, we will wait for your instruction to make the delivery. Regards Ricardo.Email sept 11: Hi Kate:
\nI just came back from the Airport and the company is Delta Air not American
\nas I wrote before, I made a mistake. So Delta Air will take the coffee to
\nLondon UK Heathrow airport tomorrow, I will send the itinerary as soon as I
\nhear from them. Best regards Ricardo
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kate rich 1 12/09 picked up 1 jar travelling cube-cola concentrate from kayle brandon in london. train to bristol, cola stored in cube cinema office fridge. 16/09 packed cola kit in former bath ales box cardboard, traipsed to broadmead central post office (open saturdays) where the cola was placed in the air mail for a total of 5.90 GBP, let's see if it makes it through the shark enclosure of US homeland security. 1248
royal mail 2 1248
ali jones 1 leaving St Thomas the Martyr Church I pick up two boxes of coffee from cube to stowaway in hire van.coffee accompanies me via art storage depot,heathrow and studio complex,hackney to destination Saul in cramer street.en-route i narrowly miss destroying van on narrow bridge in greenford.saul buys me chocolate and exchanges coffee for stage lights in Islington(soon to be installed in cube). 1249
teresa dillon 1 1250
Birgitte Aga 2 coffee was picked up at Watershed on the 12th
\nOctober 2007 at 12.45 and transported to Plymouth on the 20.44 train and
\nthen carried and installed at the i-DAT depot. 1250
kate rich 1 walked cube microplex to better foods co. 1251
saul albert 2 1247
kate rich 1 friday afternoon train bristol london. walked paddington to portland rd, holland park where the coffee was warehoused several nights in amy balkin's friend's parents flat, on loan for her visit to london. saturday morning walked to notting hill gate, slow tube to old street (circle line, change at kings x) as the central line was shut. walked old street to peer gallery on hoxton st. 1252
amy balkin 2 1253
kate rich 1 1253
kate rich 1 train bristol-london, eurostar to brussels midi and metro to ribacourt where the coffee was warehoused overnight at rue d lourthe. walked with rolling trolley to foam the follow morning, where 6 bags coffee were eventually traded for 4L incoming feral trade grappa from Croatia. 1254
saul albert 2 After a very enjoyable short visit and delivery from Ali, I left the coffee by the front door at Cremer St. for a week, which was lucky as if I'd taken it upstairs the fire that destroyed the top floor (where my office is) would have destroyed it. Flooding from fire hoses damaged the bottom box, but coffee was undamaged. I borrowed my mother's Nissan Micra and relocated the two boxes to Limehouse Town Hall's map room, and did some quick fire-saftey improvements. 1249
amy balkin 2 1252
kate rich 1 0541h (!) technically peak hour train from bristol stopped approx all stations to plymouth, arrived in time for 9AM breakfast presentation (Guest Talks about the Culture Industry series), portland square building of plymouth university. feral trade coffee served with talk. 1255
Richard Hylton 1 1256
maja kuzmanovic 1 On the 24/10 2006, I divided the grappas between my check-in and carry-on luggage (business class allowance was quite generous). Departed from the N&D Grappa Lab at 4:30 AM. Arrived at the Pula airport at 4:45. Checked in the bag, but was informed that the flight was delayed, due to fog in Zadar. The plane departed at 7AM, tried landing in Zadar, but failed and continued to Zagreb. In Zagreb, the ground staff waited for me to carry my carry-on, as the plane for Brussels was held on the international terminal, waiting for me. We raced past the security, with the stewardess waving her badge around when the security guard wanted to open my bag, so he gave up and pushed the bag across the counter. The stewardess caught just before it was about to launch itself across the floor. I was stuffed through the boarding gate in an empty bus and from the bus, raced across to the plane, with the bag that felt quite heavy this time. We departed to Brussels at 08:20, with 10 minutes of delay. When I got to Brussels just after 10AM, I waited for the check-in bag with more than 1/2 of the grappa, which, of course didn't arrive. I walked across the terminal to the lost luggage counter, where they informed me that my bag would be arriving with the afternoon flight and that it will be delivered to me in the evening. I took the Brussels Airport Express and arrived on Brussels North around 11AM. Walked to Rogier Metro and caught the metro nr 2 to Ribaucourt. Walked home in Rue Jennart, where I arrived around 11.30AM. The bag arrived around 7PM, in an excellent condition. 1257
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kate rich 1 I caught 11h train from Bristol to London, then transited via tube to London KingsX. GNER express train at 14h arrived Edinburgh Waverley at around 1830h, the train was a few mins late in due to a 'fatality'. Met Sneha and the coffee bag was transferred to her custody. We then walked to David Bann restaurant for dinner. rain was severe. 1258
sneha solanki 2 Met at David Banns, long local train back to Dundee with Feral trade coffee. 1258
kate rich 1 I caught 11h train from Bristol to London, then transited via tube to London KingsX. GNER express train at 14h arrived Edinburgh Waverley at around 1830h, the train was a few mins late in due to a 'fatality'. Met Sneha and the grappa was transferred to her custody. We then walked to David Bann restaurant for dinner. rain was severe. 1259
sneha solanki 2 Walked by to the train ststion with Cherry Dogwood and walnut Grappa, two days later Grappa was taken on a trip to the isle of arran. 1259
kate rich 1 train bristol-london, tube to waterloo & eurostar to brussels where no security alert was encountered. overnight shelter c/o femke snelting & peter westenberg (constant vzw). subsequent night the cola was carried on deluxe sleeper train, brussels-hamburg (mid-section of the paris-berlin route), lots of gizmos incl. on-train shower. following morning express train hamburg-copenhagen arrived 14h on the 11th, walked to radhudspladsen politikens hus, where the cola was retailed for local currency 900 DKK.
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kate rich 1 walked from the cube micrplex to ashley road, rang doorbell, upstairs to flat where jelena was preparing a pie. grappa delivered to ktichen table and rehoused in glass bottle. 1262
wojciech kosma 2 norning of the 21st grappa walked to megabus station, drove megabus to london victoria and cycle to troy cafe london e2 1263
kate rich 1 evening of the 19th, grappa drove from cube to rosebery avenue c/o jim adlington, for pickup by wojciech who is visiting bristol overnight for a gig at the croft, & will courier it back to london on the 20th nov. 1263
saul albert 3 very tired, arrived an hour or so late to troy and handed round the grappa as soon as wojciech gave it to me. Nice. Hardly made it back to Rotherhithe on the bike, drank a bit more, slept for a few days. It's in my freezer now. I'll upload pics later. 1263
kate rich 1 bus cube to bristol airport, bag checked with easyjet due to also payload of 4 bottles mecca cola (enroute to Project Placement exhibition at analix forever gallery in geneva). flew easyjet, bristol-geneva, where the bag containing cofffee and cola was mislaid. in the lost bagage office the attendant noticed coffee bag alone on a trolley via her cctv feed. sped across baggage area and recovered bag. taxi to central geneva where the coffee was lodged at analix forever over 2 nights. maintainance: coffee beans replaced in the 2 bags where air pressure or handling had broken bag seals despite airline FRAGILE label. 30/11 handover at the gallery to adrian notz during opening event for project placement. 1264
kate rich 1 bus cube to bristol airport, bag checked with easyjet due to also payload of 4 bottles mecca cola enroute to exhibition at analix forever gallery in geneva. flew easyjet, bristol-geneva, where the bag containing cola plus 7 bags feral coffee enroute to zurich, was mislaid. in the lost bagage office the attendant noticed feral bag alone on a trolley via her cctv feed. sped across baggage area and claimed the bag. taxi to central geneva where the cola was lodged at analix forever over 2 nights before preparation into sugar syrup 1265
adrian notz 2 train from zurich to geneva, took rice cooker along with me hoping to give it back to kate. 2.5h trainride. tram to MAMCO geneva, to see john armelder exhibtion, still with the rice cooker, then foot walk to gallery analix forever, via post office. with the rice cooker I was hoping that kate would recognize me. still I asked the wrong person. Amy. Received 7 packs of coffee. needed to get money to pay. payed 100Euro and 10 CHF for 7packs of coffee and two cube cola devices. missed scheduled train back to zurich, took later one. the rice cooker with me, back to zurich. no food in the train until yverdon. in zurich changed train to schaffhausen where I live. coffee, cube cola and rice cooker now in schaffhausen. will be brought tomorrow, tuesday 5.12.2006 to cabaret voltaire and into the "Le Radica Chic" Shop, into the x-mas yourself shop we have there right now. 1264
kate rich 1 bus cube to bristol airport, cola kits placed in bag checked with easyjet due to its liquid consistency of actually just under 100ml but it seemed best to avoid any measurement altercation with easyjet security. flew easyjet, bristol-geneva, where the bag containing cola plus 7 bags feral coffee also enroute to zurich, was mislaid. in the lost bagage office the attendant noticed feral bag alone on a trolley via her cctv feed. sped across baggage area and claimed the bag. taxi to central geneva where the cola was lodged at analix forever gallery over 2 nights, in preparation for distribution at the opening of the project placement show at annalix forever, nov 30th. 1266
adrian notz 2 train from zurich to geneva, took rice cooker along with me hoping to give it back to kate. 2.5h trainride. tram to MAMCO geneva, to see john armelder exhibtion, still with the rice cooker, then foot walk to gallery analix forever, via post office. with the rice cooker I was hoping that kate would recognize me. still I asked the wrong person. Amy. Received 7 packs of coffee. needed to get money to pay. payed 100Euro and 10 CHF for 7packs of coffee and two cube cola devices. missed scheduled train back to zurich, took later one. the rice cooker with me, back to zurich. no food in the train until yverdon. in zurich changed train to schaffhausen where I live. coffee, cube cola and rice cooker now in schaffhausen. will be brought tomorrow, tuesday 5.12.2006 to cabaret voltaire and into the "Le Radica Chic" Shop, into the x-mas yourself shop we have there right now. 1266
kate rich 1 strolled from cube microplex to watershed and met B in the bar (sms co-ordinated) 1267
Birgitte Aga 2 Picked up 5 bags from Kate at the Watershed. 2 is going to the Watershed, 2 to i-DAT and 1 to be picked up by Newlyn. All bags went in my car at 7pm, then it went to Bristol Airport and remained there in my car until Monday the 12th December where as it was driven down to Plymouth and dropped off at i-DAT and Plymouth Art Centre. 1267
kate rich 1 coffee retrieved from its storage under the cinema seating, Cube Microplex. walked via Watershed (4 bags coffee to plymouth handed over to birgitte aga) to St Nick's market to meet teresa at moroccan cafe. 1268
teresa dillon 2 1268
kate rich 1 cake purchased from farmer's market at 9AM for best selection, consulted with the cake ladie for most authentic local range and freezer technique (advisory, don't freeye the rock cake or lemon shortbread, sealed jar or fridge is best). purchase left at the cake stall for later retrieval. lunchtime pickup, walked 100m to st nick's market where the cakes were delivered to teresa dillon at the moroccan stall. 1269
teresa dillon 2 1269
saul albert 1 Leigh (variant) and Anthony (mute) came round to limehouse where we talked shit about their forthcoming respective magazine eco-issues, the olympics and other stuff. Very nice. Suggested initiating activist ephemera and publication flotsam exchange trade via feral trade coffee couriers between London and Glasgow. Very nice. 1270
Leigh French 2 Much welcomed at Glasgow RIB, with the remainder taken up by AUToNOMi.
\nFree shots at the January 20 Glasgow RIB... 1270
kate rich 1 20 bags coffee shifted from depot stack to cube bar supply box, under the auditorium seating. 1271
heath bunting 1 It was the 19/08/06 Eurostar departure 18h07 London Waterloo for Paris Gare du Nord,
\nduring the Summer '06 liquid terrorism campaign scam (imagined plot to kill
\nthousands of people by detonating liquid-based explosives on up to 10 transatlantic
\nflights from UK airports). I was traveling with a friend, Michael Uwemedimo, to go
\nclimbing in the forest of Fontainebleau near Paris. I had a feeling we would get
\nstopped for something silly. At the pre-boarding security scanner, security staff
\nsearched my bag and found the Cube-Cola concentrate (enroute from Bristol, to deliver
\nto Kate Rich in Paris) and my mobile phone charger, modified to reduce its volume and
\nincrease its functionality for travel (features removed plug; covered in black
\nelectrical tape). I was taken aside and asked to demonstrate how the phone charger
\nworked. I went round the back of the security scanner and stuck the bare wires into the
\nelectric socket, the security guard found this amusing. I then went back to my bag and
\nproceded to assemble what was officially a bomb: I plugged the charger into the phone,
\nwrapped the wires around the Cube Cola concentrate (an unknown and threatening liquid
\nsubstance, to the understanding of the security staff) and photographed the result. At
\nthis stage they called over the police.
\n
\nMichael tried to intervene and explain everything. I took the opposite strategy and
\ntried to not say anything, to exaggerate the situation. I also tried out several minor
\nstunts, like standing in a manner that resembled the police agents' posture. I said
\nto the police, this is about Lebanon isn't it - a campaign for distraction of
\nattention from Britain's activity in the coconcurrent Lebanese war.
\n
\nWe were then taken to the interrogation room. Michael went in first, for about 30
\nminutes. Then I was taken in, there were 3 men in there, 2 who identified themselves as
\nMetropolitan Police but who I suspected to be Special Branch, and another person, not
\nobviously in a police role and visibly scarred by life, who I interpreted to be MI5.
\nSomeone else - an immigration officer possibly - moved in and out of the room
\nduring the course of the interrogation.
\n
\nThey took everything out of my bag and asked me to explain it. I have a very compact
\nrucksack - about 15 litres - and was traveling for a month. Everything was very
\nefficiently packed. The Cube-Cola was by now sitting on a table behind all of this, its
\nlid was broken, evidently by police confusion over the screwtop jar mechanism. I
\nnoticed that the volume of concentrate in the jar was reduced, the police had evidently
\nremoved a sample of cola. They told me they would let me go quicker if I explained
\neverything, but I wasn't operating on that vector. wasn't concerned about missing
\nthe train, my mission was to deliver the Cube-Cola to Paris, I was not prepared to go
\nahead without it. They told me that my right to silence was removed as I was being
\ndetained under the Terrorism Act, and any refusal to answer questions was grounds for
\nprosecution. I then asked for a phonecall and phoned my father. I told them I would
\nanswer questions selectively. They showed me a printout of my website (Borderxing http://irational.org/cgi-bin/border/clients/deny.pl) so I
\nknew they were Intelligence. They accused me of testing the system IE. crossing internal
\nEuropean borders illegally; doing a dry run.
\n
\nAt some point they realised I was not an Islamic terrorist and that they'd gone too far
\ndown a blind alley. They returned the (depleted) jar of Cube-Cola but kept the phone
\ncharger on the grounds that it looked bizarre and could be misinterpreted by other
\npeople. I then ran through the station with the damaged jar of Cube-Cola held aloft, to
\navoid spillage, and Michael and I were able to board the last Eurostar train to Paris.
\nAs I was phoning my father to tell him I was safe, the police boarded the train and
\ndemanded the paperwork record of detention I was holding, which I refused. They ripped
\nit out of my hand, and returned it minutes later, having changed the police number on
\nthe form. They then left the train. I told the conductor I had been unfairly detained
\nand delayed on my journey, he offered us an upgrade to the (empty) Eurostar police
\ncompartment, in which we traveleled in comfort to Paris. 1272
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kate rich 1 Coffee for V&A co-voyaging with a delivery to Mute Magazine in East London (FER-1341), departed Cube 1030h for Bristol Temple Meads in the usual rolling trolley rig which capsized immediately it hit cobblestones & had to be repacked. Train at 11h, arrived Paddington and caught 2x District line tubes to Sth Kensington via about a dozen staircases. At Sth Kens followed tunnel signage to subterranean V&A entrance, where the coffee was searched vaguely at bag search. More stairs through to the information desk, from where Rachel Francis guided coffee and me into the staff corridors and lift, which transported us to the gilded hallways of the V&A directorate, where the coffee was received in return for cash payment. 1340
kate rich 1 Picked up coffee from cube office storage AM, walked to canons gym top of Park Street to swim some laps, coffee stored in changing room locker. Walked downhill in deluge of sunshine to St Augustine's reach, pausing to buy bread at bordeaux quay, walked across footbridge to Architecture Centre where the coffee was delivered to Sarah Hook. 1357
kate rich 1 Coffee for V&A co-voyaging with a delivery to V&A Museum Directorate in South Kensington (FER-1340), departed Cube 1030h for Bristol Temple Meads in the usual rolling trolley rig which capsized immediately it hit cobblestones & had to be repacked. Train at 11h, arrived Paddington and caught 2x District line tubes to Sth Kensington via about a dozen staircases & pedestrian tunnel to V&A where 9 bags of coffee were delivered. After luncheon in V&A cafeteria, exited the building via a staff exit and hauled trolley back to Sth Kens tube, more stairs and District line tube east alighting at Whitechapel in the middle of the street market. Walked to Myrdle street where remaining 14 bags of coffee were delivered to hive environs of the Mute office approaching its editorial deadline for the upcoming Money issue. Cheque from Mute editor Simon Worthington received with thanks. 1341
kate rich 1 unpacked 25 bags of the newly arrived coffee into cube bar box in void 1337
kate rich 1 walked from home to montpelier clinic appointment 9AM. 10AM walked through sudden rain to ashley rd where jelena prepared breakfast. brazilo-montenegrin coffee brought by her sister accompanied fig grappa toast. 1338
kate rich 1 walked from the Cube to bristol avon gorge new quarry, climbed rocks (barefoot traverse in high winds) till half-frozen, walked new quarry to spike island via clifton village. 1276
jenna didier 2 1277
kate rich 1 walked Cube to bus station with approx 33 kg luggage, largely grocery products (gift & residency supplies). 8AM bus to Bristol airport, check-in was fraught with systematic dangers, detailed in-queue interrogation by US immigration agent and latest handluggage attack at the check-in desk. current offical panic allows strictly 1 carry-on bag including all laptops yet minus any liquids over 100ml, feral trade's luggage was oriented around safely stowing feral liquid goods in transit (1x swiss absinthe, 1x hertekamp jenever dutch gin, 3x cube cola concentrates) plus various uk jams, biscuits and 9x bags coffee for US distribution. however these 3x lightweight and compact check-in bags rocketed over continental airlines' economy limit (2x checked bags) so the desk agents attempted to charge 50 USD penalty fee for the distribution of basically groceries. after some negotation, desk agents provided a large clear plastic bag, 2 grocery-holding bags were placed inside henceforth making offically 1 bag for check-in at the fragile counter, no fee necessary. after this drama flight was relatively smooth, although taking off through massive isobar concentration of colliding cold and warm fronts that had been sparking 80 mph around southwest uk in preceding days. flew 8hrs to newark 'liberty' airport, where passenger and bags moved smoothly through immigration (friendly with jokes) and US customs {claiming only chocolate carried, no-one checked); no detentions or passenger bag searches witnessed, just speedy throughput.
\nat the carousel feral trade rented smart cart trolley (3 USD on visacard) for 50m walk to transit desk, rechecked bags for onward flight to los angeles. 6 hrs uneventful flying, neighbouring passenger credited the uncanny mildness of newyork weather to El Nino. Landed LA 1830 PST, collected up bags successfully from carousel and dragged them a few metres to the exit door. Payphone call to Jenna who arrived shortly by pickup-truck, drove via airport exit traffic jam to Materials and Applications silverlake boulevard. 1277
heath bunting 2 1275
kate rich 1 3-act attempt to courier 1x trial bag feral coffee from bristol to newlyn (cornwall). the bristol-plymouth route is currently well cared for but plymouth-penzance / bristol-exeter runs are so far pretty dry. 1st bag went out dec 9th with heath bunting to the furtherfield.org party in london, in attempt to intercept anya lewin & simon poulter who were attending party & driving back to exeter, where blair todd (newlyn) could do a pickup. simon & anya got stuck in traffic, didn't make the party & bag 1 beached at furtherfield. bag 2 dispatched simultaneously with birgitte aga (B) on the regular bristol-plymouth run, got depoted at plymouth arts centre, where it remained. 2007 arrived. bag 3 travelled with me to plymouth arts centre (in case bag 2 was not apparant), courtesy PAC, for the purpose of setting up feral trade exhibit in the SLOW art show, jan 10. I attempted to line up a train-to-platform drop by last minute SMS at exeter st davids station to anya lewin, but she not available at the right last minute. fortunately in PAC cafeteria I ran into anya who had dropped in for some lunch. quickly chucked coffee bag to her for bus ride back to exeter & transfer to spacex gallery who had agreed to act as depot. 1275
easyjet 2 1166
kate rich 1 walked Cube to bus station with approx 33 kg luggage, largely grocery products (gift & residency supplies). 8AM bus to Bristol airport, check-in was fraught with systematic dangers, detailed in-queue interrogation by US immigration agent and latest handluggage attack at the check-in desk. current offical panic allows strictly 1 carry-on bag including all laptops yet minus any liquids over 100ml, feral trade's luggage was oriented around safely stowing feral liquid goods in transit (1x swiss absinthe, 1x hertekamp jenever dutch gin, 3x cube cola concentrates) plus various uk jams, biscuits and 9x bags coffee for US distribution. however these 3x lightweight and compact check-in bags rocketed over continental airlines' economy limit (2x checked bags) so the desk agents attempted to charge 50 USD penalty fee for the distribution of basically groceries. after some negotation, desk agents provided a large clear plastic bag, 2 grocery-holding bags were placed inside henceforth making offically 1 bag for check-in at the fragile counter, no fee necessary. after this drama flight was relatively smooth, although taking off through massive isobar concentration of colliding cold and warm fronts that had been sparking 80 mph around southwest uk in preceding days. flew 8hrs to newark 'liberty' airport, where passenger and bags moved smoothly through immigration (friendly with jokes) and US customs {claiming only chocolate carried, no-one checked); no detentions or passenger bag searches witnessed, just speedy throughput.
\nat the carousel feral trade rented smart cart trolley (3 USD on visacard) for 50m walk to transit desk, rechecked bags for onward flight to los angeles. 6 hrs uneventful flying, neighbouring passenger credited the uncanny mildness of newyork weather to El Nino. Landed LA 1830 PST on the coldest night in memory, minus 2 degrees, snow on Sunset. grabbed bags from carousel and dragged them a few metres to the exit door. Pickup-truck pick up courtesy Jenna Didier, drove via airport exit traffic jam to Materials and Applications, silverlake boulevard, where coffee was warehoused for 6 nights. 19/1 walked silverlake to machine gallery in echo park, then picked up by jenna & truck driving downtown to LA Union Station. Amtrak signs stated that since 2004 passengers with more than 2 bags would be not allowed to board the train, no-one seemed to care. Pacific surfliner train to San Diego went slow but magnetic ocean views. Pickup at san diego station by gold pontiac and shannon spanhake, drove to san ysidro where the pontiac was parked for swifter border crossing by foot. walked 200m with bags along unmanned US exit border corridor, exited via giant turnstile, walked 30 seconds to Lui Velazquez. 1279
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heath bunting 1 1273
kate rich 2 met heath at thistle hotel reception, transfered 6 bags coffee from heath backpack up 3 flights stairs to natalie's hotel room. 1273
natalie jeremijenko 3 1273
Leigh French 4 Cheers Kate, have the smell of freshly ground coffee wafting through the kitchen -- after an early morning cycling-shower, met Natalie before she jumped in a cab to the catch the plane.
\nAll the best, Leigh 1273
jenna didier 3 1279
shannon spanhake 7 1279
kate rich 1 1286
kate rich 1 Coffee packed in overnight bag. Accompanied by kayle brandon, digital photographer, drove to bristol temple meads station, attempt to board the bag unattended on the virgin train for newcastle. Ticket barriers obstructed discrete platform access, so we relocated boarding exercise to nearby bristol parkway station (15 mins drive along the m32). At parkway, evaded ticket barrier detection and proceded to platform where the virgin train for newcastle (5+hrs cross-country) was the next train to arrive. From platform, boarded train & placed zipped coffee self-courier bag in the overhead luggage compartment. Alighted from train and waved goodbye to departing bag. Evaded ticket barriers on exit and sent a SMS to sneha from the cube car, noting train's departure time, name, hopeful schedule and carriage position. Unfortunately... 1284
virgin trains 2 1284
sneha solanki 3 Awaited for the 12.38 from Bristol Temple Meads on a very quiet platform at Newcastle train Station, came in on time very few passengers boarded on the train which incidently was also very empty. I quickly found the correct carriage and located the baggage rack...not there. Ran to the other end of the carriage and not there either. Looked on the top racks .. no, next carriage down, no. got of the train and ran back top the correct and walked through to the next carriage..not there either. this train was the amy johnson and not the Captain John Smith which left Bristol with the shipment! the straight through train had changed mid-route was the only conclusion.
\n
\nImmediately called Newcastle then next destination - Edinburgh.
\nAll lost property or unclaimed baggage is taken to aberdeen on this route.
\n
\nCalled Kate and conferred.
\n
\nCalled Aberdeen the next day ... no bag.
\nCalled Birmingham train station, a usual mid-point train change...no bag
\nCalled kate and conferred.
\n
\n
\n> > maybe a train guard stole it ?
\n
\nNo trace.
\n
\n 1284
Blair Todd 5 Via email conversation with Kate Rich arranged to collect sample bag from Spacex in Exeter on Sat 13 January. Visited gallery at lunchtime but bag couldnt be located. Mobile call at end of day explained the courier had
\nunfortunately been taken ill. Visited Exeter again on Saturday 27 January and bag was successfully collected from Spacex. Was taken by train back to Penzance Sunday 28 and delivered to Newlyn Art Gallery office Monday 29. 1275
heath bunting 1 A box of Feral Trade Coffee arrived from Bristol to Dundee via courier Heath and was met by Sneha at Dundee train station, coffee was handed over. 1285
kate rich 1 3 feb. departed Lui V at 430h for pedestrian bordercrossing to usa with drunken american youth. observed only cursory checks of youth driver licences. trolley to san diego was more exacting, got picked up for not carrying correct trolley ticket and forced to alight. controller seemed unused to reading passports and mistranscribed my surname onto violation document as 'deutsch'. after 20 minutes chatting, controllers who seemed to be ex-navy decided to downgrade ticket attack to a volation warning ordinance no.2, accepted their help to purchase correct ticket for $2.25 from the machine and caught the next trolley to santa fe stop (amtrak san diego). 7:55h surfliner train to LA, noticed surfer swarms extending miles along the san deigo beach. Slept till LA Union station and transferred via palatial courtyards to Amtrak thruway bus to Bakersfield. Amid spectacular mountain scenery and redtail hawks, amtrak busdrivers chatted intimately about their moving violations histories. Haze descended into Bakersfield. Bakersfield station admired public sculpture to tourism, the train arrived on time 13h. 6+ hour boring ride through massive flat industrial agricultures, arrived emeryville 1945, thruway bus over rammed bay bridge to market st SF, and f trolley to guererro & 14th. walked to amy balkin apartment, where the coffee was ground in amy's kitchen. 10 feb. departed 14th st at 645h, caught 16th st, BART to embarcardero, walked through rain to the ferry building. Amtrak thruway bus got lost trying to find Oakland amtrak station but luckily the Coastal Starlight train was 2 hrs late so no drama there. Train dep approx noon, coasted slowly south through thick rain, no view. By mid afternoon train running now 3.5 hours late and predicted to miss last entry into the tunnel between Oxnard and Simi Valley (10pm), bus transfer to LA threatened. In the lounge car, an LA woman was being antiterrorised by 3 train staff for drinking from a non-amtrak purchased beer can, the train manager had decided to cast her off the train at paso robles, 6 hours from destination (LA) off a now 4 hours late train. Other passengers fled the lounge car stating not wanting any trouble. When challenged for watching, I stated concern at disproportionate response of middle of nowhere dumping to wrong beer can, the train manager started saying 'national security administration', 'its a serious situation out here' and 'i'm like the pilot, i have complete authority' and ordered me to return to my seat. 11pm all passengers were detrained at santa barbara for bus transfer to LA. Slept 2.5 hrs until Union station arrival at 130h, Taxi to materials & applications (M&A) on silverlake boulevard, despite 4.5 hrs late amtrak refused to sponsor taxi fare. 12 feb drove with jenna to union station, 1110h surfliner train to San Diego, all was calm. Caught blue line trolley with correct ticket to San Ysidro (1hr), walked from trolley plaza over Interstate overpass, descending to US exit turnstiles. Exited & walked couple hundred meters to Mexico entry turnstiles and thru to Tijuana, walked 30 seconds to Lui V. Ground coffee returned to kitchen shelf and served the following evening at trade talk event. 1291
kate rich 1 departed Lui Velazquez thurs march 2nd and headed south, with Jenna who drove down from LA the night before. overnight stop at La Salina beach hotel, bags containing coffee overnighted in truck cab. friday drove late afternoon back up to tijuana, dinner of stingray tacos at la querencia. 10PM border crossing, traffic subsided dramatically to total miniqueue, 10 minutes max. border guard checked the cab by torchlight for hidden mexicans, we declared 2 bottles of wine and supermarket sweets. Cleared US immigration & customs, then 2.5 hours drive on clear highways (the 5, the 405, the 110) to silverlake, passing LAX airport on the way in. arriving at Materials and Applications in silverlake at 1AM where the bags were repacked in preparation for banff departure. 430AM taxi back to LAX airport, icy LA night for productive transition to the north. 645h flight air canada, slept till calgary landing over snowscape, 11AM, unusually mild +8 degree heat. Cleared Canadian immigration and customs. 1230 shuttle to banff takes 2hrs, toured banff township for shuttle hotel dropoffs, feral trade was the only shuttlee not carrying skis. 15h arrived at banff accommodations in Lloyd Hall where the coffee was shelved. 1/2 bag left-over from Lui V was useful for in-room espresso, using baby espresso maker on hotelroom dripfilter machine hotplate. 1 bag delivered to susan kennard BBQ on spruce street on the 8th. 1300
kate rich 1 walked Cube to bus station with approx 33 kg luggage, largely grocery products. 8AM bus to Bristol airport, check-in was fraught with systematic dangers, detailed in-queue interrogation by US immigration agent and latest handluggage attack at the check-in desk. current offical panic allows strictly 1 carry-on bag including all laptops yet minus any liquids over 100ml, feral trade's luggage was oriented around safely stowing feral liquid goods in transit (1x swiss absinthe, 1x hertekamp jenever dutch gin, 3x cube cola concentrates). however these 3x lightweight and compact check-in bags rocketed over continental airlines' economy limit (2x checked bags) so the desk agents attempted to charge 50 USD penalty fee for the distribution of basically groceries. after some negotation, desk agents provided a large clear plastic bag, 2 grocery-holding bags were placed inside henceforth making offically 1 bag for check-in at the fragile counter, no fee necessary. after this drama flight was relatively smooth, although taking off through massive isobar concentration of colliding cold and warm fronts that had been sparking 80 mph around southwest uk in preceding days. flew 8hrs to newark 'liberty' airport, where passenger and bags moved smoothly through immigration (friendly with jokes) and US customs (claiming only chocolate carried, no-one checked); no detentions or passenger bag searches witnessed, just speedy throughput.
\nat the carousel feral trade rented smart cart trolley (3 USD on visacard) for 50m walk to transit desk, rechecked bags for onward flight to los angeles. 6 hrs uneventful flying, neighbouring passenger credited the uncanny mildness of newyork weather to El Nino. Landed LA 1830 PST on the coldest night in memory, minus 2 degrees, snow on Sunset. grabbed bags from carousel and dragged them a few metres to the exit door. Pickup-truck pick up courtesy Jenna Didier, drove via airport exit traffic jam to Materials and Applications, silverlake boulevard. 1 of 3 cola concentrates damaged in transit: lid cracked, slight leakage onto cola kit with the consistency of paint, as if a cube-cola favuist selfportrait 1301
kate rich 2 19/1 walked silverlake blvd and along sunset to machine project in echo park to discuss potential cube-cola presentation at the gallery; then picked up by jenna & truck driving downtown to LA Union Station to catch the 1110h to san diego. 4 bags plus 2x 'handbags'. Amtrak signs stated that since 2004 passengers with more than 2 bags would be not allowed to board the train, however no-one seemed to care. Pickup at san diego station by gold pontiac and shannon spanhake, drove to san ysidro where the pontiac was parked for swifter border crossing by foot. walked 200m with bags along unmanned US exit border corridor, exited via giant turnstile, walked 30 seconds to Lui Velazquez residency & art space, Tijuana border. Cola concentrate stored in Lui V fridge until 17/2 car pickup by Omar Foglio (Bulbo), drove crosstown - stopping off to puchase beer and aspirins - to Bulbo office and collective kitchen where the cola was prepared. 1302
jenna didier 3 1302
shannon spanhake 4 1302
omar foglio 5 1302
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kate rich 2 Departed Lui Velazquez at 930 AM in the car of downstairs neighbours Lucia and Giacomo, driving their visiting Mexico City artist Hector to LA for overnight joytrip. Saturday morning with presidents holiday long weekend so US border (100m from Lui V) was rammed with waiting traffic. Lucia who is daily crossborder commuter (curator, SD museum of conetemporary art) phoned ahead to check pedestrian queue numbers at San Ysidro (800, massive) & instead headed for Otay smaller border post across town, stopping enroute for oil, gas, air and for Giacomo (architect, Tijuana) to talk to his carpenter. Lucia driving. At Otay Lucia who is fast-track which means bascially handing over all personal data to USA for eternal ambient scrutiny, asked us to disembark as she can only drive through massively reduced fast-track queue if alone. Coffee rode shotgun in paper bag in car boot, Giacomo, Hector & I took the pedestrian crossing, USA begins 50m before the immigration desks, marked by ritzy ground tiles and grotesque public ceramic of mexican dancers. 3 border official desks we took one each, my guy was the asshole and questioned meaninglessly on my middle east travel history, mother's nationality, feelings towards mexico, then what I think of the current war at which point I suggested preferring to keep my answers to myself, tricky in the current situation. After 10 minutes flexing, guy let me through. We rejoined Lucia and car probably 2km from our starting point, 1130AM. Headed fast up the Interstate 5 however passing through Del Mar (last outreach of San Diego, 20 mins later) Lucia got a phone call, important colleague keys were at her house in Tijuana & needed in San Diego, unequivocably right now. No choice, we exited the 5 and looped back heading I5 south, pretty fast by now. Back at the US-Mex border in San Ysidro, Lucia dropped 3 of us off - faster for her to come back through alone, and in car, fast-track for pedestrians having ceased exisiting - and drove the 200m through the unchecked north-south crossing to their Tijuana home. This time we pre-removed all vegetable matters from car, including, my 1 botle tequila, Hector's 1 box apple juice and the feral trade coffee; extreme precaution in case vegetable import materials might send Lucia into Secondary inspection on her re-entry, thus destroying rest of the day. Giacomo, Hector and I crossed the I5 overpass, used Mc DOnalds toilets (25c, nasty) and waited in blazing winter sun, 26 degrees C, near the San Ysidro Jack in the Box where illegal taxis will take you to Los Angeles for 25 USD. Around 1230 we were becoming concerned however Lucia arrived after particularly long lineup. Coffee and other risky vegetables returned to car boot. We then drove to San Diego to drop off the keys, now approx 30km from our starting point and at 1400h made departure for LA for real. There followed 2.5 hours driving thru variable traffics, I5 to the 2, Glenadale blvd and arrived Silverlake at Materials & Applications at 1630, 7.5 hrs since departure & just in time for chinese new years eve closing party of the M&A Bubbles exhibit of giant frontyard inflatables now lit in red for closing exhibition. 1303
kate rich 1 It was necessary to freight 2 bags coffee beans Tijuana-San Ysidro-Tijuana in order to grind it, hopefully at San Ysidro Starbucks, located in Plaza Las Americas outlet mall, via google maps. Departed Lui Velazquez around 10AM on friday 24th feb. Weather cool & windy, occasional sun after intense overnight rain. Despite this the queue at Tijuana's main border crossing reached massively back to the pedestrian bridge. Decided to cross anyway and shuffled towards border. Photography not permitted in the US checkpoint, although a phone number is provided for comments on procedure (total commitment to professionalism, 1877-CPB-5511). Border guard let me through with only routine questions, eg. if I had with me anything purchased in Mexico (no), I considered checking with him whether previous crossing's offical's question regarding my opinion of the current war was totally professional but decided against it. Walked out onto San Ysidro trolley plaza and over the I5 bridge onto Camino de la Plaza, heading west. Plaza Las Americas is about 10-15 minute's walk, the carpark backs onto the border line. Passed Nike, Nine West, lots of palm trees. Deep in the parking area is Starbucks where I asked the manager if he could grind 2 bags of outside coffee for me, and whether I could photograph the process. Manager first suggested that Starbucks didn't allow any photography in stores due to proprietary logos being everywhere, then reversed that and said I could take as many pics as I liked but preferably not to include his head, as grinding outsider coffee was probably not company policy. The feral coffee was ground swiftly at espresso setting, resealed with tape and returned in a Starbucks carry bag, great service. I bought a juice and new york times out of gratitude then headed back to the border. As I was photgraphing its subtle presence a few humdred meters behind the shops, a security woman pulled up in an electric golf buggy and stated that she'd noticed me taking photos of signs and were these photos strictly for personal use (agreed). Walked 10 or so minutes back towards the I5 and arrived at pedestrian border entry to Mexico. I and the coffee passed through the unmanned steel turnstiles, turned right at the no-mans-land tourist information booth and exited to Tijuana at the second set of turnstiles. Lui Velazquez is 30 seconds walk to the right and the coffee was returned to Lui V kitchen, round trip approx 2 hours. 1304
kayle brandon 1 1307
sneha solanki 1 4 bags of ground coffee hand delivered from Dundee to Euan Sutherland (identifiable by brown hat red star) in Glasgow, met outside the Glagow Film Theatre. We exchanged coffee for cash. 1305
Polly Pocket 1 1308
kate rich 1 coffee transited suddenly on the morning of 27th feb. New resident artist at Lui Velazquez arrived unexpectedly at 8AM, so coffee and all other feral trade possessions were bagged and shifted down 1 flight stairs to Lucia and Giacomo apartment, to enjoy 2-night accommodation offer before departing Tijuana on the 2nd. feral coffee opened and enjoyed the following morning over typical tijuana breakfast, borrowed espresso pot courtesy sergio de la torre. 1309
Leigh French 1 1310
jenna didier 2 1300
kate rich 1 sleepy due to recent jetlag, ran to bristol temple meads station from st werberghs, bristol (30 mins) and caught the 0844 virgin train with megatrain ticket which comes in the form of a confirmation number, £1.50 for 1 hour journey bristol-exeter. the weather was uncannily sunny for april. alighted exeter st david's station and passed through exit ticket barrier showing the confirmation number. navigated into exeter using arts council's downloadable map, found senate court after a while. on arrival at ACE SW, carla escorted me to the staff kitchen where the coffee was brewed in preparation for test-service at the monthly staff meeting. 1311
kate rich 1 packed coffee for travel at the cube microplex. waterproof bag against bank holiday monday rain. walked cube to bristol temple meads and caught 1145 train to exeter using unused return half of ticket from previous exeter coffee delivery to ACE and spacex. exeter station walked guided via google maps to spacex where mandy and other staff were having bank holiday pre-installation workday lunch. coffee delivered in exchange for envelope of cash courtesy nicola. walked back to exeter st david's via a slightly different route. 1312
kate rich 1 packed coffee for travel at the cube microplex. waterproof bag against bank holiday monday rain. walked cube to bristol temple meads and caught 1145 train to exeter using unused return half of ticket from previous exeter coffee delivery. walked exeter st davids to spacex to deliver 4 bags coffee, back to exeter st davids and resumed train travel to penzance, arriving 1710. no conductor checked any ticket at any time, although exeter ticket gates are manned by station staff checking if you have some kind of ticket. penzance walked along the sea front in sun outburst to B&B, where the coffee overnighted. next morning after breakfast walked back along the seafront to causewayhead st in downtown penzance where the coffee was handed over to blair todd over coffee.
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kate rich 1 walked cube microplex to spike island, handed over coffee in canteen over lunch. 1316
heath bunting 1 1317
kate rich 1 walked cube to kino. met jem and dave hopkinson outside on the street, dave h took delivery photo. handed cola over to michael inside. 1319
kate rich 1 packed coffee for travel at the cube microplex. waterproof bag against bank holiday monday rain. walked cube to bristol temple meads. The coffee travelled by train via Exeter (delivery of 4 bags of coffee to Spacex gallery for artists' breakfast talks), Penzance (2 bags delivered to Newlyn Gallery as samples for potential future sale at the new Newlyn Exchange gallery, opening July) and St Ives (1 bag handed over to Tate St Ives for proposed staff office coffee supply). 8/5/ Remaining bag (beans) arrived by train and rain into Falmouth, alighted Falmouth Town station and walked several blocks to the Rosemullion hotel, where the coffee was warehoused overnight. 9/5 walked to Falmouth College woodlane campus for a 5pm feral trade lecture, at the end of which demo coffee bag was sold to an audeince member for £5. 1320
lucy byatt 1 1306
kate rich 2 coffee had been waiting its chances to head north for over a month when lucy byatt mentioned she was driving up to glasgow the following day. i emailed variant and rad. bookfair to confirm shipment quantities (20 to RIB, 24 to variant, at a guess 8 to sneha in dundee), then walked spike island to the cube cinema via the cross harbour ferry (50p) to assemble the order. loaded the coffee out of its storage area under the auditorium seating and into the cube car, drove through incredible evening, sundrenched after weeklong rain outburst, & downtown one-way system past floating harbour and along the new cut to spike island. parked outfront. started loading the coffee in to spike island, a former tea-packaging factory, to store overnight at reception however lucy was just exiting the building so we loaded the coffee out direct to her car. 1306
sneha solanki 1 A rushed coffee pick-up at glasgow cafe/record store mono with Euan from R.I.B (radical independent bookfair) / variant. Train travel was courteously paid by Duncan Jordanstone school of art and design. 1318
royal mail 1 £1.84 first class mail due to package dimension (IE. concentrate jar) being thicker than 25 mm. 1321
kate rich 2 kit assembled, wrapped and packaged in the cube office, walked to post office in the Co-op supermarket, the Triangle (Bristol) where the package was mailed. 1321
kate rich 1 drove cube microplex to jelena's house on ashley rd in the cube car, enroute to drop off 52 bags coffee at spike sland for their journey up to glasgow the following day. 1322
gemma 2 1322
royal mail 1 (arrival report from michel chevalier) dear kate,
\neverything arrived ok (a little leaking of bottles
\ndamaged a few labels, however). I like the
\npresentation very much, documented the "unpacking",
\nand have set up the kits in a presentation stand i
\nstole from staples.
\n
\none question: are the kits you sent 15 eur per unit,
\n22eur/unit, or another sum? I am doing the inventory
\nand nedd to know.
\n
\nyours truly
\nmichel 1323
kate rich 2 packed concentrates and kits in cube office using recycled incoming bubble wrap, supplier boxes, styro peanuts. walked cube to broadmead post office where the package was dispatched. 1323
hannah godfrey 1 microplex to bristol home (classified info) via skateboard (free).
\nbristol home to billericay (family home) via train (£54) 29 may.
\nlondon heathrow to toronto's pearson airport (£450) 30 may,
\ntoronto's pearson airport to thornhill (home of a friend), (toronto suburbs) via cabriolet car (£?) 30
\nmay. thornhill to little italy (gladstoen street, where i stayed a night with another friend)via subway
\n($2.75) 31 may, little italy to toronto island (to gibraltar point centre for the arts where my residency is based. free accom) via subway and tram ($2.75) and ferry ($6)1 june.
\ntoronto island to dutch dreams 78 Vaughan Road Toronto, Ontario M6C 2L7.(recmommended ice cream parlour),
\nvia ferry (return fare above) and subway ($2.75) and foot. here i met willy. he bought me a watermleon ice
\ncream topped with fruit . it was the second best ice cream i have ever tasted. we sat outside and chatted
\nfor a while and then went for a walk. he is a really nice bloke and i hope we go for a bike ride soon.
\nall privately funded.
\n
\n
\n_h_l_g_
\n 1324
kate rich 1 Met up 11AM at rasha's house in montpelier from where rasha drove us to the cube to pick up rob's guitar, giant luggage and 1 bag ground coffee for transit to minehead. 1230 or so we headed out of bristol via hotwells, following on-road signage for portishead. paused at the M5 services to switch drivers as rasha's L-plate status not permitted on the motorway. switched back exiting motorway at junction 24. rasha, honing her driving skills for upcoming drivers test, drove final stretch along the slow and windy A39 to minehead, enroute we stopped off at the radio museum / wildlife sanctuary parking lot for an in-car picnic lunch, weather was unfriendly. arrived at butlins around 15h, rob picked up artist and guest passes at the check-in then we proceded to the artists' cafeteria area to find the conway savage band eating bad cafeteria food.
\nphoto series shows in-cabin coffee preparation at the far end of the weekend: monday morning 7AM band departure for bristol airport flight to ireland, rob tickner brews up last of the feral coffee using the colander and paper towel technique. 1325
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robert tickner 3 1325
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kate rich 2 20/6/07 Bank transfer for $3062 ($3011 plus added $51 for random bank charges) with Abbey UK.
\n17/7/07 email from Ricardo Yglesias, the transfer arrived and coffee is enroute at San Salvador airport. Phoned Kingscote freight agent at Heathrow (0208 890 1000), they will contact when the shipment is landed. 24/7, no news. 25/7 no news, midday phoned Kingscote, they had misspelt my phone number, the coffee was delivered to HCH (Delta freight handlers) Heathrow the previous night, shipping documents lost by Delta. Paid fees to Kingscote by phone. 7PM after bristol commuter traffic ebb, left Cube by car, petrol at 96p/L, M32 and M5 rainless despite earlier this week great South West Floods of 2007 engulfing towns. At Heathrow, followed Terminal 4&5 signs to arrive at the HCH cargo compound. Picked up the shipment retrieval documents at Reception with drivers ID and Kingscote authorisation. Shipment pallet delivered by forklift, boxes were all present but many were opened and the coffee bags looked rummaged. Forklifters kindly reweighed the shipment (252 kg) and recorded the pickup as damaged. Drive home was gloomy yet aromatic. Arrived Cube at midnight, unloaded 1/4 metric tonne coffee into the under-auditorium-seating area. Coop had miscompiled the order as 175kg ground coffee and 75kg beans, the reverse of my emailed order; the ground coffee was also ground too coarse. Emailed Ricardo shipping report then went home to sleep (see http://www.feraltrade.org/coffee/correspondance/shipment7/grind_disaster_07_26_2007_16:45:27-600 for more). 1327
Ricardo Andres Yglesias M. 3 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:19:25 -0600 From: Ricardo Yglesias.
\nHi Kate, the money arrived to the bank correctly; we took the 250 K today to
\nthe airport, and is leaving probably tomorrow to Heathrow by Delta Air Lines
\nwith Bill of Lading No. 006-5033-8385 so you can trace it. Tomorrow morning
\nI will send you the Itinerary.
\nBest regards Ricardo.
\nDate: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:43:17 -0600 Subject: RE: Coffee shipment will go tomorrow. Hi Kate, I contacted our agent in the airport, COMCA INTERNATIONAL, and they tell me that the shipment is still on the waiting line, and will not leave today, probably tomorrow, but for sure on Friday. I will inform you of the
\nitinerary as soon as I have the information. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:58:00 -0600 Hi Kate, I am sending you the mail I received today from COMCA INTL, which they say that Delta will have space until Saturday or Sunday, as I talk to Sr. Juan Montoya this morning. On the other hand we received at the Bank
\n$3,011.90, I understand that the bank here charges $15.00 more or less, when
\nwe have the monthly bank statement I'll confirm to you.
\n
\n 1327
kate rich 1 transferred coffee from the void (under auditorium seating) to the office; printed out invoice 1328
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sadie 1 1330
maja kuzmanovic 1 26/7 at 11:30 departed from the N&D Grappa Lab to the airport by car. Arrived at noon. Walked from the parking lot to the airport terminal and checked in the bag (19.8kg). The flight was due to depart at 13:40 but was delayed for an hour. Arrived in Amsterdam at 16.15, waited for bags until 16.45, got some groceries and bboarded the train to Brussels at 17.42. Sat in the corridor, a person fell over my suitcase and manage not to squash the bottles. A kind man offered to lift my bags to the luggage rack, but I told him I couldn't get them down on my own, so i sat with my legs on top of the suitcase, in a packed train, for nearly hours. I called Nik Gaffney to pick me up from the station to help carry the bags (there were other 'home shopping items in my bags beside the grappa - kajmak, mushrooms, truffles, pumpkin oil and wild asparagus being the heaviest of all. Walked from the Brussels North train station to Rogier Metro Station for 10 minutes. Got on the metro nr 2 direction Simonis. Got off at Ribaucourt and walked home on Rue Jennart for another 5 minutes. I was at home at 9PM. After a few days, arranged transport to London with Lina. On the 30th of July I walked to the FoAM studio on Koolmijnenkaai 30-34 in Brussels and repacked some of the leaking grappa bottles. At 3 PM, Bart van de Put offered to take the bottles by bike to Lina's house, on Plantenstraat in Brussels. 1331
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sadie 1 1332
willy le maitre 2 thanksssss - hannah was nice to meet- we had ice creams, strolled and went
\nto a thrift store- when was the last time DHL did that? 1324
michael prior 1 1333
kate rich 2 walked cube microplex to arnolfini via fresh & wild bought a yoghourt. rain cleared. elevator from arnolfini foyer to offices. 1333
bunk 2 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:56:30 +0000 Hi Kate .
\nNot sure if my last email got through, so trying again...
\nThe coffee and cola have arrived in Falmouth safely from Bristol via Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon. I had a
\nrainy drive from Cheriton Fitzpaine on Monday morning, but listened to an interesting R4 programme abt. soundscapes.
\nI have a couple of leads for getting the coffee to Penzance - is there a deadline? Do you have an email address for the Exchange end?
\nvisual offering: van.jpg. me standing in front of the van we borrowed from a friend last Saturday to bring Sadie's stuff back from Bristol (taken Cheriton Fitzpaine).
\nDate: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:35:26 +0000
\nHi Kate
\nCoffee delivered safely to Ginny's house: she will be taking it to the Exchange. I had a very enjoyable bike ride taking it there - it wasn't raining!
\nbest wishes,
\nBunk
\n 1332
kate rich 2 Arrived at Isis Arts, newcastle monday july 2, to find shipment of coffee and other cola accessories safely stashed in isis office. 4 bags remained in newcastle. 1 of the other 2 I took to grainger market where coffee stall girl generously ground it to espresso size for free. 5/7/07 caught the 1810 train newcastle-london, arrived kings x 2115, circle tube to paddington where i met heath bunting for 2 mins and handed over a few spare items for opportunistic train transit back to bristol. took in the night crowds on eedgeware rd & had an ok rioja in paddington upstairs bar then 1143 overnight train to penzance, sleepers sold out, economy looked fluroescently grim so i paid 10 GBP cash for first class upgrade & took a 1/2 french sleeping pill. seats were large uncomfortable and cold but slept mainly through taunton, newton abbot stops, woke at plymouth where the train paused 45 minutes while a fallen tree got removed from the track. pulled into plymouth 845AM on the 6th, sunny & cool. walked 15 mins to the horelne b&b where the coffee was depoted. 1329
bunk 2 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:56:30 +0000 The coffee and cola have arrived in Falmouth safely from Bristol via Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon. I had a rainy drive from Cheriton Fitzpaine on Monday morning, but listened to an interesting R4 programme abt. soundscapes. Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:35:26 +0000 Hi Kate
\nCoffee delivered safely to Ginny's house: she will be taking it to the Exchange. I had a very enjoyable bike ride taking it there - it wasn't raining!
\nAttached the final destination of the cube cola - the building which houses the MA in Contemporary Visual Art in Falmouth.
\nthanks!
\nBunk 1330
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kate rich 2 arrived at Isis Arts 2/7 & picked up coffee from the office, moved upstairs to studio, from where 2 bags were sold on 5/7 to ele carpenter who dropped by for chinese tea and talked about open source embroidery & plans for electrical outages. 4 bags shipped onward to foam, brussels 11/7; & final bag travelled to london for delivery to kate southworth and mark amerika at tate modern disrupting narratives dinner, 13/7. 1334
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kate rich 3 12/7 travelled newcastle-london by gner trains, noon departure. Arrived kings cross station at 15h, not raining. Walked cross-town to save boring descent into london underground for the sake of 2 tube stations, to holborn where the grappa was depoted with carole collet in the textiles department at central st martins. Pickup coordinated by SMS. Waited at security & carole came down to hand over the cargo, we had a brief chat and self-introductions. from here I caught the tube to mile end, very steamy despite cool temperatures above ground. 1/2 way there the tube paused at the platform for about 20 minutes due to a fire on the line at leynstone, then resumed. I alighted at mile end and walked a few blocks to the chisenhale gallery to do a consultation with lottie child on her street training residency (walking as a martial art). after the consultation, lottie offered to help with now excessive bags (camping gear from skye; bits of cube-cola lab from newcastle; other personal effects) and we walked back to mile end tube and travelled underground to mansion house, crossing southwark bridge to the southwark rose hotel where the grappa was depoted overnight in room 408. 13/7 walked the grappa to tate modern for a brief public appearance in the disrupting narratives symposium http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/symposia/8896.htm, which was webcast and subsequently archived. entered via staff entrance and took corridors plus stairs to the starr auditorium 2nd floor; grappa stashed by podium. 1331
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Sylvie Zidek 1 On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, sylvia zidek wrote:
\nhey hello,
\ndo you still ned a couriere for the cola labratorie?
\ni'm going to newton abbot on thursday, coming back on friday. so if you
\ndon't need it befor friday night/saturday, i can pick it up on my way
\nback.
\n8/9/07,
\nSylvie, travelling by car newton abott bristol, picked up cola lab in detour to spacex, exeter and delivered direct to Cube-Cola All Spirits Night party at the Cube . 1336
kate rich 1 12 bags coffee, deliverd from El Salvador too coarsely ground were reground at the Cube Microplex using the Russell Hobbs domestic coffee grinder, cellotaped back shut. 24 Sept boxed up the 12 bags coffee in a box recycled from Cube programme delivery, plus stripey rainproof bag.Walked Cube to Arnolfini where the coffee was stored in Meeting Room over 3 hour session recording audio with a group of refugee students from Bristol City Academy for the Arnolfini's Port City exhibition. 230PM walked 15 mins along the New Cut into sudden prevailing winds to Bart Spices, enroute witnessing Casualty TV crew shooting stunt action up cranes on the Harbourside. Coffee delivered to Edward Shaw, Bart Spices meeting room, in exchange for payment by cheque. 1343
kate rich 1 reground coffee in cube domestic grinder, walked to spike island with amy balkin 1344
kate rich 1 reground coffee at microplex kitchen workbench 1345
amy balkin 1 Coffee delivered to the galley of the Noorderlicht for onboard consumption en-route to Greenland from Svalbard. Date and time of actual coffee brewing is unknown. For more see: http://voyage5.capefarewell.com/category/blogs/amy 1346
sylvie zidek 1 travelling by car newton abott bristol, picked up cola lab in detour to spacex, exeter and delivered direct to Cube-Cola All Spirits Night party at the Cube 1339
Mia Jankowicz 1 1347
kate rich 2 coffee reground at cube, walked to arnolfini for port city symposium. post-symposium waterfront transaction with mia jankowicz, coffee exchanged for 5 pound note borrowed from arnolfini curator nav haq. 1347
Polly Pocket 1 1348
sneha solanki 2 Polly arrived on time at Newcastle Central station and handed over part of the shipment in a plastic bag and transfered the remaining from her rucksack to my wheely suitcase. We parted at the station entrance, all in a matter of minutes. Coffee shipment now awaiting delivery to the Star and Shadow cinema, Newcastle and the DOCUMENT festival Glasgow. 1348
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lina kusaite 2 From: lina kusaite
\nTo: kate rich, Saul Albert
\nSubject: coffee
\n
\nsorry guys, but this time, i didn't managed to get coffee form saul's office.
\nkate, do you think, you will be able to bring some, when you will come over in November?
\n
\nbest
\nlina
\n 1350
Colin Evans 1 1351
kate rich 3 10 bags coffee reground by hand in cube's domestic Russell Hobbs grinder, stacked in cube office next to kondor workstation. Drove Polly, backpack and plastic shopping bag of coffee to Bristol Temple Meads at 1030 AM in the Cube Car 1348
kate rich 1 walked cube to kino 1352
sneha solanki 1 Feral trade coffee was delivered to Glasgow from Newcastle for the temporary and free cafe- 'Brothmix' in the intermedia space, CCA. Delivery was 3 days late from expected transportation date due to courier illness. 1353
kate rich 2 Concentrate jar bubble wrapped and placed in envelope, walked to the post office on Stokes Croft to mail jar to Scotland for £1.32 1339
Suzanna Chan 1 1354
kate rich 2 Coffee packed in striped courier bag, travelled by foot and shared ride to Bristol Temple Meads for Art Movement Seminar (part of Arnolfini Port City show). Bag parked at ticket barriers as the tour group assembled, 34 return tickets to Severn Beach were bought for group discount price of £1.50 each. Traversed the ticket barriers and travelled 1208 departure first great western to Severn Beach, walked to Shirley's Cafe and several minutes further to beach for artists' presentations. 1422h train back to Temple Meads, took harbour side exit, walked down stairs to the 1510h ferry to Prince's Bridge, disembarked to Arnolfini bar where the coffee was transferred to Suzanna over chips. 1354
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saul albert 2 Handed over 10 bags of coffee to Steven, who took them away in a carrier bag. He told me he had found out about it via the Big Issue, and that he was buying for his faith community. Interesting. 1349
stephen lawrence 3 1349
sneha solanki 1 5 bags of Feral trade coffee delivered to Polytechnic (Newcastle) via leicester- 2 bags lighter. 1355
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kate rich 1 Bagged up the coffee for travel at Cube Microplex and walked to Arnolfini to deliver a guided tour of the galleries, 2PM, super sunny weather, no-one showed up for tour. Taxi Arnolfini to Bristol Temple Meads for the 1444 train to Plymouth. Bought a ticket but evaded conductor ticket check anyway as training. Plymouth transitioned to replacement bus service in accordance with standard practice of siting engineering work across non-commuter travel schedules. Bus inched out of Plymouth through Saturday sporting traffic, arrived eventually in St Austell for a non-connecting train service, everyone spent 45 mins raiding the cafeteria for drinks and snacks. Train arrived 1930 for 1hr run to Penzance, no ticket checks except by drunk rugby fans. Penzance arrival was mild, dark and salty aired. Lugged bag up Market Jew Street to Chapel Street, Union Hotel in time to witness England losing world cup rugby to South Africa, outdoors was suffused with the air of lost hype. Coffee warehoused overnight in hotel room, next morning walked around the corner to Exchange where the coffee was delivered to the cafe. 1358
jon ross 1 1359
Paula Orrell, PAC 2 1342
heath bunting 1 1360
kate rich 1 55 bags whole bean coffee hauled out of Cube storage area under the cinema seating and loaded into Cube car with assistance of James Vickery. Drove through Bristol town centre frosty sun and 1-way system to Spike Island, parked out front in the disabled parking, from where the coffee was unloaded direct to the canteen storage area.
\n22/11 feral trade vitrine installed canteen wall with coffee and background information. However - in Feral Trade's 5 month winter abscence from Bristol, the cafe staff removed feral trade coffee from case and replaced it with their own favoured coffee product, a transparent failure in institutional relations to deliver a usable trade link (and successful proof that the social connection is key to feral trade business). The coffee was picked up from canteen in June 2008 and returned to Cube storage. 1361
kate rich 1 moved 5 concentrates from box to cube fridge 1362
Polly Pocket 1 1363
sneha solanki 2 1363
kate rich 1 1364
kate rich 1 labelled and handed 2 jars LGE (equivalent to 4x SMALL) concentrate to Ilana in the star and shadow bar; the other 1x LGE concentrate was delivered to the bar earlier in the lab procedings as a syrup. 1365
kate rich 1 coffee bagged up for departure but due to last minute postponement of the open sauces event in brussels, coureir and coffee did not travel 1366
kate rich 1 caught the train to st ives, windswept & rainy. met mark osterfield, interim director, in the tate cafe where the coffee was handed over. 1367
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kate rich 1 Walked microplex through mean cold to temple meads for the 10AM departure to london. entered the station evading the ticket barriers, although the train which was incoming from paignton leveraged a full ticket check between swindon and reading so ticket was checked. arrived paddington, exited the station not via the ticket barriers. walked in space between rains past st pancras international, where the sudden postponement of the open sauces event nov 22 at fo.am in brussels meant i no longer needed to catch the 1423h brussels eurostar. walked an extra 10 minutes with google map printout to konstam restaurant just off kings cross road opposite travelodge, for an 85% within the m25 perimeter sourced lunch with simon preston from EAT! NewcastleGateshead. i can recomend the skate. 1369
kate rich 1 Dep Cube Microplex at 1315h on foot to Bristol Temple Meads with giant baggage for 14h London train. Changed at Reading for the Gatwick Express however 2 stops before Gatwick arrival the train was evacuated due to a lorry stuck under a bridge enroute. Platform staff mentioned replacement coach services then fled the scene. A couple holidaying in Scotland by Easyjet had found a taxi so I joined them for 8 mile cab ride, arriving Gatwick to find the Emirates flight delayed by 30 mins.
\nChecked in giant bag at 17kg of mainly grocery products (coffee, whisky, british chocolates) & hung out in horrific decor of departure plaza. Plane dep punctually 30 mins late at 2040h, flew through an ultra short night to land in Dubai 0700h, 1 hr shuttle to airport plus 2 hrs in crazed shopping plaza then switched to a more updated Emirates plane for Melbourne 12h flight connection. Night followed day fast, landed Melbourne Tullamarine airport through cloudy fog at again 0700h. Retrieved the giant bag from carousel & proceded to quarantine declaration area where coffee & assorted biscuits, chocolate, japanese tea, british crisps and indian turmeric root were unpacked for uninterested quarantine officials. Got picked up at arrivals area by mum & dad and drove to Amess street North Carlton where the coffee was stored for drinking and depoted further distribution. 1370
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kate rich 1 got a lift with dad amess st-blyth st. 6/12/07 walked blyth st to st georges road north fitzroy where the coffee (beans) was covertly ground for espresso in piedmontes supermarket on-shelf grinder. 20/12 drove rental car to bear gully, 20K past fish creek with ruth for some flood and gale beach camping. 1374
nik gaffney 2 hi heath,
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\ndo you have any feral trade obligations in brussels this weekend? if you
\nhave time, access and/or inclination would you be able to bring a few
\nkilos of coffee over for us. i also need to pay/exchange for FER-1620
\nwhich stayed at foam (there were complications with the foam->timesup leg)
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kate rich 1 raining. bus 67 from http neighbourhood down to aldgate in eventually standstill traffic. walked to myrdle
\nstreet. arrived at mute office exactly in time for a best practice office lunch which simon cooked from market
\nand food coop sources in the mute office ricecooker, advanced level. 1411
kate rich 1 Departed Amess street 1730h in parents car to Tullamarine airport, driving peak hour traffice to avoid Citylink private toll freeway. Fastlaned at the airport due to online check-in, deposited giant bag now 21kg checked through to Dhaka. Plane departed practically empty 21h for Singapore, I slept through airport interlude plus mass boarding, then on to Dubai, landing predawn. 8 hours in Dubai airport passed in ambient mild interest amongst giant indoor palm trees and massed sleeping travellers, not many looked touristic. Several Bangladeshi business labourers were visibe sleeping on their briefases which were marked up with masking tape and felt pen Dhaka addresses. I bought several liters duty free spirits plus a Costa coffee on credit which also bought a spacious table, concourse views and opportunity to listen to neighbouring tables talking wheeler dealer business, making irate phone calls to US cellphone service providers and talking to the waiter about Pakistan, for a few hours. Bought a 1 gigabyte memory stick for US$20 and ate a sandwich of Melbourne bread, inflight cheese portion plus tomatoes, lettuce from mum's garden. Eventually departure gate for 1315 Dhaka flight, plane was ganged with UAE men, some middle class Bangladeshis, few women. Bit of a raucous onboard atmosphere and men unused to airoplane lavatories refusing to lock doors and pissing on floor, seat occasionally. 1930h landing at Dhaka, zoomed through immigration no questions and picked up giant bag from the carousel. The exit offered a few ambiguous options and no-one with Britto signage, but SMS from Britto co-ordinator Lipi confirmed pickup. A while later, Robii arrived holding paper reading Britto, he sourced a taxi and we wove through Dhaka traffic approx 1 hour to arrive at Elephant Road, giant bag dragged 2 floors up to Britto Arts and parked. 1373
kate rich 1 Kate Rich conveyed by zone 1+2 3hr travelcard on tram 96 to Spencer St, then by limited express train Southern Cross to Lilydale train terminus. Texted Julian Browne from the City Loop tunnel emergence with ETA of 16hish, to allow him time for the 50 minute drive to Buxton-Lilydale for station pickup. The train was evacuated in driving summer heat due to technical problems at Auburn where unattended passengers were left to figure out it would be necessary to take the next passing train to Camberwell in order to pick up another Lilydale express. Met at Lilydale platform by Julian & 4WD for the 50 minute plus drive to Buxton via a 5 minute rammed earth winery tour, Healsville Pub, and the beautiful yet perilous driving gauntlet the Black Spur. Arrived at Pobblebonk, Julian and Jude's offgrid flatpackshed domestic paradise early sunset and jumped into dam. 1375
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kate rich 1 Up at 630h, walked north up Merri Creek approx 1 hr to Murray Rd Coburg, walked east to Preston 20 mins, arriving Beauchamp st 830h for babysit before sister Megan dep for work. Went to the park & back with Jack and Isabelle, hung out with friends, ate lunch, watched TV. After early dinner, drove with brother-in-law Juan to Southern Cross station for the 1855h replacement bus service to ALbury, 3.5 hrs. Albury 1130 picked up the actual train to Sydney, slept reclined in 1st class upgade seat, delivered Sydney a few hrs late at 920AM. Train to Circular Quay for car via SMS pickup by Zina Kaye and Mr Snow plus kid (Hunter), drove to flying visit of Museum of Contempoary Art then met Califoria tourists Lucky and Robyn for coffee, Botannical gardens. Walked through trees under fruit bats to hide from wilting sun at leafy restaurant where the coffee was viewed and chatted about. Back in bag, coffee returned to Sydney station by foot and reverse city train, for onward overnight Citylink trainride to Brisbane. 10/1 scenic arrival in Brisbane more or less as scheduled 700h. Local train to Cleveland then shuttle bus to Straddie Flyer ferry departure point. Ferried through wild & wippy waves, fine rain, to Dunwich arrival pier, met by Scott + car. Drove a few hundred meters to Scott's place Dunwich foreshore for lunch, where the coffee was stored in kitchen fridge. Later the shipment was subdivided for social distribution to Scott's neighbour Megan plus ex-stepson Darcy. Coffee also pictured at Scott's work location, loading sand for titanium dioxide onto early morning barges. 1376
kate rich 1 Turmeric collected direct from Joydev's mother's house floor storage, Beltoli village. Our host Joydev's mother adamantly refused cash payment despite vague attempt. Bagged in non-plastic in compliance with Bangladesh-wide total plastic bag ban, then transported by foot along riverside village path, stopping at Joydev's sister's teahouse to pick up 1L ferally traded semi-illegal village fermented rice wine, in water bottle. Crossed the river via bamboo footbridge, rickshaw into Khagrachhari town centre market. Due to no mobile phone coverage in entire Khagrachhari area for political reasons, took another rickshaw to the hotel to collect driver and charter van waiting to return us on the 4 hour drive to Robbii's house. Everyone except van driver bought kilos of local vegetables from tribal vendors at the central market. Exited Khagracchari via military checkpoint set up in this sometimes rebel Buddhist area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), where feraltrade signed out via police guestbook which controls foreigner access to CHT for policial reasons. Van drive slowly down hill tract curved roads, celebrated with ringtone chorus when 4 mobile phones reentered network. After night fell, stopped in Chittagong to drop off Joydev, a truck and concrete slab were blocking the road to his house so he had to walk the last stretch. Drove super fast now through Chittagong Port hinterlands along Karnaphuli river, arriving Robbi's house in time for 10PM dinner served by Robii's mother. Turmeric stored overnight in bedroom, then AM travelled in CNG taxi to Swiftline coach terminus central Chittagong, 6 hours deluxe coach ride to Motijheel terminus in Dhaka, then 1 hour Swiftline complimentary minibus through crazed stalled Dhaka city centre traffic, rickshaw the last km to arrive exhausted at Britto residency, Elephant Rd, where the turmeric was stored for 1 week. 26/2 rickshaw to General Post OFfice which driver and passers by could only find by its initials GPO. Dodged postal re-wrap vultures to the EMS airmail counter where price for the possibly 2 kg package 7 days flight to UK would be 2900 Tk, close to 25 GBP. Surface mail provides alternately sky high prices and a 20 day delivery period due to government deep corruption, exit of objects from Bangladesh is as of recently bleak. We notice another woman spending 7000 Tk mailing a package to a relative in Australia. The official suggests we tape all box edges due to probable rough handling enroute for this ultra costly service. Paid in cash and receipted.
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\n10/05 turmeric and other feral products travelled by wheeled bag along newcastle quayside and across the tyne to Baltic Square where the EAT! NewcastleGateshead market was assembling. Products unpacked to stall, from where over the passage of the afternoon 30 units of turmeric were explained, bagged and transferred to Newcastle and Gateshead citizens.
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kate rich 1 5AM dark wakeup to catch early 8hrs train to Chittagong and avoid bus terror and motion sickness. Almost trapped exiting Britto building by padlocked front gate, woke up sole key holding downstairs neighbour Piplu. Rickshaw on speedy dawn roads to Komplapur train station for prebought 1st class non A/C seat along with Britto artist Nupur, traveling to Chittagong to visit her family. After 1 hour or so it was possible to taste the deliciousness of non Dhaka smogged air. Arriving Chittagong station around 330PM, Nupur used Nescafe station counter to write down directions in 2 languages & gave also verbal directions to CNG scooter taxi for the 1 hour further drive through Chittagong traffic then out along port road beside Karnaphuli River to Charbasthi village, where driver successfully located the destination via asking anyone roadside where Robii's house is. 1.5 bags feral coffee stored in Robii's family kitchen, brewed at breakfast. 1379
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kate rich 1 After a 1 day Bristol stopover enroute back from Bangladesh, packed bags at Microplex for 730AM bus to airport. At the airport, passed through inqueue US security haze and checked in the leopard bag (nonfragiles, fibres, liquids) at Continental checkin, 9 kilos. In the concourse toilets repacked the 3 small handbagges into 1 giant jute bag, compliant with current UK airport security trends limiting passenger to 1 carry on bag, decorated in this case with US imagery and slogans from the New Market in Dhaka. Cleared security and unpacked giant bag to original 3 (fragiles, edible, valuables, inflight accessories). Nice view of Avonmouth canoeing large yet ultra orderly immigration queue, fingerprinted and retina scanned as per usual. Monorail and airtrain to New York Penn Station and walked 2 blocks with barely carryable bags to Natalie's apartment West 29th street, where the coffee was warehoused for approximately 12 hours. Predawn, crossed the road to Holiday Inn Express for JFK airport shuttle pickup at 510AM. Checked in leopard bag at JFK, no masquerade with carry-on repack due to less bizarre local security rules. Flew west 5 hours to land at Calgary Airport, from where the Banff Airporter shuttle deaparted across strangely snowfree tundra to the Rocky Mountains Banff National Park, arriving Banff Centre 15h. 1381
kate rich 1 Free passage Cube to HTTP opened up as follows. Unexpected train ticket leftover (return half of a standard Stansted-Bristol fare) received on the morning of departure, courtesy Heath Bunting, returning early from Slovenia. Picked up ticket plus rolling coffee suitcase, approx 20kg, from Cube at noon and walked cash free to Bristol Temple Meads station via mainly smooth surfaces. Rolled through ticket gates and caught 2 lifts to the platform for the 1330 to London. Disembarked at Paddington and hauled coffee luggage up (ticket-gateless) rear stairs to the Hammersmith Line tube entrance, where all oyster card readers were handwritten out of operation. Following the influence of other passengers Feral Trade breezed through to the platform without seeking ticket agent assistance and took the next Hammersmith train eastbound. Changed to the Piccadilly line at Kings Cross (stairs) and alighted at Manor House where the exit to surface was via escalator. When challenged at the ticket barrier for exit without oyster, Feral Trade explained inactive oyster readers at Paddington and described that the ticket agent had been talking on the phone. This combined with claim to not live in London (barrier agent checked this via swiping oyster card on a nearby reader to witness recent nonactivity) seemed to work: waived through with no further questions. Walked for free up Green Lanes following internet map via Hermitage Rd to HTTP Gallery on Ashfield Rd, where Marc Garret received coffee delivery. 1393
kate rich 1 Tea pre-ordered in nonstandard, low-brand packaging (sealed tinfoil packs of 10) direct from Kazi & Kazi marketing department HQ, Dhaimondi district of Dhaka. Picked up by arrangement from the marketing director Mr Iqbal Khan on the morning of february 27th, preboxed and invoiced. Kazi security issued visitor passes. On leaving the building there was a fairly long altercation with security who, despite viewing the tea receipt, were unsure that the box of tea might not have been somehow stolen. Rickshaw from Kazi HQ to Britto Arts, cenral Dhaka, passing by coincidence another Kazi/Gemcon company asset, the Dhaka University of Liberal Arts. Sameday departure from Britto with barely portable bags overcrammed with mixed produce, to Zia international airport via CNG and regular taxi. Check-in was swift due to online check in earlier on. Emirates flight to Dubai was, as on the outward bound segment, extra exciting with co-passengers who had probably never flown before misinterpreting common inflight conventions eg. opening storage cupboards in search of the toilets. Brief mid night transit of Dubai airport, Emirates flight to London Heathrow landed 7AM, passed through Customs unnoticed. National Express bus to Bristol bus station where the tea and other trade items were briefly depoted at the Cube Microplex over 2 months. 7th of may, departed Cube Microplex around midday by Cube car for Bristol Temple Meads station, courtesy driver Heath Bunting. Bags inventory: rolling suitcase, cement bag, rucksack and courier bag. Station lift service provided easy navigation to train which departed on time, 13h. 5 hour cross country voyage to Newcastle interrupted only by a medical emergency at Tamworth, 30 minutes, and a signal congestion near Northalleraton, the train manager apologised for any iinconvenience this might have caused. Outside fields were green from an uncommon rain season, with oilseed rape fields in full yellow glare. Met at Newcastle by Sneha Solanki, and taxied to her home where the tea & other products overnighted. 1384
kate rich 1 dragged bags to banff centre front desk for the 1330 airporter shuttle to calgary airport, in the company of furtherfield.org. paula levine, jeremy bailey and a pack of skiiers. shuttle slid smoothly through light snow 2 hrs to calgary. at the airport it was immediately evident our group would be severed as paula and I, flying to USA had to procede directly thru customs and immigration to enter module USA contained within calgary airport. immigration control was totally lite, the latino immi-officer tested out his basic deutsch on my german passport. Inside USA holding area we spotted jeremy, ruth and marc through a thin skein of border glass partition in identical transit lounge corridor on the canada side, we posed for international photos. 1820 air canada flight to san francisco was dull with non functioning individual video screens and heavy clouds. SF clear bay landing, curbside pickup courtesy paula's husband david, drove via freeway to the panhandle where the coffee was delivered to amy balkin. 1385
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Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits 1 During their short visit to Newcastle, Rasa and Raitis took back to Riga 3 bags of Feral Trade coffee which they fondly remembered. 1383
sneha solanki 2 The parcel arrived into Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, on 4 March in relatively good condition. I opened the package to remove all the turmeric for preservation by divided the shipment of the rhizome into fridge and soil methods. 1378
kate rich 1 Turmeric collected direct from Joydev's mother's house floor storage, Beltoli village. Our host Joydev's mother adamantly refused cash payment despite vague attempt. Bagged in non-plastic in compliance with Bangladesh-wide total plastic bag ban, then transported by foot along riverside village path, stopping at Joydev's sister's teahouse to pick up 1L ferally traded semi-illegal village fermented rice wine, in water bottle. Crossed the river via bamboo footbridge, rickshaw into Khagrachhari town centre market. Due to no mobile phone coverage in entire Khagrachhari area for political reasons, took another rickshaw to the hotel to collect driver and charter van waiting to return us on the 4 hour drive to Robbii's house. Everyone except van driver bought kilos of local vegetables from tribal vendors at the central market. Exited Khagracchari via military checkpoint set up in this sometimes rebel Buddhist area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), where feraltrade signed out via police guestbook which controls foreigner access to CHT for policial reasons. Van drive slowly down hill tract curved roads, celebrated with ringtone chorus when 4 mobile phones reentered network. After night fell, stopped in Chittagong to drop off Joydev, a truck and concrete slab were blocking the road to his house so he had to walk the last stretch. Drove super fast now through Chittagong Port hinterlands along Karnaphuli river, arriving Robbi's house in time for 10PM dinner served by Robii's mother. Turmeric stored overnight in bedroom, then AM travelled in CNG taxi to Swiftline coach terminus central Chittagong, 6 hours deluxe coach ride to Motijheel terminus in Dhaka, then 1 hour Swiftline complimentary minibus through crazed stalled Dhaka city centre traffic, rickshaw the last km to arrive exhausted at Britto residency, Elephant Rd, where the turmeric was stored for 1 week. 27th February departed Dhaka in the evening via CNG taxi and car taxi followed by rapid flight Dhaka-Dubai-London Heathrow, National Express bus to Bristol, 1 day in Bristol changing bags, clothes, weather schemes then city flyer bus to Bristol Airport, direct flight to Newark, where the turmeric transited US Immigration and Customs without a murmur. Train to Penn Station, 12 hours visit with Natalie Jeremijenko on 29th street then shuttle to JFK airport, direct flight to Calgary and airporter shuttle to the Banff where the turmeric was stored for 4 weeks in a hotel room drawer. Departure from the Banff Centre March 29th reverse shuttle to Calgary Airport where the turmeric discretely recleared US Customs then on west to land in San Francisco and gratefully receive a ride from Paula Levine's husband David to the Fell street apartment of Amy Balkin and Josh On, from where units of turmeric were passed to the Upper Haight, Mission and Berkley, in household gift form. 1386
kate rich 1 Tea pre-ordered in nonstandard, low-brand packaging (sealed tinfoil packs of 10) direct from Kazi & Kazi marketing department HQ, Dhaimondi district of Dhaka. Picked up by arrangement from the marketing director Mr Iqbal Khan on the morning of february 27th, preboxed and invoiced. Kazi security issued visitor passes. On leaving the building there was a fairly long altercation with security who, despite viewing the tea receipt, were unsure that the box of tea might not have been somehow stolen. Rickshaw from Kazi HQ to Britto Arts, cenral Dhaka, passing by coincidence another Kazi/Gemcon company asset, the Dhaka University of Liberal Arts. Sameday departure from Britto with barely portable bags overcrammed with mixed produce, to Zia international airport via CNG and regular taxi. Check-in was swift due to online check in earlier on. Emirates flight to Dubai was, as on the outward bound segment, extra exciting with co-passengers who had probably never flown before misinterpreting common inflight conventions eg. opening storage cupboards in search of the toilets. Brief mid night transit of Dubai airport, Emirates flight to London Heathrow landed 7AM, passed through Customs unnoticed. National Express bus to Bristol bus station where the tea and other trade items were briefly depoted at the Cube Microplex over 2 nights. To cut a long story short, the tea then departed Bristol on March 1st, flying Bristol-Newark, train to New York Penn Station, overnight stay at the home of Natalie Jeremijenko on 29th st, shuttle to JFK airport, flight to Calgary and a further shuttle to the Banff Centre where the tea enjoyed a 4 week haitius in the Lloyd Hall hotel room sidetable drawer. Back to Calgary airport by shuttle on 29 March the tea flew on to San Francisco and travelled by car to Fell street in the Upper Haight, from where it departed at dawn 2 weeks later via 21 Hayes bus and Amtrak coach to Emeryville, connecting train through the Central Valley to Bakersfield and connecting bus service to Los Angeles Union station, arriving exactly as scheduled at 425PM on April 16. Pickup courtesy of Jenna Didier's pickup truck from the station forecourt, drove to M&A on Silverlake Blvd where the tea was delivered in a blaze of southern california sunshine.
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Lise Chevalier 1 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:45:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Chevalier Lise: Dear Kate,
\nI posted the package yesterday, so you should recieve it in one week.
\nIt was 9 euros, I called Natascha and we will meet soon and she will give me the money back.
\nSo I give you alo 3 photographs, the 2 where I am are taken by unknown people on the street I asked them.
\nSee u soon, Lise* --- kate rich a écrit :
\n> hi lise
\n>
\n> ok if you email natascha direct about this?
\n
\n> she has said she will be glad to help, i think with
\n> transferring the cash,
\n> which we can sort out more easily once the sweets
\n> are mailed, i think this
\n> could cost around 10 euros.
\n>
\n> perhaps she could also help take a photo of you &
\n> sweets in berlin, that
\n> would be great
\n>
\n> thanks again
\n> kate
\n>
\n> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Chevalier Lise wrote:
\n>
\n> > Dear Kate,
\n> >
\n> > I just want to know if you want me to go to the
\n> > postoffice, or if Natascha is taking care of
\n> > it-because of her account-. The sweets were aroud
\n> 12
\n> > thousand.
\n> > And after I have no idea but it's really heavy so
\n> by
\n> > the post, it should bemore expensive. I can tell
\n> you
\n> > the exact price then.
\n> > let me know exactly.
\n> > Thanks
\n> > Lise*
\n> > 1388
kate rich 1 dep Cube Microplex at 13h with backpack of 19 coffee. Stopped off at Bristol's Bridewell former police station for Bristol Radical History panel session (The Global Commons!) then walked through Castle Park cherry blossom haze to Bristol Temple Meads for the offschedule 1709 departure to London. The Saturday newspapers announced massive house price plunges and Tory Council seat captures for the London area. Train manager announced that due to planned pickup of Millwall fans at Swindon, first class had been declassified. Bristol passengers were advised to move to the first class carriages which, on arriving in Swindon would not have their doors released to guard against football rowdiness. At Swindon this came to pass, additionally the buffet car immediately closed. The train manager apologised for any inconvenience. At Reading station a barrage of police met the train at each door and only passengers with Reading-oriented tickets were allowed to exit. Arriving at Paddington all others disembarked through another cloud of police officers, and Feral Trade walked down tube tunnels surrounded by now unpoliced yet pretty docile Milwall fans. Alighted the tube at Leicester Square into suffocating crowds of Saturday night, walked through Soho to mainly deserted private members club Blacks, where 1 bag of coffee was incidentally sold. Later in the evening, minicabbed it to Whitechapel where the coffee was depoted overnight. AM pickup by Furtherfield.org Ruth Catlow at Palmiers coffee shop on Vallance street, from where the coffee travelled by car to Stoke Newington Swimming pool and was parked outside. Feral Trade and Furtherfield swam laps till the pool was evacuated by a false alarm fire, bathers were restricted from either re-entering the pool or exiting the area, after which approximately 25 minute standoff, ft & ff insisted on their right to nondetention and managed to exit to changing rooms, shower, dress and receive a pool refund to spend on tea & quiche at the nearby Clissold Park Cafe, amongst ancient trees and green spaces. The coffee was later delivered to HTTP by Furtherfield car. 1392
kate rich 1 departed Cube Microplex around midday by Cube car for Bristol Temple Meads station, courtesy driver Heath Bunting. Bags inventory: rolling suitcase, cement bag, rucksack and courier bag. Station lift service provided easy navigation to train which departed on time, 13h. 5 hour cross country voyage to Newcastle interrupted only by a medical emergency at Tamworth, 30 minutes, and a signal congestion near Northalleraton, the train manager apologised for any iinconvenience this might have caused. Outside fields were green from an uncommon rain season, with oilseed rape fields in full yellow glare. Met at Newcastle by Sneha Solanki, and taxied to her home where the coffee & other products overnighted. 1390
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kate rich 2 10/5 retrieved the 2 boxes sweets from sneha solanki's fridge & carried them by backpack along newcastle quayside, crossing the millenium bridge at 930 AM before it was taken over by memorial security forces. Sweets unloaded at the feral trade EAT market stall & distributed in pairs for immediate eating. 1388
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kate rich 1 Travelled HTTP to Gasworks by foot, tube (Manor House to Vauxhall), foot; coffee travelled by folding bag. Arriving in Vauxhall a bit early, checked out city farm rabbits and pullets enjoying the morning sunshine. 10AM arrived at Gasworks for a meeting with Mia and Alessio during which the coffee was delivered. 1395
kate rich 1 wheeled rolling suitcase back from baltic square market to polytechnic, from where kate rich & sneha solanki retired to free trade pub for a drink in the rare late afternoon newcastle hazy heat. 1396
kate rich 1 packed up bags. caught the bus from green lanes near http to waterloo which strangely went via the tower of london, very scenic though. sat out on southbank balcony enjoying grey hazy after-office london evening and thames. then walked across the renamed hungerford footbridge now queen elizabeth golden jubilee bridge to charing cross tube and travelled underground to kings cross st pancras, the new and sterile megahome of eurostar. maja and lina appeared on time at the sleek grey arrival doors for our 1 hr meeting. upstairs the champagne bar serves only champagne so we went instead to chain dive pub at the end of the station. Despite being inside station cncourse it had outdoor awnings under which were full blast outdoor heaters despite it already being too warm inside the already airconditioned station. the waitress didn't know what ale is so maja & lina ordered 1/2s of bitter, i had the rose. on table exchange of coffee for euros, plus masa harina from the spanish shop near brussels midi statoin for kazi&kazi tea, and feral trade turmeric and neem tea for brussels moroccan cous cous cakes. 1397
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kate rich 1 Sunny. Walked to Manor House Tube, tubed direct to Sth Kensington. Coffee in yellow flowery bag. Went to the V&A staff entrance on Exhibition Rd. When I informed the receptionist I was making a delivery she asked where my car was. She then offered to put the coffee in the internal mail. I suggested to call Rachel Francis and started taking photos of the reception area. Security guards asked if they could help me. Rachel came down & swapped 2 ten pound notes for coffee, we chatted then I left. 1398
kate rich 1 moved 12 bags ground coffee from Feral Trade box to Cube bar box in the Cube under-auditorium storage area. 1399
sneha solanki 1 Feral trade coffee dropped off at the Star & Shadow Cinema during the Projectile Anarchist festival for courier Lex (AK Press) to pick-up and transport to Variant / RIB, Glasgow. 1391
kayle brandon 1 Took a walk along Jamaica St onto Stokes Croft then left into Nine Tree Hill.
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kate rich 1 Walking on Sunday in brilliant sun on the Kennett & Avon canal 5 miles or so past Bath, in order to return Furtherfield.org to their parked car after a wild river crossing of the Avon just below Claverton Weir plus wilder-still through nettle patch uphill hike, we came across tea on the lawn of a suddenly appearing canalside tea kiosk. We were their first paying customers of the season. Tea was served in china with sameday scones, jam & cream. Tea maker Sue BP was pleased to order 5 bags of feral coffee to be delivered soon to her workplace, City Property Lets on Gloucester Rd back in Bristol.
\nThe following Wednesday it had clouded over. Loaded 5 bags coffee into red floral bag and departed Cube Microplex on foot for an uneventful walk along Dove Street South, Cheltenham Rd and Gloucester Rd. Came across City Property Lets, a sociably-run letting agency, opposite Somerfield. Unloaded the coffee at the counter where i chatted with canalside tea people Wendy and Sue about upcoming weather, Nepal, turmeric, cancer, canoeing and a book about tracing the Thames to source. Payment received in cash, with thanks. 1401
kate rich 1 departed HTTP at 8AM in dense rain, bus to Waterloo and walked along Thames path to Vauxhall where the coffee was delivered. Rain invaded carry bag so the delivery card was too drenched to hand over. 1402
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kate rich 2 Coffee ground to specification on cube premises 25/6/08 but lunchtime handover aborted due to all hell breaking loose at Bristol Blue Glass (van implosion). 2nd attempt 1/7/08, Jim drove by cube 1130AM and the coffee was handed over for cash, with directions to Claverton Weir for swimming in the day's mini heatwave (23 degrees, rain threatened later) thrown in. 1404
kayle brandon 1 I left the requested cola on the side in the house, Lydia picked it up as I was away. She walked through the door and up the stairs into my room, she looked down onto the dressing table and her eyes found the bottle of concentrate. The cola was sold at the Ambush Cinema bar whilst in residence at Campsee Ashe village Hall. 1405
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heath bunting 1 collected coffee in fresh and wild from kate. got on bus to airport. got on plane to berlin. checked in hotel. met pit and diana without coffee, but gave card. tried to delivre coffee next day, but both were asleep at 11:00. left coffee on their mailbox and notified by email. met pit and diana 4 days later who told me coffee has been stolen. 1408
kate rich 2 picked up 1 bag ground coffee from cube under-cinema storage area. walked through bristol city centre to watershed cafe to check email & weather which seemed fine. walked via hotwells backyard-escapee overhanging raspberry bush (worlds end lane) gathering a few feral fruits, then along the avon river portway to the climbing wall at black rock. climbing conditions were great, humid with light breeze. returned to civilisation up steep gorge path to the downs, dodging mountain bikes and other uncertain urban-peripheral activity. stopped off at 'fresh and wild' megastore for some imported packaged foods, met heath in pristine baggage-free pre-flight condition in the f&w cafe. handed over coffee plus plastic carrier bag for carriage. courier paid in berries. 1408
kate rich 1 7/7. Departed from Cube cinema with wild skies predicting more rapid rain. Arrived dry at Bristol Temple Meads for 11AM departure to london, everything normal. Disoriented old people also in the quiet carriage worried about whether they could move from theirs the only reserved seats in the car to enjoy the 4-person table area while reassuring themselves on who had the sandwiches. Train manager announcements per station scaremongered the nearly empty train about travelling on mistimed advance tickets, and with regards to current security levels taking all belongings and possessions with one when leaving the train due to credible threat to unattended items from either police or thieves. Alighted at Paddington minutes early and glided with bags through the ticket barrier free bonanza of platform 1. Tube to Manor House and walked still unbombarded by rain to HTTP. 1409
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maja kuzmanovic 1 a new shipment of rakija in brussels (8 bottles). just uploading images to http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/ (will take about 30mins i think). the flavours of the months are: sage and honey, fennel, walnut, lemongrass, limoncello and a mixture of sage, fennel and lemon. they're all lovely! we also have new glass bottles from pula's glass factory, so no need to repackage. 1410
courier 3 The concentrate was parcelled up and handed to the independent courier who stood in the door way of the KHOJ studios office. 300 rupees where exchanged for the delivery, I was warned that the parcel may have some problems in transit due to the fact that it was a liquid and shipping liquids into the USA from India is problematic.
\n
\nThe independent Courier went, I heard nothing from him, after a week or so the intended recipient contact me wondering where it was and about the tracking number. Parul Wadhwa of KHOJ contacted the courier and the courier returned the parcel unable to get it through the system. On return to England I resent the parcel from Woodbridge post office Suffolk. On the 10th of Jan Maria Received the parcel
\n“Yes. I just received it the other day….I love it!” was her reply.
\n 1372
kate rich 1 walked from http to st annes lane where the number 67 bus was waiting. travelled over stamford hill
\nand down stoke newington high street. alighted at old street and walked to limoncello gallery on hoxton st.
\nmet mia and anna outside on the street where the coffee was exchanged for cash. 1412
Alessio Antoniolli 1 1407
kate rich 2 arrived at ambient tv for dinner cooked by shaina anand & attended by a singular convergence of small orgs including ambienttv, gasworks, triangle network, irational.org & arts catalyst (london), CAMP (new delhi) and feral trade (bristol). feral trade oversaw transshipment of two bristol-london coffee deliveries, one (whole beans) arriving with CAMP via western super mare mobile home park, the other (ground coffee) had journeyed with feral trade to http gallery in north london then south to ambient tv via the number 254 bus. the shipments were unloaded from couriers' bags and reassemabled for onward travel to india, bangladesh and vauxhall as dinner progressed. ambient tvtested 1 bag coffee beans in a grinder arriving with another dinner guest and traded it for a jam jar of olive oil recently arrived from greece.
\nthe coffee to porapara was loaded into a texaco bag which immediately broke. the shipment departed with alessio at the end of the evening. 1407
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kate rich 1 Coffee packed in 30 coffee bag capacity rucksack, walked Cube to Bristol Temple meads in sudden violent showers.
\nThe usual train ride to London Paddington whiled itself away. Vacated seats gave forth times newspapers and the refreshments car provided free hot water as a base for tea, which was unexpectedly kind.
\nTube from Paddington via Kings Cross, alighted Manor House station where Ruth Catlow and Furtherfield car were waiting as arranged at the bus stop beside exit 7. Drove round the one-way corkscrew to HTTP where Marc Garrett escorted coffee backpack into the office. 1415
kate rich 1 riskily following transport for london's online travel planner, kate rich walked through a maze of industrial back streets from http to amhurst park bus stop. got on 254 bus alighting in hackney near regents canal. walked to liquor store to buy juice and ran into with gasworks staff alessio, catelina and anna, the coffee's next courier, also enroute to dinner at ambient tv. walked together to regents studios where anna impressed everyone by opening the gate with access code keyed in backwards by touch to the inside-mounted keypad. Lift to top floor ambient tv premises, where the coffee was unpacked, reassembled and transshipped over the course of dinner. 1416
kate rich 1 walked from cube cinema office to the Void under auditorium seating, where feral trade coffee and cube bar stock is stored. coffee transferred from feral trade box to cube cinema box with a minimum of incident 1417
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kate rich 2 At the Cube cinema: concentrate syringed across from the mother-concentrate jam jar into 4 bottles for shipping. Bubble wrapped, ziploced and taped into a mailing envelope, the envelope was transported on foot to Bristol Broadmead post office where the mailing sticker for 3.06 GBP was applied. Wassim paypaled over cola cost plus postage, a 23.06 GBP total. After 2 failed attempts to fit it into the narrow guage slot of ancient stonewall postboxes on St Andrews Road and Picton Street, package mailed from the post box outside stokes croft post office to his address in Gagny. 1418
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kate rich 3 From behind the Cube bar, cola handling agent kate rich syringed 56 ml cola concentrate from the mother-jamjar into a smaller concentrate bottle to travel. shaina anand, visiting the cube on cultural research with ashok sukumaren and arts catalyst, wrapped the bottle in plastic bag and tape to prevent leak risk. then the visitors headed off into the balmy bristol afternoon to see some more art at arnolfini. 1420
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Ana Laura Lopez 1 The coffee was traded at Peckham Square through Ana Laura the current Southwark Artist in Residence 1424
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kate rich 1 Departed Bristol as usual on foot, bearing coffee, a few personal items and also overweight grocery scale bought cheap in this weeks's collapsed retailer Fresh and Wild fixtures and fittings cash and carry sale, for delivery to Mute Magazine-run food co-op in Whitechapel. Train to London as per usual. Alighting Paddington, headed for Edgware Road to pick up some Iranian saffron and ran into John Moore, in the area to visit Kazakh embassy for visa. Invited him to visit Bristol then continued on foot through Hyde and James's parks, crossed river. Paused in today's rare sun outside Southbank centre to use wireless networks then continued along Thames walkway to Borough market where throngs of shopping people didn't immediately make visible this week's collapse of world investment banking. Meeting with Clare Cumberlidge at General Public Agency, then retraced Thames to Tate Modern. Met Marko Daniel at the Turbine Hall information desk and progressed by lift and stairs to the members cafeteria where a street pigeon was enjoying temporary membership, for coffee handover. After tea by window, departed through back corridors of now shut Tate via the staff offices where cash for coffee was transacted. 1428
kate rich 1 DONE. 1429
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kate rich 1 Loaded wheeled suitcase with approx 25kg feral trade goods (coffee, tea, sweets, salt, cacao, neem, turmeric, cube-cola and cube-cola teatowel) at cube. Departed office 910AM, wheeled suitcase plus 2 other bags with more coffee and personal items luckily downhill to the bus station taxi rank. Taxied through the city centre in order to stop off at the farmers market and pick up 5 boxes fairy cakes, rock cakes and cheese scones from the nailsea Womens Insitute baked goods stall. Rejoined waiting taxi & chatted to driver re. Bangladesh enroute to Bristol Temple Meads station. Added fragile baked goods to the top of bags, wheeled to train and travelled to London with only a short train-made delay near Bath. From London Paddington escalator and corridor to Circle Line tube platform, alighting St Pancras to haul bags up 2-3 sets of stairs, only just possible, to the Eurostar terminal. Met with General Public Agency at St Pancras branch of Le Pain Quotidien Belgian bakery chain to proof design on recent research for the Whitechapel Gallery's the Street project. 1345 continued to pick up Eurostar ticket and head for train, enjoying St Pancras station free wireless internet enroute. Eurostarred smoothly to Brussels Midi only 20 mintues late where Lina piced up courier and bag in the FoAm occasional company car, drove to FoAM where the freight elevator was luckily working for 4th floor delivery. 1433
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sneha solanki 1 The Feral Trade salt originates from the coastal plains of Gujarat in western India. On a visit to their native state Gujarat, my parents travelled to the infamous town of Dandi in an attempt to salvage natural sea salt from Dandi beach.
\n
\nDandi is the concluding point of Ghandi's Salt Satyagraha (Salt March) in 1930 which was an illegal act of direct action against the high taxation on salt by the British colonial rule.
\n
\nAs there was very little salt to harvest from Dandi beach my parents brought this Gujarati salt from a small local chemist in Dandi.
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sneha solanki 1 Cola concentrate transported safely to Newcastle upon Tyne in hand luggage via Eurostar and internal rail travel. 1446
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kate rich 1 scraped ice off cube car, drove to cube. continued on foot to bristol temple meads, picked up advance ticket from machine using debit card which confirmed passage through the ticket barrier. train to london. alighted paddington through the still non barrier platform exit at the rear of train. walked back aloong paltform 1 to the front of the train & across paddington station forecourt, out into the world and through hyde park to exhibition road where the V&A continues to be located. Arrived at the staff & contractors entrance noticing another vendor (milk) had recently made a staff delivery. Desk staff called Rachel Francis who paid for the coffee in cash, plus bonus ticket to see Cold War Modernism exhibition. 1451
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kate rich 1 assembled 3 hampers, left them on the office table for FoAM to pick up. 1453
robii abu naser 4 Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 03:04:35 +0600 From: robii abu naser To: kate rich.Yes I got your coffee finally, I will send some new picture soon. bangladesh
\nis waiting for a future gov,hope they will do well for the people.it is
\nhopeful new year for the nation.. 1407
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kate rich 1 Departed from FoAM office at 1130 with driver maja kuzmanovic and passenger nik gaffney, picked up city car share car round the corner. maja & nik enroute to pick up nik's moth attacked suit from suit menders in preparation for delegation to davos the following week. dropped off in wild & rainy weather at rue berger, walked to nadine & handed over the coffee to tine & loes in the plateau office. 1466
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kate rich 1 maja decanted the grappa into 2 bottles for lid safety reasons. packed bottles in leopard overnight bag and headed for the eurostar via foot and 51 tram. stopped at the moroccan bakery closest to brussels midi to pick up some harcha and moroccan pancakes for transport to london. eurostarred without particular incident to st pancras. grappa & i transited through london for a few days via southhampton row (visiting pauline van mourik broekman & family including new baby violet) and haringay for a 6 hour meeting at HTTP gallery. train back to bristol monday night avoiding ticket barriers and conductor to retain unstamped ticket. walked temple meads station to home. saturday delivered grappa to ashley road on social visit. 1467
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kate rich 1 shipped with a consignment of robotic dogs (FER-1474) travelling bristol to new york (FER-1475), mixed goods (assorted british groceries) to LA (FER-1475), salt from Gujarat to Grizzly street Banff (FER-1481) and Cube-Cola from Bristol to various points enroute (FER-1482). Departed cube 730AM courtesy driver / bristol musician rasha shaheen to bristol airport. smooth transit through check in queue where travellers are routinely interrogated by US border officals with wheeled laptops on their identity, history and travel arrangements although they did ask me if i packed the robotic dogs myself. continental airlines' eastern european desk agent wordlessly upgraded courier to frequent flyer 'elite' status, to allow 2 giant boxes to be checked in without excess charges. delivered mini-artist talk on robot dog artist natalie jeremijenko's behalf to the oversized items desk agent, explaining the modified toy dogs' capacity to sniff out and converge in a pack on concentration gradients of common environmental toxins such as neighborhood drycleaners, after which boxes departed on baggage conveyer belt. rearranged other items to appear as 1 carry-on and cleared security without incident. 1015AM continental departure to newark, new jersey departed on time, watched bullit and read a hardback thriller about environmental justice called water inc. landing at newark 13h was ultra turbulent, threw up. it took approximately 1 hour to transit US immigration which requires now 2 thumbprints and 2 sets of 4 fingerprints from all non-US arrivals. picked up boxes from the luggage carousel, cleared customs and just prior to the bag recheck area, repacked, removing dogs and boxes to recheck 2 entirely different bags for the connecting flight to LA. 16h rendevouzed with natalie jeremijenko and car service car opposite terminal B starbucks, the dogs departed in car trunk for manhattan. After that, re-traversed Newark Liberty airport security for the 1825h Continental airlines departure to Los Angeles. LA Flyaway bus from LAX arrivals green zone to Union station for truck pickup by jenna didier of Materials & Aplications, drove to M&A for 6 days stopover, winter sun. 25th feb departed M&A by 530AM taxi back to Union station and Flyaway bus back to LAX. 745AM flight to Calgary as scheduled, dozed. At immigration, sent to secondary for questioning on what a Peer Advisor actually does. Cleared baggage check and caught last seat on 1230 banff airporter shuttle to banff with a pack of skiers and 1 wealthy woman using collective transportation out of desperation. minus 20 degrees and snow. Slept through mountain transit, alighted banff centre reception around 3PM. Coffee stored in Lloyd Hall bedroom, eventually handed over to onward courier Willy le Maitre at his JPL office on March 19th, the 2nd last day of winter. 1471
willy le maitre 2 -Sampled the merchandise and observed its potent caffeine and quite perfect roast.
\n-Reflected on the products physiological effects- as excitant, laxative, antioxidant; I appreciate that this helps sustain me in Toronto. Is there a plant that’s indigenous to this part of the North that can do all this?
\n-Rented an apartment and moved the consignment to it, as it’s temporary storage until I could remember that Cheryl was the shipments consignee and she’s rather great and fun to talk to so after a few weeks we found a perfect sunny afternoon to hook up and complete the delivery.
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sneha solanki 1 The salt was picked up in Leicester, UK on 1st February which was then transported up to Newcastle upon Tyne. The salt was dispatched to courier Heath Bunting on 7 February whilst visiting to transport back to Bristol. 1472
Mrs and Mr Solanki 2 The second shipment of salt comes from the West Coast of India infamous for Gandhi's 1930 salt march in against the salt tax levied by British colonial rule. Due to environmental factors Salt production has ceased on this area of the salt march and now takes place a small distance further up the coastline within the same state.
\n
\nThese salt crystals are pre-ground and pre-processed. Used for cooking and also for medicinal purposes.
\n
\nWe picked brought these salt crystals from a small local shop. It was then packed in our luggage and transported to the UK from India. 1472
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kate rich 1 dogs boxed in bubblewrap by arnolfini technician mark harris, leaving space for kate rich personal goods to cotravel. boxes designed to each meet continental baggage limits of 62 linear inches and 23kg per item. boxed dogs departed arnolfini 17/2, transported in taxi to the cube microplex where they overnighted in the corridor. 730AM pickup courtesy driver rasha shaheen, driving courier and dogs to bristol airport. 1 GBP trolley fee to wheel boxes from departures drop off point to check in queue. rasha reparked in short term parking and attempted to join courier in the queue but was banished by the US border official who then interrogated kate rich on travel and identity details. box contents declaration as toy robotic dogs left chekin officials unphased. continental airlines eastern european desk agent discretely upgraded courier to frequent flyer elite' status to allow the 2 items to be checked without excess charge. delivered mini-artist talk to oversized items checkin agent on the dogs' ability to sniff out and converge in a pack on concentration gradients of environmental toxins such as neighborhood drycleaners. after rasha's departure, successfully rearranged other items to appear to fit in 1 bag and cleared security without incident. 1015AM continental departure to newark, new jersey departed on time, watched bullit and read a hardback thriller about environmental justice. landing at newark 13h was ultra turbulent, threw up. approximately 1 hour to transit S immigration which requires now 2 thumbprints and 2x4 fingerprints of all non-US arrivals. picked up dogs boxes from luggage carousel, cleared customs without incident. just prior to bag recheck area, opened boxes, removed personal non-dog items and repacked, to then recheck 2 entirely different bags for the connecting flight to LA later in the day. recheck agents were entirely sympathetic to bag repack action, strangely.
\nexited security area 15h and phoned natalie, then holed up in terminal b arrivals area at the payphone opposite starbucks to recover from bad flight motion with giant green tea. natalie arrived 16h in a car service, dogs went in the trunk then we circled airport for a while in the back seat having work meeting, altough the car was clocking up 50 dollars per hour so the meeting was kept brief. courier dropped off at terminal C departures, dogs departed by car/train to manhattan 1474
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kate rich 1 assorted british rations including cheese scones, teacakes, chocolate ginger biscuits and pikelets from Marks & Spencers, champagne truffles, parsnip and cheddar crisps, 'gentlemans relish' anchovy butter and palestinian dates, packed in and around bags and boxes also containing a consignment of robotic dogs (FER-1474) shipping from bristol to new york (FER-1475), 4 bags coffee heading for canada & trader's personal effects.
\nFeb 18th departed cube 730AM courtesy driver rasha shaheen who offered to drive to bristol airport. experienced a reasonably smooth transit through check in queue where travellers are routinely interrogated by US border officals with wheeled laptops on their identity, history and travel arrangements although they did ask me if i packed the robotic dogs myself. continental airlines' eastern european desk agent discretely upgraded courier to frequent flyer 'elite' status, to allow 2 giant boxes to be checked in without excess charges. delivered mini-artist talk on robot dog artist natalie jeremijenko's behalf to the oversized items desk agent, explaining the modified toy dogs' capacity to sniff out and converge in a pack on concentration gradients of common environmental toxins such as neighborhood drycleaners, after which boxes departed on baggage conveyer belt. rearranged other items to appear as 1 carry-on and cleared security without incident. 1015AM continental departure to newark, new jersey departed on time, watched bullit and read a hardback thriller about environmental justice called water inc. landing at newark 13h was ultra turbulent, threw up. it took approximately 1 hour to transit US immigration which requires now 2 thumbprints and 2 sets of 4 fingerprints from all non-US arrivals. picked up boxes from the luggage carousel, cleared customs and just prior to the bag recheck area, repacked, removing dogs and boxes to recheck 2 entirely different bags for the connecting flight to LA. exited security area 15h and phoned natalie jeremijenko who was on amtrak to the airport to receive dogs consignment. 16h rendevouzed with natalie and car service car opposite terminal B starbucks and the dogs departed in car trunk for manhattan.
\n After that, courier re-traversed Newark Liberty airport security and waited at gate C-105 for the 1825h Continental airlines departure to Los Angeles, takeoff turbulence was thankfully minimal. Flew smoothly over USA with surprisingly edible hindu meal served, definite markup on the burger thing in regular meal service. landed ultra early 21h at LAX, picked up bags from the carousel and caught the LA flyer bus from arrivals green zone to Union station. After a payphone phone call jenna didier picked up then exhausted courier by truck, transported to M&A where the groceries were unpacked to rounds of applause. 1475
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Jelena Stanovnik 2 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:40 +0100
\nFrom: Jelena Stanovnik
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: ratluk check.
\n
\nHello hello,
\n
\nsorry it's taking ages to reply. My sister's PC decided to give up this
\nweekend and I spent whole day yesterday travelling.
\n
\nOur kind of ratluk and especially the walnut flavour was a nightmare to
\nfind. I polished off the supplies of all major Podgorica supermarkets and
\nmanaged to scrounge nine half kilo packs and three one kilos. Mirko never
\nreplied to my email and I didn't manage to get hold of him on the phone. I
\nalso asked around in the supermarkets and they said that they haven't had
\ndeliveries from them for a while. I'm wondering if they reduced - or
\ntotally stopped - the production. Economically Montenegro is in the shit and
\nMirko's company possibly may be suffering. There are rumours that the only
\nreason why the country wasn't already declared bankrupt was due to the
\nelections that happened this Sunday.
\n
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minerva cuevas 1 The tablets to make Oaxacan hot chocolate ware produced in Teposcolula, a town in the state of Oaxaca (south of Mexico) by the Santaella Saavedra family. 10 kilos of this tablets were delivered at my uncle's workshop in the city of Tlaxiaco. My aunt sent the parcel to Mexico City on the 15th of February using an alternative courier service: a truck that transports parcels Wednesdays and Sundays from Tlaxiaco to a parking lot in the center of Mexico City (6 hours drive), this is an informal and very cheap way to transport goods. The parcels can be collected by the recipients at the parking lot (Topacio street). I carried the 10 kilos of chocolate in my suitcase next to a fiber optic light generator that I was planning to use in a project. The original plan was to ask my sister -who was also travelling to London- to carry half of the shipment but fearing she could be interrogated about it at costumes I decided to carry all of it myself and I had space in my suitcase. This chocolate is so aromatic that everything gets impregnated with cacao and cinnamon scent. 1479
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robert knowles 1 From: robert knowles, Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:12:43 +0600 Subject: Re: From Gasworks - Fellowships report.
\n Kate, Just picked up 10 of the largest packs (200g) of tea stocked by Agora.
\nBut that's not all! A representative of Kazi & Kazi was holding a
\nscratchcard prize draw in the tea aisle, in which I won the handsome
\npyrex tea cup and saucer and the nine (think it was supposed to be 10)
\nplastic beakers you can see in the attached photo. I'll definitely get
\ncup and saucer in my luggage along with the tea, maybe you can raffle
\nit off again when you trade on the tea in London? Will bring some more
\npacks back with me if I have room.
\nCrazy times here, last night there was an ice cube storm, which made
\nfor refreshing drinks, but later on the way home from a party some of
\nthe Britto guys (not people I think you would have met) got held-up at
\nsword point!
\nCheers, Rob
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kate rich 3 Departed Banff 730 sunday march 29 in Susan Kennard's car, drive through risky snowstorm to calgary took 2.5 hours. Bags were dropped at downtown Sandman hotel while courier met with some curators. Overnighted at sandman then midday shuttle to Calgary airport, plane to Vancouver & taxi to Western Front Gallery where mixed goods & courier stayed in guest residence for 1 week. Departed Western Front on foot 430AM mon march 6th downhill to Calgary station, for Amtrak bus trip to Seattle. At the US border, unloaded bags from bus and walked them through US immigration who asked questions about decade previous employment in the US. Crossed successfully reboarding bus for the 2 hours further drive to Seattle. Dragged bags from bus into the station and onto Amtrak train for the 24 hr ride south to San Francisco. Alighted the following morning at Emeryville, Amtrak thruway bus to (... tbc) 1478
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kate rich 1 shipped with a consignment of robotic dogs (FER-1474) travelling bristol to new york (FER-1475), 4 bags coffee for toronto (FER-1471), mixed goods (assorted british groceries) to LA (FER-1475) and Cube-Cola from Bristol (FER-1482) . Departed cube 730AM courtesy driver / bristol musisican rasha shaheen to bristol airport. smooth transit through check in queue where travellers are routinely interrogated by US border officals with wheeled laptops on their identity, history and travel arrangements although they did ask me if i packed the robotic dogs myself. continental airlines' eastern european desk agent wordlessly upgraded courier to frequent flyer 'elite' status, to allow 2 giant boxes to be checked in without excess charges. delivered mini-artist talk on robot dog artist natalie jeremijenko's behalf to the oversized items desk agent, explaining the modified toy dogs' capacity to sniff out and converge in a pack on concentration gradients of common environmental toxins such as neighborhood drycleaners, after which boxes departed on baggage conveyer belt. rearranged other items to appear as 1 carry-on and cleared security without incident. 1015AM continental departure to newark, new jersey departed on time, watched bullit and read a hardback thriller about environmental justice called water inc. landing at newark 13h was ultra turbulent, threw up. it took approximately 1 hour to transit US immigration which requires now 2 thumbprints and 2 sets of 4 fingerprints from all non-US arrivals. picked up boxes from the luggage carousel, cleared customs and just prior to the bag recheck area, repacked, removing dogs and boxes to recheck 2 entirely different bags for the connecting flight to LA. 16h rendevouzed with natalie jeremijenko and car service car opposite terminal B starbucks, the dogs departed in car trunk for manhattan. After that, re-traversed Newark Liberty airport security for the 1825h Continental airlines departure to Los Angeles. LA Flyaway bus from LAX arrivals green zone to Union station for truck pickup by jenna didier of Materials & Aplications, drove to M&A for 6 days stopover, winter sun. 25th feb departed M&A by 530AM taxi back to Union station and Flyaway bus back to LAX. Checked in bags reweighed down and marked fragile with California dried goods for mountain survival at United desk. 745AM flight to Calgary as scheduled, dozed. At immigration, sent to secondary for questioning on what a Peer Advisor actually does. Cleared baggage check and caught last seat on 1230 banff airporter shuttle to banff with a pack of skiers and 1 wealthy woman using collective transportation out of desperation. minus 20 degrees and snow. Slept through mountain transit, alighted banff centre reception around 3PM. 1481
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kate rich 1 shipped with a consignment of robotic dogs (FER-1474) travelling bristol to new york (FER-1475), 4 bags coffee for toronto (FER-1471), mixed goods (assorted british groceries) to LA (FER-1475) and salt from Gujarat to Grizzly street Banff (FER-1481) . Departed cube 730AM courtesy driver / famous bristol musician rasha shaheen to bristol airport. smooth transit through check in queue where travellers are routinely interrogated by US border officals with wheeled laptops on their identity, history and travel arrangements although they did ask me if i packed the robotic dogs myself. continental airlines' eastern european desk agent wordlessly upgraded courier to frequent flyer 'elite' status, to allow 2 giant boxes to be checked in without excess charges. delivered mini-artist talk on robot dog artist natalie jeremijenko's behalf to the oversized items desk agent, explaining the modified toy dogs' capacity to sniff out and converge in a pack on concentration gradients of common environmental toxins such as neighborhood drycleaners, after which boxes departed on baggage conveyer belt. rearranged other items to appear as 1 carry-on and cleared security without incident. 1015AM continental departure to newark, new jersey departed on time, watched bullit and read a hardback thriller about environmental justice called water inc. landing at newark 13h was ultra turbulent, threw up. it took approximately 1 hour to transit US immigration which requires now 2 thumbprints and 2 sets of 4 fingerprints from all non-US arrivals. picked up boxes from the luggage carousel, cleared customs and just prior to the bag recheck area, repacked, removing dogs and boxes to recheck 2 entirely different bags for the connecting flight to LA. 16h rendevouzed with natalie jeremijenko and car service car opposite terminal B starbucks, the dogs departed in car trunk for manhattan. After that, re-traversed Newark Liberty airport security for the 1825h Continental airlines departure to Los Angeles. LA Flyaway bus from LAX arrivals green zone to Union station for truck pickup by jenna didier of Materials & Aplications, drove to M&A for 6 days stopover, winer sun. 2 colas delivered, to M&A (guest gift), 1 unit sold to a student at Art Center for Design Pasedana, and 1 plus 1 Cube-Cola teatowel to M&A collaborator Jimu, in exchange for 3 bags passionfruit marshmallows handcrafted by his wife Kai. 25th feb 5 remaining cube-cola concentrates departed M&A by 530AM taxi back to Union station and Flyaway bus back to LAX, smooth transit. Checked in bags reweighed down and marked fragile with California dried goods for mountain survival at United desk. 745AM flight to Calgary as scheduled, dozed. At immigration, sent to secondary for questioning on what a Peer Advisor actually does. Cleared baggage check and caught last seat on 1230 banff airporter shuttle to banff with a pack of skiers and 1 wealthy woman using collective transportation out of desperation. minus 20 degrees and snow. Slept through mountain transit, alighted banff centre reception around 3PM. 1482
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Natalie Turturro 3 I got lost, as always, on my way to Whitechapel to meet Minerva Cuevas, artist from Mexico. She was delivering 10 kilos of hot chocolate from her home country, but I was expecting to pick up a small tin of powdered cocoa. Boy was I wrong! Minerva handed me the chocolate in a forest green suitcase which no longer rolls, so we had to put it on a rolling luggage holder. This proved to be difficult to transport, carrying up and down tube station stairs, and up to my flat--the metal luggage roller battering the sides of my legs as I, like Willy Wonka, hauled massive amounts of chocolate around for a couple hours. The only difference was, I couldn't eat the chocolate, being merely a middle man. I was delighted to take part in feral trading, and to meet Minerva and her sister Blanca. It was a pleasure to learn about and later attend Minerva's exhibit, "Scoop." I hope to participate more with feral trade in the future. 1479
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kate rich 1 Departing Cube with zywiec box of mixed goods including salt on trolley, encountered James Vickery dropping off boxes of newly printed Cube programmes (May 09) & asked for a lift to the station. James drove via town centre an unconventional route but worked fine & we chatted about car insurance plus Cube programme design. Slipped through train trip to London with no visible marks on ticket from staff/gates, rear ticket barriers at Paddington still not in full operation although this chink in the system looks like it will soon close. Texted Ruth Catlow from Paddington & embarked via hammersmith & piccadilly line tubes to Manor House, dragged box up exit stairs for perfectly tiimed car pickup from the bus stop opposite exit 7. Drove with Ruth to HTTP where box of goods was unpacked and stored in the gallery area. 1484
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kate rich 2 Arrived at Luton airport arrivals meeting point for email-arranged 1430 meeting with Cynthia. Whilst waiting I made a Feral Trade sign to aid mutual recognition. Ryanair flight from Marrakech was late in, as an extra precaution I had Cynthia paged from the red courtesy telephone in departures. Cynthia appeared & we proceded to transpack the couscous from her rolling luggage into mine. Couscous had shipped in a taped up cardboard box, only 1 bag split during handling. Some couscous grains abandoned on Luton airport concourse floor as a trade momento. Departed airport with Cynthia on the shuttle bus to Luton Parkway station, where couscous rolling luggage got briefly stuck in the automated ticket barriers but some random guy forced them open & bag was freed. Thence 40 minutes by train to central London, taking notes. Cynthia has been in Morocco 8 months with the US Peace Corps & is returning for a further 18 months, after a 8 day vacation in texas where she's attending the wedding of a friend from college. Appraoching central London we resealed the broken couscous bag using Cynthia's cigarette lighter to fuse the plastic. Disembarked at St Pancras, where I showed Cynthia the most likely spot to pick up free wifi overflow from Eurostar departure lounge, before her onward tube transit to Heathrow & red eye flight to New York. I then travelled via tube despite swine flu level 5 alert to Oxford Circus, walked a couple of blocks to Great Titmarsh street. Couscous was briefly warehoused at CBC radio studios where I recorded an interview about its arrival for the technology show Spark: Tech, Trends and Fresh Ideas. Onward tube to Manor House where couscous & courier overnighted at the home of HTTP directors Ruth & Marc on Green Lanes. AM couscous luggage was hauled back downstairs & travelled the final few blocks in Ruth Catlow's car to HTTP gallery, where it was stored in the upstairs residency accommodation. 1483
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ali jones 1 wobbly pannier bicycling through inner city traffic.gates and footpath entrances proved problematic due to wide load.
\nat train station continued with hand luggage as couldnt risk bicycle on packed rush hour train plus chaos of platform changes at birmingham new street(this train station is very strict on giving out free water).stopped in liverpool for weekend (sojourn to formby), setting up one tea towel sale and generating wider discussion surrounding coffee. headed for manchester late monday to begin work tuesday and leave parcels behind reception of contact theatre with very lovely house managers. 1487
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kate rich 4 Met Jelena at Cafe Kino, walked 3 blocks to Cube with ratluk in 2 plastic bags & stashed it in back office area. Ratluk got repacked in a Zywiec beer box along with coffee & other heavy items for transport to London via Cube volunteer James Smith, who emailed the Cube volunteers list with offer of haulage to Finsbury Park area, May 15th, in van surplus from sister's house move. 1476
ali jones 5 spent a few hours trying to start a car using various techniques.eventually got it moving with a push start with the help of a stranger who was leaving behind a night of print-making.convoyed to cube where friend took parcel in her van while i parked dubious car at garage for fixing.proceeded together to the leafy suburbs passing slow flat erections,under railway bridges and around civic lawns.parked up on narrow streets opening doors to fresh scented mild early summer late evening beneath a distant moon.hunted long driveways before finding any number.before finding number 15. 1476
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kate rich 3 after 5-10 attempts to contact Codecano via fax, mobile phone calls to current coop director, phone calls to the landline with translation sourced from Cube volunteer Ale Fernandez (Chile), emails to former coop member Jorge Araujo, emails to random NGO worker found via internet search and emails (unanswered) to former coop director Ricardo Yglesias, it was decided that with communications this shaky and the current state of coop relatively unknown, placing a multi thousand pound order for coffee - prepaid by bank transfer to the Codecano account - would not be viable, and an alternate source of feral trade coffee is regrettably sought. Current state of play (May 7th 2009): hoarding remaining stock for Cube Cinema & HTTP Gallery use; comtacting social networks for leads on a future supply, source location open. 1454
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kate rich 3 Met Robert Knowles at Mangal 1 restaurant in Stoke Newington for a grilled lamb courtesy dinner and tea handover. Robert arrived fresh from his non art day job as HVAC technician at Barclays, Canary Wharf. After dinner and social/research conversation, travelled back by 67 bus via Stamford Hill to Haringey. Alighted at St Annes Hospital / police station and walked to HTTP where the tea was warehoused in the gallery. 1480
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kate rich 1 Met Leanne Knox at Docklands Hilton courtesy bus stop Canada Water station, Leanne was easily identified by her giant greyhound, a retired racer. She and her husband Craig, both New Zealanders, chose to live here for its proximity to both the City and Canary Wharf, for their main income writing code for banks, although Leanne would like to transition to keeping bees full time. Walked to Stave Hill via a detour due to canal closed off for major construction works, after which the ultra buffed / shaved grass and concrete gave way to dense and floral foliage on entering Russia Dock Woodland. The bee hives are lodged in adjacent Stave Hill Eco Park, the keepers provide bee-related educational activities to the park in lieu of rent. Leanne told me more about the hives which have movable wooden frames like a suspension filing cabinet. The floor design is unusual and was developed from online plans. It has a removable mesh so when varroa mites fall off the bees they can't climb back up. Varroa are the rats of the bee world, they feed on bee pupa but more importantly carry diseases and bacteria.
\nThe greyhound Langstroth who is named after the inventor of the modern movable frame bee hive - before that honey was hunted not kept so extracting a comb would trash the whole hive for the rest of that year - gets stung a fair bit as he's a mammal and smells like a predator. Cash paid for honey, then walked back past Stave Hill, Harmsworth Quays printing works home of quality newspapers the mail, evening standard and metro, to Canada Water tube from where the honey travelled by tunnels to Manor House; picked up by Ruth Catlow in the furtherfield company car. 1490
ali jones 1 spent a few hours trying to start a car using various techniques.eventually got it moving with a push start with the help of a stranger who was leaving behind a night of print-making.convoyed to cube where friend took parcel in her van while i parked dubious car at garage for fixing.proceeded together to the leafy suburbs passing slow flat erections,under railway bridges and around civic lawns.parked up on narrow streets opening doors to fresh scented mild early summer late evening beneath a distant moon.hunted long driveways before finding any number.before finding number 15. 1491
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Femke Snelting 1 SMS 13-June-2009 09:41:25 femke snelting to kate rich. En route with sage, rocket, prêle, 1 artichoke and jenever but had cake disaster. Hope you like replacement x F
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\nPicked up horse tail (prêle), lots of sage, some wild rocket, rosemary and a few roses from the Kobe + Christophe allotment on Friday; scent of herbs almost intoxicating. Kobe explains he uses horse tail to treat potatoes against blackrot: leave in a bucket to ferment for a few days and sprinkle over plants. It's also used in medicinal teas + baths; intriguing pre-historical plant. When arriving next morning at Midi station, I realise I forgot to bring couscous cakes. No time left to go home and pick them up so run out of the station to try and get a second batch, but bakery is closed. The eurostar is about to leave and all I can do is invent a replacement en route: something savoury, involving couscous, preferably easy to make.
\nAt St. Pancras I roam continental-style bakeries for paper espresso cups. I will try to make herbed couscous pudding; never done it before but it should work and at least be exciting to make and serve. The cups are perfect pudding moulds. At http gallery, I cook 1 cup of couscous with 6 cups of water and some salt for about 15 minutes until it starts to break apart. Than mix with chopped herbs and spoon into cups. It takes a bit less than an hour for them to set and they are only just ready when people start to come in for the opening. The puddings are nice, and show off the amazing taste of hand rolled feral trade couscous but they might look/taste a bit too weird for people ('interesting') to be a grand succes. Or it must be that the cake with Belgium gin (jenever) combination is simply more appealing than tea and pudding. 1494
Mary Oliver 1 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:33:53 +0100
\nFrom: Mary Oliver
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: RE: Cheese news
\n
\nHi Kate, good news and bad news. The good news is that two boxes of cheese
\nare now nestled in my fridge, the bad news is that the olive oil shop wasn't
\nopen yesterday, I am sorry I should have done it earlier but was very busy.
\nWe were late leaving for the airport and I didn't have time to search for
\nmore in other villages. My huge apologies.
\nIs the gallery a long way from the station? If it is, may be best to get a
\nlift as otherwise the cheese might get really shaken up being pulled along
\nin my wheely case. It's quite heavy and I'll have overnight stuff as I'm
\nstaying down.
\nI will bring a showreel thanks for asking.
\nBest wishes
\nMary
\n
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\nAnnie and Albert Pomparat arrived in St Cezaire in 1978. They had met whilst working on a goat farm in Normandy. Albert was a French journalist taking time off from Le Monde. When the farm owner decided to sell up Albert offered him money for his goats and the beautiful Annie Brugot. Thinking he was joking she watched the truck pull away and then ran after it. Albert pulled her onto the back; she left everything behind.
\n
\nWhen they arrived in Saint Cézaire they had no where to live and so set up camp by the river Siagne. Annie was pregnant by their first winter together and they were offered a small cottage and some grazing land near the village on which to keep the goats. They eventually developed the land and the house on the Chemin de la Valmoura. They had four children, three girls and a boy and now three grandchildren. Sadly Albert and their son have both died. Annie or one of her daughters can be found selling their cheese every Saturday in the market in Saint Cézaire, or else you can go and knock on her door and buy it directly.
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ali jones 1 I am trying to introduce a columbian friend to the concept of the WI; the Womens Institute.i find it difficult to articulate the rural folksy post world war two communality of this network (that is no longer allowed to trade under the name W.I.? we check out the (no longer) W.I. stall where I am confused by about ten varieties of chutney.i purchase two jars.they will work with cheese, they will work with ham or salads also.my friends buy a lemon cake that we eat with really good coffee down the road.i also buy chocolate flapjacks that i eat later in the day with another friend.he thinks they are a novel recipe.
\ni do not rate them, but i am quite critical of flapjacks. 1497
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Wirashery Fangiono 3 It was an extremely humid day in London. Being on foot after alighting at Old Street Tube Station and trying to locate Spitalfields City Farm was a rather sweaty experience for me indeed. I then realized that Old Street Tube Station was too far a walk to the farm. The kindness of strangers has helped me to find the farm although I have printed all kind of direction guides to it! I was rewarded with three affectionate horses when I arrived, I thought it was all well worth it. Laura from Spitalfields City Farm passed me a bag of seasonal salad freshly plucked from the farm half an hour ago which I exchanged for three pounds. I could still smell the earth from the vegetables. It was not only the crisped colour of the greens that fascinates me, the punchy coloured Marigolds that Laura has included in the salad made me realized that Marigold is edible! Back home in Singapore, it is used more for decoration. After collection, it was goodbye to the horses, and I took the tube from London Bridge to HTTP. 1498
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Jordan Geiger 3 Delivery was received at 9:04AM, 19 June 2009 (Civil Calendar) at the bar, 1st floor, Architectural Association, Bedford Square, Camden, London UK from Wirashery Fangiono (sunny, high 80sF). From this point, parcel was transported in hand luggage via Lufthansa Airlines from London Heathrow Airport (inordinately humid) to Berlin Tegel (mild, mid-70sF) on 21 June 2009 (Civil Calendar), where it was stored in an apartment in Berlin-Kreuzberg on Katzbachstrasse, at room temperature, amongst a stack of books. Parcel was then transported in hand luggage via US Airways from Berlin Tegel airport via Frankfurt and Charlotte to San Francisco International Airport on 24 June 2009 (Civil Calendar). Total travel time was 23h42m through customs at SFO. After passing customs undeclared, parcel continued its journey via BART, then taxi, then carried on foot after taxi broke down, to Vine Street in North Berkeley, California, courier's private residence (unusually balmy evening skies). There it remained in wait for recipient's return to San Francisco region, which was notified to courier by email. Final delivery was made on 9 July 2009 (Civil Calendar) - courier drove 1984 Mercedes Biodiesel 320SD from Berkeley to recipient's private residence in San Francisco, then carried on foot final 500m to recipient's front door at approx. 4:52pm local time. Weather was frequently changing, mostly sunny and warm, high 70sF, with occasional gusts of wind and fog. 1499
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Mr and Mrs Berning 1 Carol & Bill Berning, travelling back from Morocco with their friend Joan, met Feral Trade in the St Pancras station concourse Pain Quotidien cafe, overpriced but relatively easy to locate. They had packed their bags the night before to Ryanair official 15kg per passenger weight limits using Joan's portable luggage scale. Luckily Ryaniar didn't weigh carry-on bags so Carol managed to bring an extra 35lb baggage on the flight. The Bernings & friend had been in Morocco 10 days visiting their US Peace Corps volunteer daughter Cynthia, in the middle Atlas mountains. Carol had couriered over a commercial grade plastic sealer (for the couscous bags), from the US, at Cynthias request, to replace low-quality original bag sealer. She bought the sealer on amazon.com, it also does vaccuum sealing but the Moroccan women aren't familiar with the concept yet. While in Morocco they also rode camels in the high Atlas (touristy but fine) and passed through Casablanca (nightmare traffic). The highlight of the visit though was Khenrifa, Cynthia's host village, where they saw people plant the wheat with horses, mules and ploughs, and themselves learnt to hand-roll couscous (badly). The Moroccan women were rolling most of the couscous but all of them declined to be photographed. Carol has an eeepc for travelling (as does feral trade) & with help of Pain Quotidien's power supply transferred couscous village photos on to feral trade's flash memory stick. 1501
Robert Dingle 1 Route: London to Cologne via Brussels, taken on the Eurostar, visiting artist Matti Braun. Departing London at 5am rtn:11pm. Pickles were collected from a small supermarket in Cologne, near the main station. 1502
kate rich 2 Secured an outside table at Pain Quotidien with Feral Trade sign displayed to attract couriers, a lot of other people came and read the sign but kept their reactions to themselves. Simon Preston showed up mid-wait. Couriers arrived successfully with giant red rolling suitcases, I offered them tea & coffee from Pain Quot's overpriced menu, plus 72 pounds cash as arranged for the couriered goods. The oil and jelly jars were meticulously rolled in newspaper, plastic etc. After phemononally slow tea service, we repacked our bags, and couriers returned to their train for an overnight rest in Gatwick B&B before flying back to Cincinnati in the AM. Simon & I caught Picadilly line tube to Manor House and rolled luggage along backstreets to HTTP, passing 3 magpies scolding a housecat enroute. At the gallery I unpacked the goods while Simon viewed the exhibition & bought a few items from the Feral Trade store, which due to having no cash at hand he arranged to pay for later via paypal. 1501
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Ale Scapin 3 10 July 2009: I started my journey from HTTP Gallery - destination: Goldsmiths MFA in Curating Degree Show where pickles were ready to be collected. I jumped on a Piccadilly Line train (Manor House tube station), got off in King's Cross and changed for a Northern line train down to London Bridge. Once there I had a few minutes to kill before catching my overland to New Cross Gate so I hung around the station for while and ended up buying myself a Hazelnut Iced Latte! :) I finally managed to get to New Cross Gate station only 5 minutes away from the building which hosted the degree show. Once there and almost late, I eventually found the pickles in one of the rooms but no sign of Rob! Thankfully Dominic was there to help! I swapped the pickles for a FTC exhibition catalogue as a tangible proof the pickles had been there! and then out again, this time back home (in Brixton Hill). I jumped on 136 bus, got off in Peckham and took 37 bus to Brixton Town Hall. From there just 5mins walk to my flat. Final delivery to HTTP on Wed 15 July. More to follow...
\n15 July 2009: Once again a sunny day in London! I walked down to Brixton tube station and took the Victoria line to Finsbury Park. I then changed there for the Piccadilly line (nice photo opportunity!), just one stop away from Manor House. and from a brief 10 minute walk to HTTP Gallery! Yay! 1502
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Ana Iris Martinez Diaz 2 Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:54:35 -0700 (PDT)
\nFrom: Ana Iris Martinez Diaz
\nTo: kate@feraltrade.org
\nSubject: Greettings for El Salvador
\n
\nDear Kate:
\nSo, I am writing to confirm your order for three pounts of Coffe "De la
\nSierra Cafe".
\nThe sample was sent yesterday by "Trans Express" currier and should arrive
\nat your store or adress in about 3 or 5 days.
\nI like the concept of your business because you try to show all the links in
\nthe chain and makes it more human relationship trade. We as FUNDE, want to
\ncontribute to that, to do more fair the trade in the coffee chain. I send
\nyou this link to know our job, the people involved in productions segments,
\nmill, rosted of coffee and the men and women that work with bees to ensure
\nsustainability and diversity of forest coffee.
\n
\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBBJ6FoQRMc
\n
\nSincerelly,
\nAna Iris Martinez Diaz,
\nFundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE)
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Darleen Principe 1 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:54:35 -0700
\nFrom: Darleen Principe
\nTo: jenna didier
\nCc: Kate Rich , Brian Janeczko
\nSubject: Re: Special Delivery from Kate Rich
\n----------------------------------------
\n
\nHi Jenna,
\nI can definitely coordinate with Brian. I have a pretty open schedule for
\nthe next few weeks. When would be a good time?
\n
\nDarleen Principe
\n
\n
\nOn Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:51 PM, jenna didier wrote:
\n
\n> hi Darleen -
\n>
\n> I am in Denmark until the end of August, but Brian who works with us will > be in tomorrow - would you like to coordinate with him?
\n>
\n> Jenna Didier
\n>
\n> Materials & Applications
\n> Landscape and Architecture Research
\n> www.materialsandapplications.org
\n>
\n>
\n>
\n>
\n>
\n> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Darleen Principe wrote:
\n>
\n>> Hi Jenna,
\n>> My name is Darleen Principe and I was recently interning at Furtherfield >> in London. While I was there, I met Kate Rich and she wanted me to pass
\n>> along a package for you. Can I stop by M&A sometime this week? I'm free
\n>> tomorrow or Thursday. Please let me know.
\n>>
\n>> Best,
\n>> Darleen
\n
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kate rich 1 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to export fresh sweets from YAZD, IRAN to BRISTOL and LONDON UK, in Autumn 2009. ABOUT. These SWEETS have been manufactured for 94 years in the factory shop of HAJ KHALIFEH ALI RAHBAR in the desert city of YAZD. Unlike other common commodities, where prices have hiked drastically in the past few years (vegetables double, fruit tripled, electricity and
\nother Government provided services up to 5x up while wages remain static) the sweets have held their relatively low price at source of 2.4-3.5 thousand Toman (1.20- 2.00GBP) per 500g box. It is possible this is a strategic decision by the Haj Kahlifeh company to retain consumer
\nattraction in a competitive market. INGREDIENTS are all Iranian, the sugar is from GHAND a solid form of sugar normally served as jagged cubes with tea. Despite their constitution as a
\nmajor PRESERVATIVE, the sweets produced fresh in the factory shop 17/10/09 demonstrate FRAGILITY of lifespan, specifically PISTACHIO flavour, subsequently swapped out from Feral Trade's box selection due to its liability to collapse in transport. SHIPPING. Departing Yazd in trader baggage, sweets travelled by SLEEPER train to Tehran and lugged to traders accommodation by public bus with the help of co-traveller RASHA SHAHEEN. As UK currently prohibits food products from Iran and other 3rd world countries arrival via mail (UK will refuse and return) ditto unaccompanied baggage (normally the cheapest shipping method), a courier had to be located.
\nI met AZAR (who prefers her surname to remain anonymous) at a party in the house of a mutual friend in Tehran. 1510
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saul albert 1 Picked up sweets from Olga in New Cross, woefully late as was extremely busy. Lost self in South London and nice new headphones somehow on the way... left them in fridge at The People Speak with a label to ward off the beer/other intoxicant borrower currently plaguing the studio ("do not eat, feral trade sweets (not drugs)"). Shlepped them by boat to Copenhagen as gifts for project collaborators, then forgot to hand them over during project production panic. Finally left them in someone's fridge with instructions for further delivery. The one box I ate was delicious. Unfortunately the horrible business of the last months ruined the social element of the exchange almost completely. 1512
Mark Butler 1 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Mark Butler wrote:
\nHello Kate,
\nI now have 11 boxes of the sweets, received from Olga. They are in my fridge
\nat home.
\nWill take them to the Cube on next shift. Any preference which fridge I
\nshould put them in? Do I need to label them?
\n
\n2009/11/11 Mark Butler wrote:
\nHello Olga,
\n It's looking like Friday is not going to be possible. How about Sunday?
\n Any chance early afternoon say 3pm?
\n Best wishes,
\n Mark .
\n
\n
\n
\n 2009/11/9 Olga Goriunova wrote:
\n
\n hi all,
\n I can be in King's Cross area (or Islington, Highbury and Islington)
\n on Wedndesday and Friday; can meet some time morning/afternoon on
\n those dates (11, 13). Any chance?
\n olga .
\n
\n 2009/11/9 kate rich wrote:
\n
\n hi mark.
\n
\ngreat! its in new cross, which i agree is tricky.
\nperhaps you could check with current sweets holder (olga, cc'd) if she
\ncan meet you somewhere else for handover, perhaps you could pick up from
\nher work location? olga! it's another cube volunteer, volunteering delivery to bristol. maybe this one will be easier to intercept. i'm in damascus, unfortunately. good luck. kate .
\n
\nMon, 9 Nov 2009, Mark Butler wrote:
\nIt looks like I will be going back to London on the 13th and the 15th. Where does the consignment need picking up from? London's a big place .... I will be in the Cube working on bar Tuesday @ 6.30 and 9 and Wednesday in
\nthe morning cleaning if you want to discuss.
\nBest wishes,
\nMark .
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Cynthia Berning 1 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:52:07 +0200. From: Cynthia Berning To: kate rich Subject: Re: Interested in Moroccan Couscous? Do you happen to know anyone in or near Barcelona? I'll be in Barcelona for a week around Christmas and could easily bring a suitcase of zmita.
\nDon't have any plans to be in England, but I know a handful of British people living in Morocco who may be going home for the holidays, I could check with them if Barcelona doesn't work for you.
\nHope the cafe went well. Good luck with the planning of the next one!
\nCynthia 1513
alfonso borragan 2 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:53:28 +0000 From: alfonso borragan To: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: barcelona-bristol courier. Hi Kate,
\n
\nI can do without problems. I'm probably flying from barcelona to Bristol the
\n14 of February. That dates are oke for you... I can be prepared to bear 5 kg, yes! Give me more instructions when you now more. If it is, lets go!!! I can
\npick up frome you need and travel with it... best Fonz 1513
natascha sadr haghighian 1 1514
murcof 2 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:39:29 +0100
\nFrom: murcof
\nTo: kate rich
\nCc: Mark Slater
\nSubject: Re: Feral Trade
\n
\nhi kate
\n
\nyes, i can do it, i'll be going to denmark after beirut where i meet antivj from bristol for
\na gig there, maybe nico can take it to the uk mark? otherwise i can take the cargo to
\nbarcelona, on nov 30th
\n
\ncheers!
\n-----------------------------
\n
\nDate: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:55:51 +0100
\nFrom: murcof
\nTo: kate rich
\nCc: natascha sadr haghighian
\nSubject: Re: wheat from beirut
\n
\nhi kate, natascha... murcof here
\n
\nso it's ok for you to meet at the basement on the 26 the night of the gig? you'll be on the
\nguest list
\n
\ncheers
\n
\nfernando corona
\ntijuana - barcelona
\n-----------------------------
\nmurcof.com
\n 1514
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kate rich 1 elements picked up from Cairo electrician's souk in Attaba, travelled by foot and Shaheen family car to Tagamoa Khamses, a parbuilt and almost pre-inhabited ghost town rising out of dust at the desert edge of New Cairo. The elements were rebagged at Rasha's parents family home for easyjet 20kg baggage compliance, 80 elements fit within the limit the remainder waiting behind for future transport. 1 megabag bought in Attaba for 7 egyptian pounds, 75p, to encompass the flock of smaller bags at baggage check. 7AM drive past Cairo airport to the bus station for the 8hrs bu ride to cheapest regional airport option Sharm El Sheikh. Arrived in airport radius 1.5 days early on advice of Rasha's mother who said all roads in Sinai can drastically close if Mubarak or his wife are moving round the country, this is Egypt so you can't be too careful. Whiled away the interim in Dahab cheap beach hotel, red sea snorkelling and running tea experiments in room. Shared taxi to Sharm airport with some divers, cruised thru luggage checkin with 21kg. Easyjet departed 1 hr late but in time to catch last dead of night bus Gatwick-Bristol for a 3AM arrival at the Cube Microplex. 1515
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anti vj 3 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:42:18 +0000D
\nFrom: AntiVJ is a visual label
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: Feral Trade Murcof proposal (fwd)
\n
\nHi kate,
\n
\nLucky i had enough space in my luggage !
\n
\nNot sure if/when i can drop them at their office. Give me a call when
\nyou're back if you haven't heard from them.
\n
\nCheers,
\nNico
\nDate: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:42:06 +0000
\nFrom: AntiVJ
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: Feral Trade Murcof proposal (fwd)
\n
\nHi kate
\nThe wheat is on my desk at the pervasive media studio, in a black carrier bag. Pop in when
\nyou can
\nNico
\n
\n 1514
kate rich 4 after 10 or something texts phonecalls & emails with nico I finally made it in to pervasive centre, harbourside, where he kindly arranged to leave the wheat at his desk. due to 1cm of snow this morning there was no-one on reception but a voice let me in through the security door anyway. I said i'm here for a pickup. walked into per open plan office where a few artists deep in their computers. no-one seemd to mind that I took an unamrked black plastic bag from the desk marked nico, which contained the wheat. took a few post-it notes from the unstaffed reception desk also. 1514
Olga Goriunova 6 1510
kate rich 1 goods assembled in cardboard box and carried by hand to the liban post office, hamra, where after filling out 5 all shipping and customs forms detailing box contents they were dispatched at a cost of $61 USD. 1511
sneha solanki 2 1511
amy balkin 1 Sf (Inga to Amy via meeting at Cafe Flore - http://cafeflore.com/). Amy
\nrebottled for shipping for Josh via Virgin Atlantic to London Heathrow. Car
\nto Droitwitch. Car to Bristol for handoff. 1517
josh on 2 1517
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kate rich 1 Picked up 10 jars mush from kayle's walked to rosebery avenue. Next AM packed 2 insanely heavy bags, apple mush and mixed goods from mixed locations. Barely could lift bags onto bus. Somehow got them on the train Bristol-London Paddington, changed via tube to Kings Cross and dragged bags onto Newcastle train. Taxi from Newcastle station to Tyneside cinema was a dream. All goods stored in AV Festival office till March. 1518
kate rich 1 saul was going to deliver but got too busy & left for copenhagen, the bastard. luckily i was passing thru the area before too late. bus 21 from brockley gardens to borough market gorged with crowd greed of gourmet saturday market shoppers. slunk through to general public agency and dropped bagged sweets through the letterbox, labelled for clare so the architects wouldnt grab them first as per her instructions. queue jumped monmouth coffee monster queue for a coffee to take the edge off natural sense of aggression. 1519
Azar 3 PART ONE- Tehran
\nWhen I accept to carry 10 kilos of sweets to London, for a 'stranger'
\ngirl I met only once in a friend's party, almost everyone considers me as a
\ntotal fool! How could you trust her?! they say. and even if there is no
\nproblem with sweets, 'why' should you carry that much extra luggage for
\nsomeone you don't even know? I answer: well... the fact is... yes I am crazy!
\nand crazy people trust their first impressions! i just 'liked' the way Kate
\n made this strange networked business of sweet smuggling! and then
\nI 'liked' to help them!! that simple. this is my reason! ( Though later in
\nthe airport, when I was exhausted by pulling those heavy bags, for moments I
\nwondered by myself: what the hell I am doing?!).
\n
\nPART TWO-London:
\nAfter arrival in New cross, i make an appointment with Olga,one of Kate's
\nfriends, for collecting the sweets from my house. She lives nearby and says
\nshe will come with her little son and a friend of her who has bicycle to
\ncarry the boxes. When they arrive in the dark cold evening, i invite them to
\ncome in and have a cup of tea before leaving. I live with my student friend
\nand soon we all start to talk: about sweets and weather, to post-election
\nIran and student life in London...and then comes a moment that we absolutely
\nastonish by the incredibility of something called 'co-incident':
\nOn the same day's morning, my friend has come to me with an amazing book he
\nrecently found in the Uni in relation to his MA program. Since morning we
\nhave just talked about the book, discussed some passages for hours, and
\nappreciated the brilliant mind of its author...well, now guess what? Olga's
\nfriend is the author of the book!! in our house, just in the same
\nafternoon!!
\nwhen they are gone, my friend and I stare at each other for a moment, and
\nthen burst with laugh:
\nWHAT A SMAAAL WORLD!
\n
\n
\n 1510
rasha shaheen 2 1515
Shaw-Min Lim 1 Collected 5 jars of honey from Leanne Knox at 1230pm in front of RBS, 250 Bishopsgate, London. 1520
Inga Dorosz 3 1517
kate rich 4 1517
minerva cuevas 1 1521
mark slater 4 1523
Jacob Sikker Remin 3 1512
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Christian Ulrik Andersen 2 Small world. I happened to know my 'deliver-ant', Grete and have also met Minerva dressed as a duck. My wife picked up the chocolate from Grete. And I carried it to Transmediale in Berlin, where Kate had her stand. It was great meeting her, and I had a wonderful cop of coffee from El Salvador. And yes, the chocolate smells and tastes wonderful. 1521
Grete Aagaard 3 I am happy that I could bring the chocolate to Europe- and I am sorry that I
\ncould only bring the one kilo, but my luggage were all ready overweight
\nafter three month in Mexico City. After a nice cup of coffee at a cafe in
\nthe center of mexico city Minerva handed over the great Oaxaca chocolate. 1521
Les 2 1527
ruth catlow 1 1528
ruth catlow 1 1529
kate rich 4 17 jars zmita were coordinated via email to travel with US Peace Corps volunteer Cynthia from Morocco to Barcelona in December on her xmas volunteering vacation. Payment arranged via paypal to Cynthia's mother in USA. alfonso borragan(Bristol) offered to do pickup from barcelona at a later date and arranged for the zmita to be stored at a friend's studio there. Hours before departing Barcelona Cynthia had still not heard from her Barcelona contact but luckily communications picked up at the last minute and the zmita was safely transferred. Later, mid-february, I picked up Alfonso returning from spain with zmita shipment in backpack, from the incoming bristol airport bus. Only 12 jars zmita were present. Alfonso emailed his friend Farners Cabra in barcelona who had since retrieved 5 jars zmita from a broken plastic bag & mistakenly transported them to Girona where he thought Alfonso was. At this point late feb the postal system seemed to be the practical solution so instructions were sent via alfonso emailfor the lost 5 jars to be mailed from girona to tyneside cinema, newcastle, to rejoin their party there. 2/3/10 a package costing 20 euros and containing 4 jars zmita was delivered at the Tyneside Cinema, possibly the most expensive energy food ever. Fate of the last zmita jar unknown. 1513
maja kuzmanovic 1 Several bottles brought from Pula to Brussels by my brother Goran in December 2009. The rest I packaged and transported to Brussels in January 2010, during my first visit to Pula after more than a year. Both trips were with Croatian Airlines Pula-Zagreb-Brussels. The bottles were the last remaining bottles of walnut grappa from the harvest in 2010. A small sample of the new sour cherry grappa was included, in a small heart shaped bottle. Nothing eventful to report. Pula airport is even more deserted in January, it's quite cold and miserable and the buckets are still there to gather the drops from the leaking roof. 1530
jim adlington 3 1523
Azar 3 1531
tom higham 4 1511
Rebecca Morrill 2 Collected 5 jars of honey from Shaw-Min Lim, in Clerkenwell, London, and carried them in my rucksack along with a nice bottle of riesling I also bought during my trip to London. I was worried about clanking of glass containers so repacked it several times to make sure everything was well padded amongst my clothes and towels. Then took tube from Farringdon to Kings Cross (didn't trust the bus to get me there on time during rush hour traffic and didn't want to have to run with all these breakables), then took mainline train from Kings Cross to Newcastle Central, and finished my journey by foot to Tyneside Cinema. 1520
tom higham 2 This is the last part of the shipment I picked up at Transmediale. It's pretty heavy, but was also slightly concerned about it's missile like shape..! No problems though and arrived intact. 1531
tom higham 4 picked up the hot chocolate from kate at transmediale...my god this stuff smells good. it took a lot of self discipline not to open it up and devour it, but i stayed strong! 1521
NSH 4 1531
tom higham 2 Arranged to meet Mark at the Stage Door of the Sage Gateshead in between him sound checking The Ex and Brass Unbound @ 6pm. He kindly offered a few guest list spots for that evening's gig - lovely chap! Collected the car load of glassware and other bits, and proceeded to make the snowy and icy journey home. The next morning I took everything through to store at the Tyneside Cinema. 1523
nik gaffney 3 Maja & I carried the bottles in a check-in suitcase from Brussels to Berlin in February 2010 with Brussels airlines, taxi and a bus. We took them with us to Transmediale at HKW on foot, across a very slippery park. We delivered them to Kate & had several lovely cups of tea and coffee cooked on her iron. Orange blossom was particularly tasty. 1530
tom higham 4 Picked the grappa up from Kate at Transmediale - along with the hot chocolate, tea towels, some tea, the sugar, and some interpretation materials. I took a suitcase over to Berlin, so that I'd have space to bring back everything. What I hadn't realised, was the weight of the goods, along with the film I had to pick up from Arsenals - Ten Skies by James Benning. It's a gorgeous 16mm film, and the only copy in existence... It screens at Star & Shadow in Newcastle during the festival, and I'd highly recommend it.
\n
\nBack to the transport, I JUST managed to cram everything into my bag, but it then felt about 30kg (it was 24, I'd only brought over 11kg!). Luckily I seemed to have a friendly check-in person who let me through without charging anything extra. On the way to the airport I had a small wager with a travelling companion about the weight of my luggage, she won guessing 24kg, so I owe her a wurst and a beer next time we're in Berlin. 1530
Farners Cabra 6 De: Farners Cabra Fecha: 26 de febrero de 2010 12:28:59 GMT Para: alfonso borragan Asunto: Paquete para Kate Rich. Hemos llevado esta ma?ana el paquete a Correos. Recibir? un paquete certificado. Hemos avanzado nosotras el dinero, y ser?a fant?stico que cuando vengas a Girona nos lo puedas pagar: 20'90? Si quieres, puedes hacer el seguimiento del paquete a trav?s de la web de Correos. El c?digo del paquete es RR459790790ES 1513
james kennard 1 1533
kate rich 2 1533
Sarah Washington 1 I met Laura, representative for Weingut Schild, through her press work for a larger winery. She supports our fight to prevent damage to the world's most important stretch of Riesling vineyards from a coming motorway and giant bridge. (If interested see this campaign website.) The Weingut Schild red wine is from the grape Spätburgunder, which is another name for Pinot noir. It was recently tasted and praised by the eminent wine critic Jancis Robinson.
\nThe Karl Erbes Riesling is made in Ürzig by Stefan Erbes, who plays in the table tennis club with Knut. (We have picked frozen grapes for Eiswein with him at 6am on a dark morning at -10.)
\nI ordered the wine by email whilst at Transmediale in Berlin. The following week Laura brought the red wine from her partner's estate near the Nahe river to my house at the Mosel, as she works a few kilometres from me. We made the transaction in my kitchen in Ürzig, where I explained to her the idea behind feral trade. We had a decent session putting the world to rights, despite her flu. Knut and I took her bottles to the Karl Erbes wine estate nearby, to pack in a single box together with their white wine. There is a really good postal subsidy that winemakers can register for which allows them to send 21 bottles of wine to the UK for €14. Any amount of bottles up to 21 (not exceeding 30kg) will cost the same to post. For this transaction I wanted to bring the two winemakers together in one parcel to make a new local connection for transporting wine, and to achieve the most economic delivery for a heavy product which would be difficult to deliver by hand. Once packed, the very large box was sealed and the pre-paid postage label was applied by Silke who works for Karl Erbes. Then Knut and I drove it to the post office in the next village. 1534
kate rich 2 1534
kate rich 1 1535
Les 2 1526
chiz williams 6 1523
craig baldwin 1 1537
clive gillman 2 1532
heath bunting 5 1513
heath bunting 2 1535
Doddington Dairy 1 1538
kate rich 1 1539
heath bunting 2 1539
Liliane Lijn 1 We have never sold any before since we really just produce enough for our own use and to give to a few friends but we could sell you a few bottles. The bottles are 0.750 litre and the going price online seems to be 15 for this type of oil. I don't know what the shop prices are as I never buy
\nany. 1540
Acorn Dairy 1 1541
sam storey 1 cakes delivered 8am friday to the feral trade cafe. 1542
stephen weiss 2 Pressed in Perugia in mid_november, brought in on ryanair in 5L tin containers, home-bottled in London, the artist designed the label. 1540
james kennard 1 1543
Megan Prelinger 1 My friend Severine von Tscharner Fleming is an activist and filmmaker who advocates for young farmers. Her website, project hub, and film-in-progress are all called The Greenhorns. (www.thegreenhorns.org)
\n
\nSeverine was in California organizing young farmers and transporting bean stocks at a time in early 09 when she was also shooting film and
\nworking on her movie. Rick made digital files for her of a number of films from the Prelinger Archives on the history of agriculture and
\nthe industrialization of the food supply that we hopes she could use in her film. The day she dropped by to pick up the films, she was
\nparticipating in a farmer-to-farmer transport of a huge carload of beans. In exchange for the films she gave us several pounds of beans.
\n
\nThe varieties contributed to the feral trade cafe for AV10 are Purple Runners, Pinquito, and Red Kidney.
\n 1544
clare ruddock 1 1545
chris yeomans 2 1545
Neil 1 1547
kate rich 2 1547
Rebecca Morrill 1 1548
kate rich 1 31/6 caught the train from bristol temple meads, changed at birmingham. Arriving manchester the weather changed from summer to english summer. Got lost outside manchester picadilly station, caught a taxi to castlefield gallery to avoid confusion. 1549
heath bunting 1 i went from vahida's home
\nto belgrade airport
\nthen to zurich airport
\nthen to zurich hbf
\nthen to basel hbf
\nthen to kaserne
\nthen to apartment.
\n
\nwaited 7 days.
\n
\nthen moved to another apartment.
\n
\nwaited 4 days.
\n
\nthen when to basel airport
\nthen went to gatwich
\nthen went to heathrow
\nthen went to reading
\nthen went to bristol TM
\nthen went home.
\n
\nwaited some days.
\n
\nthen took sweets to your flat
\n 1550
Lois Klassen 1 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:04:26 -0700
\nFrom: Lois Klassen
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: need anything from Vancouver?
\n
\nHi Kate -
\nI almost forgot to offer my bags to you. I am leaving for Toronto and then Manchester and eventually London and likely
\nBristol to see Jem & Co....
\nDo you need anything? Would a mix of dried mushrooms from the coastal mountains be of interest for anyone in your network? I
\nthink I will be smuggling some in my checked luggage for my hosts.
\nMaybe there are good wild mushrooms in UK? What do I know about that... nothing at all.
\n
\nHow are you otherwise? Perhaps we will meet up. I would love that. Mary Oliver & I are doing a co-residency at HUBM3 a
\nnewish media centre in Manchester.
\n
\nBest wishes,
\nLois
\n
\nJune 8, 2010 - last minute errands for my 10 or 11 week trip included a search for the wild mushroom guy at the Granville Island Market. I found the usual site for his table, marked out but totally vacant. Other sellers told me that he had been selling the day before, but on that day, there had been no sign of him. Drat. Luckily, there is a permanent shop at the market that sells food stock packaged nicely for tourists. They had a good selection of high quality mushrooms in well marked packages. Maybe this is a better bet for in the unlikely event of luggage inspection. The seller though transporting same would not be a problem... the Australian woman looking at the same product thought there would be no way they would be legal to import into her home country and she would never risk taking them into the UK.
\n
\nJune 9 - arrival in Toronto
\nJune 12 - delivery of one package of mixed 'shrooms to Cheyanne who has kindly given me a futon to sleep on for 5 nights. She is a fantastic cook and promptly cooks up the entire package in a feast for me and my collaborator Mary. I gave her another package to enjoy after I leave.
\nJune 21 - en board the air transat flight between TO and Manchester. I am reading through a booklet about transporting goods between Canada & UK. Dried food - OK; fresh meat & other produce - not OK.
\nJune 23 - I give another package to Andrea, my host in Manchester. During my stay, she gives up smoking and takes up eating... the mushrooms quickly disappear in a couple of lovely roasted meat & veggie ensembles, that are her specialty.
\nJuly 7 - the final delivery is exchanged with Kate for cash. I'm thrilled to hear that she will feature them in her upcoming Feral Trade Cafe at Castlefields Gallery in August. I also love the idea for the rest of the gallery to be made available to artists from all over the UK to install themselves for work on specific summer projects or collaborations. Mary Oliver & I are in the midst of our collaborative residency at Hub M3 (http://www.hub.salford.ac.uk/). Manchester is a great place to get art working.
\n 1551
minerva cuevas 1 22/6/10 [by SMS]. minerva on .de mobile in london for 1 day! Have to go 2 Liverpool but might be able to visit Bristol 27-30. Will u b there? Looking fwd to c u! 28/6/10 [by SMS]. Would love to get to bristol but too expensive from liverpool... Will go to dublin and will c if there is any better chance there. Could find courier there for the chocolate? 5/7/10 [by SMS]. Won't b able 2 go 2 bristol this time... Is teresa dillon in dublin? will transfer the chocolate 2 her. 9/7/10 [by SMS]. Hi kate. No response from teresa so far. Could u email her so my friend keith gives her the chocolate? Keiths mobile [...] 1552
Teresa Dillon 2 Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:28:08 +0200
\nFrom: teresa.dillon
\nTo: kate rich
\nCc: minerva
\nSubject: Re: delivery
\n
\n
\nHey!
\n
\nYes, IRL is v. different to England :)
\nI'm coming to Bristol on Sunday - I will be in Dublin on Sat eve only.
\nI'll give Keith a call - but likely he will have to come to me as I'm not
\nin Dublin much before I leave. Soon + with coco - TX
\n
\nhi,
\nDate: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:39:41 +0200
\nFrom: teresa.dillon
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: delivery
\n
\ncalled keith - and there is 4kilos of coco - and i've already checked in;
\nwith no bags. so if you want to do this - it'll be about 20-30euro to pay at check-in.
\ni've a feeling this is the same as just posting it!
\nwhat do you want to do?
\n
\nDate: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:03:09 +0200
\nFrom: teresa.dillon
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: delivery.
\n
\ngot 3 of the 4 bags with me.
\ni have dentist appointment in town tomorrow at 9.30 - do you want to meet
\nme at 10.30 at bordeux cafe, by the water?
\nx
\n 1552
kate rich 3 4/7 texted attempting dublin courier hookup i texted teresa dillon's uk mobile number to minerva but due to bad geography forgot that ireland is a different country & sent teresa's UK number instead (no response). 9/7 realised error and hooked up minerva & teresa by email (worked). teresa was coincidentally travelling to bristol the following day & was skilled enough to haul 3kg of the total 4kg choc in her hand luggage without incurring ryanair baggage charges. 11/7 I met teresa at the watershed bar for chocolate handover. stopped for coffee at the kiosk opposite hippodrome, then walked back to ducrow court where the chocolate is warerhoused till further notice. 1552
Jelena Stanovnik 2 1549
Simon Preston 1 1250g of Edinburgh Shortbread made with local organic butter handed to Verity Leigh out side my house in Wellington Street, Edinburgh 1568
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East.
\n 1554
Bojana Jelenic 4 These sweets are made with sweet dough. One time I was preparing both salty and sweet dough. In the evening I kneaded it and put in the fridge. At 4AM in the morning (when the electricity is cheaper) I woke up to bake it. First I took dough for salty bars, rolled and cut it, put salt and sesame, and put it in the oven. And another dough for sweet cookies (Vanilice) I flattened the dough and cut the circles out with the small glass. Soon after I put it into oven I noticed something went wrong, but it was too late. Still sleepy in those early hours, I confused two doughs. The sweet dough for Vanilice had salty sesame topping and salty dough was made into rounded shape ready to put apricot marmalade filling. I was offering them to my family and visitors. Everybody laughed and it took a while to be consumed. 1550
Kwong Lee 3 Started driving from Kate's house in Bristol on Sun 22 August 2010, at about 9:30pm. Torrential downpour until Gloucester on M5. Then stopped off at Stafford service station on M6 (had a pot of standard 'English' tea) and arrived home at Redbricks, Manchester on Monday 23 August 2010, at 1am. On Tuesday 24 August brought the Cube-Cola (mini) to Castlefield Gallery. 3 Large bottles stayed at Redbricks to make up Cola syrup when needed. Made one batch on Tuesday and brought in Syrup to gallery on Wednesday - tastes great! 1553
UPS 1 1567
Sarah Washington 2 Between Kate, Knut and myself we decided on white wine only for this order, as the '09 bottling of the red I wanted to send was not yet ready for dispatch. It is such a good wine that it sells out each year, and at such a reasonable price it was too difficult to provide an interesting substitute. The white wine is from a winemaker in Ürzig called Karl Erbes. Nowadays Stefan Erbes runs the business, with the support of his father Karl who established their winery after many years experience as a sought after 'wine finisher' in the most prestigious cellars. They make amazingly consistent wine which is becoming widely recognised by connoisseurs. This is their entry level offering, which is fantastic value. It is a Feinherb - meaning essentially that it is off-dry. I have witnessed it being purchased as the preferred 'everyday' wine of rich as well as poor! 1567
Knut Aufermann 3 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:30:38 -0700 (PDT)
\nFrom: Knut Aufermann
\nTo: kate rich
\nCc: Sarah Washington
\nSubject: Re: courier reports.
\n
\nHi Kate,
\n
\nthe wine parcels are on their way, card payment worked fine. UPS tracking codes are
\n1ZA771W86842182971
\n1/A771W86840781989
\nSarah will post some photos soon.
\n
\ncheers Knut
\n 1567
Kwong Lee 2 Started driving from Kate's house in Bristol on Sun 22 August 2010, at about 9:30pm. Torrential downpour until Gloucester on M5. Then stopped off at Stafford service station on M6 (had a pot of standard 'English' tea) and arrived home at Redbricks, Manchester on Monday 23 August 2010, at 1am. Sweets straight in fridge. On Tuesday 24 August brought the sweets to Castlefield Gallery in chill-box. 1550
vahida ramujkic 3 1550
Kwong Lee 4 Started driving from Kate's house in Bristol on Sun 22 August 2010, at about 9:30pm. Torrential downpour until Gloucester on M5. Then stopped off at Stafford service station on M6 (had a pot of standard 'English' tea) and arrived home at Redbricks, Manchester on Monday 23 August 2010, at 1am. On Tuesday 24 August brought the hot chocolate to Castlefield Gallery. 1552
Rose White 1 I bought the churchkela sweets on my last day in Georgia. Me and my room-mate Lizzie went off by ourselves to the market.There are very few tourists there. The market is hectic and rickety, with makeshift stalls and cars razzing down the streets, swerving to avoid people and other cars and using their horns continuously.There are heaps of fresh produce everywhere. We wandered quite far into the market looking for the sweets, which we'd tried a few days earlier. We found a street of stalls covered with bunches of churchkhela and sour sweets in flat, round sheets, made from crushed berry paste. The churchkhela are made by stringing nuts like a necklace and dipping them into reduced grape juice until they've got a sweet, rubbery coating. It's similar to the process of making candles. I arrived back late on 08/08/10 and sent a message to Kate Feraltrade the next day thanking her for watering my plants whilst I was away. She replied that she was stuck in hospital, so I took some Georgian wine and sweets in when I went to visit her. 1569
kate rich 2 8/8/10 hospitalised in Bristol Royal Infirmary due to drastic sports injury. feral trade's neighbour rose visited with consolation bottle of georgian wine and churchkhela sweets fresh in from the georgian capital tbilisi. another visitor jelena stanovnik carried the churchkhela back to my flat at ducrow court st pauls, where rose white also lives, a convenient 10 mins walk from BRI. due to my immobilisaton for 6 weeks post- foot surgery, castlefield gallery director kwong lee drove down from manchester to convey remaining goods (georgian sweets, serbian sweets, hot chocolate and cube-cola) back to castlefield for the opening of feral trade cafe there the following week. 1569
Kwong Lee 3 Met courier Rose at Ducrow Court with Kate - she talked of how they make this trad sweet from Georgia - a long stick of nuts dipped repeatedly in sugary syrupy. Started driving from Kate's house in Bristol on Sun 22 August 2010, at about 9:30pm. Torrential downpour until Gloucester on M5. Then stopped off at Stafford service station on M6 (had a pot of standard 'English' tea) and arrived home at Redbricks, Manchester on Monday 23 August 2010, at 1am. Sweets straight in fridge. On Tuesday 24 August brought the stick of Georgian sweet to Castlefield Gallery. 1569
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East.
\n 1570
marko martin wilkinson 4 1553
Jai Redman 1 (Jai has delivered their olive oil flat bread to Castlefield Gallery every Wednesday since 25th August) 1571
Kwong Lee 1 Sally Westaway of Glebelands City Growers (Sale, Manchester) delivered 500g of fresh salad greens and flowers to my home in The 'Redbricks', 9am on Wed 25 August. Just picked, the salad looked and tasted great - consisting of mustard, rocket, mezuna and 4 other types of lettuce leaves, plus nasturtiam flowers. Brought them on my bike to Castlefield Gallery at 10am.
\nUpdate - Since 25 August, Adam Rayne of Glebelands (also my neighbour) has left me fresh salad every Tuesday and Friday night when they get refridgerated and then brought to the gallery the following day on my bike. 1572
Jelena Stanovnik 4 1569
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Rebecca Morrill 2 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East. 1566
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East.
\n 1561
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East.
\n 1564
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East. 1565
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East. 1560
Jelena Stanovnik 1 I first discovered the cheese in a sandwich my sister made to take to
\nthe beach. I thought it was very feraltrade material so bought a
\ncouple of packs from a Podgorica supermarekt to take back to Bristol at the end of my summer
\nholiday, 2010. Montenegro Airlines flight from Podgorica on 30th June 8.40
\ntook me to London Gatwick, from where I took a train home to Bristol via Reading. At
\nBristol Temple Meads I was met by Marko Wilkinson, who lifted me home and the
\ncheese to the fridge to await final (terminal) delivery to Kate's flat. 1573
Kwong Lee 2 Started driving from Kate's house in Bristol on Sun 22 August 2010, at about 9:30pm. Torrential downpour until Gloucester on M5. Then stopped off at Stafford service station on M6 (had a pot of standard 'English' tea) and arrived home at Redbricks, Manchester on Monday 23 August 2010, at 1am. Cheese straight in fridge. On Tuesday 24 August brought the cheese to Castlefield Gallery in chill-box 1573
kate rich 5 Grounded at home with a drastic sports injury, it was necessary to dispatch a colleague to pick up the cube-cola concentrates, stored in Cube Cinema office kitchen and transport it several hundred meters to feral trade's ducrow court flat. After a few SMSs cube bar manager marko wilkinson agreed to collect the cola. On sunday aug 22 the cola arrived via tesco bag at ducrow court, from where Castlefield director, visiting bristol to finalise the details of the feral trade cafe show, could transport it safely back to manchester. 1553
Sally Westaway 2 1572
Verity Leigh 2 Edinburgh Shortbread stored in my house at Lady Menzies Place in Edinburgh overnight and then taken to Waverley station for the 09.22 train to Manchester Airport. It was securely stowed on the overhead luggage racks for several hours while the couriers played ludo, Uno and Top Trumps superheros and ate a series of non-shortbread snacks. 1568
Mark Robertson 2 It was fun to be asked to magic some cheese to the Feral Trade Cafe. The
\njourney; home from the dairy to Jesmond; got on my bicycle and peddled to
\nGrey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne; positioned myself out the HSBC
\nBank and waited. 1574
Robin Bootes 3 1574
Kate Taylor 4 1574
Kwong Lee 5 I met Kate Taylor in Bull's Head pub (nr Manchester Piccadilly Station). We talked about film festivals and art biennials - both in the UK and worldwide. Kate handed over the half-round of goats cheese - beautifully packed. Can't wait to try some! On the way home Kate pointed out that International Anthony
\nBurgess Foundation has just moved into Chorlton Mill on Cambridge Street. Burgess is obviously known for A Clockwork Orange and this is a newly established venue for the study of his work. Worth checking out! 1574
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Millie Pearce 4 Edinburgh Shortbread mostly carried by Millie Pearce (aged 7). 1568
Tessa Pearce 5 Edinburgh Shortbread also carried by Tessa Pearce (aged 6) 1568
Kate Taylor 1 1576
Rebecca Morrill 1 Thursday 10 June: Collected goods from Tyneside cinema (AV Festival
\noffice) and transported by car to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland for
\novernight stay at my partner's house. Friday 11 June: late afternoon,
\nmy partner transported by car to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
\nGateshead (where I was already work) then we travelled to DLI Museum
\nand Gallery, Durham, to attend the opening of Paul Rooney exhibition
\nbefore making journey on the M62 (highest motorway in the UK) to
\nUniversity of Chester, Warrington Campus, for overnight stay at house
\nof a friend. Saturday 12 June, continued journey by car to Castlefield
\nGallery, Manchester. Got a bit lost trying to find the Gallery, but
\neventually spotted the Director who helped us unload. Then headed off
\nto Manchester Art Gallery for a Contemporary Art Society members event
\nbefore heading back to North East. 1577
kate rich 1 1578
delta airlines 1 Origin SAL Destination LHR Pieces 6 Weight 124.0kg. 15FEB/1002 -- 6 PIECES ACCEPTED AT SAL | 15FEB/1002 -- 6 PIECES AT SAL ASSIGNED TO DL374/15FEB | 15FEB -- 6 PIECES DEPARTED FROM SAL ON DL374/15FEB TO ATL | 15FEB/2133 -- 6 PIECES AUTHORIZED AT ATL FOR INBOND TRANSIT | 15FEB/2133 -- 6 PIECES ARRIVED AT ATL ON DL374/15FEB FOR TRANSIT | 15FEB/2133 -- 6 PIECES AT ATL ASSIGNED TO DL010/16FEB | 16FEB/1354 -- 6 PIECES REMOVED DL010/16FEB AT ATL AND AWAITING FLIGHT ASSIGNMENT | 16FEB/1354 -- 6 PIECES AT ATL ASSIGNED TO DL012/16FEB | 16FEB -- 6 PIECES DEPARTED FROM ATL ON DL012/16FEB TO LGW | 6 PIECES ARRIVED AT LGW 17FEB 0640 ON DL012/16FEB | 17FEB/0835 -- 6 PIECES CHECKED IN AT LGW OFF DL012/16FEB | 17FEB -- 6 PIECES DEPARTED FROM LGW ON DL6141T/17FEB TO LHR | 17FEB/2044 -- 6 PIECES CHECKED IN AT LHR OFF DL6141/17FEB | 17FEB -- 6 PIECES AT LHR BEING HELD FOR PICKUP | 17FEBOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE CONSIGNEE OR HIS AGENT | 18FEB/2338 -- 6 PIECES DELIVERED AT LHR TO KINGSCOTE ROJAY LTD 1579
Helen Cold 2 Fri, 18 Feb 2011
\n
\nHi there Kate,
\n
\nDid you get the shipment yet? Hopefully there were no problems there for you
\n(and hopefully the security guys that searched the shipment before it was
\nsent didn't damage the packaging!).
\n
\nYou probably got the receipts in the boxes, but I am going to scan and send
\na copy ASAP (will include transportation,coffee, and I can scan the airbill
\nif you would like a copy).
\n
\nAs I said, the shipping bill was less than the quotation over the phone
\n(don't have the airbill here, but the final cost was $477.?? and not
\n$550.00) and so was wondering if I could send you a personal check for the
\ndifference. Could you cash that at your local bank? That would probably be
\nthe easiest way for me to get money to you, and would have the smallest fee
\nassociated with it.
\n
\nWe had to pay $4.50 total for the morning's parking, and sending a letter to
\nyou will probably cost around $1.50, so I can send you a check for $67.?? if
\nthat method of payment will work for you. Just let me know, or if something
\nelse would work better.
\n
\nI'll also get you some photos as soon as I am able to download them.
\n
\nThanks!
\n
\nHelen 1579
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Matt Ferderbar 4 1579
Adilio Cerón Escobar 8 1579
kate rich 7 Sat Feb 12th cycled to the Money Shop Western Union agent on Gloucester road Bristol with £719 cash transfer to Blanca, the farmer, for pick up at the Western Union agent, San Salvador airport (SAL) Monday morning. Monday at 14:11h GMT got an SMS from Helen and Matt at SAL with Blanca. She had given her maiden name for the transfer which did not match her government ID. Cycled back to the Money Shop and waited in line with all the end of month paycheck advance customers, eventually showed the counter clerk my photo-ID and got the name change. SMS from Helen at SAL with shipment success and the Delta airwaybill number for tracking. Back home I phoned Kingscote Freight agent at LHR to intercept the shipment on arrival. As I don't have a fax machine, I had to email Kingscote a request to World Freight Services to hand the shipment over to Kingscote on arrival, which they then faxed to World Freight Services. As green beans (not roasted, not decaffeinated, not
\norganic / Tariff code 09011100) the coffee isn't liable for VAT or duty, the Kingscote agent suggested excise duty might be payable but that seems to only apply to alcohol, cigarettes, carbon trading and gambling. 1579
Blanca de Cerón 9 1579
Kingscote Freight 10 01784424600 1579
World Freight Services 11 1579
Parcelforce 1 1580
Richard Jansz 2 1580
paul cooke 1 1581
kate rich 1 17/5 travelled with subway E, air train, JFK airport and Washington Dulles airport to Atlanta with rolling suitcase now probably 25% occupied with coffee. The payload of coffee and now some AgBags (FER-1616 and 1618) lodged 3 nights at Savannah College of Art and Design campus in the nicely outfitted visiting artist residence next door to the High Museum. 20/1 returned to ATL airport where the coffee incidentally transited 2 months previous on its route from El Salvador to UK, and flew without incident to Los Angeles airport LAX, although news broadcasts were hinting at predicted end of the world/Rapture the following day (May 21). Flyaway bus from LAX arrivals to Union Station downtown for kerbside pickup by Jenna & Oliver, coordinated with use of adjacent person's mobile phone. Coffee photographed in the M&A workshop the following AM when predicted Rapture noticably didn't happen. 1582
kate rich 1 Woke at 530 AM to radio report of Osama Bin Laden's death by US forces, accompanied by audio of crowds outside the Whitehouse chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Bristol to Heathrow on the overkill early 645AM bus. Hung out at the Terminal 4 Cafe Nero with Osama news on TV. Dull flight with more degraded than usual food, watched Bourne Supremacy to add paranoia. After a 3PM landing at Newark Liberty airport, immigration took extra time asking about the 3 previous visits to Iran visible in my passport and despite answers I was escorted to secondary processing. This is in a large hall adjacent to the baggage retrieval area where sparse customers occupy the seating rows and the many uniformed and armed officials float dreamily around the desks pausing regularly to chat and joke with each other, rarely if ever have American workers moved so slowly. Laser printed signs describe the area as Soft Secondary. 3-4 officials consecutively pored through my passport asking the same questions particularly who I am visiting in the USA and what is relationship to them. I was re-escorted to the baggage carousel to retrieve my now long-arrived bag, containing amongst other things the feral trade coffee. The 4th official made it clear that she was the last person I would see there today and it was entirely up to her whether I would enter the US or not. She appeared surprised that tourism exists in Iran. She questioned why I was travelling with swimming goggles and how I had injured my feet, at points it felt almost like a normal conversation although at the same time she was happy to slice into the box of London tea, a gift for Natalie, with her knife. The coffee for California remained undisturbed. After transcribing the names and professions of my US hosts, effectively my core social/trade network in the USA, I was released from limbo into the by comparison free and solid ground of the arrivals concourse. Caught the train to NY Penn Station crossing commuter stampede to subway A to W4th st, Greenwich village seemed uneventful with no particular sign of Osama-killing elation on the streets. Arrived about 7PM at Washington Square Village apartment where bags and self were warehoused. Subsequently & with no drama I departed 17/5 via subway E and air train via JFK airport and Washington Dulles airport to Atlanta where the payload of coffee and now some AgBags (FER-1616 and 1618) lodged 3 nights at Savannah College of Art and Design campus in the visiting artist residence. \t
\n20/1 returned to ATL airport - where the coffee incidentally had transited 2 months previous on its route from El Salvador to UK - amd flew without incident to Los Angeles LAX airport, although newscasts were theorising that the prelude to the end of the world / Rapture might be scheduled for the following evening (May 21). Flyaway bus from LAX arrivals to downtown Union Station for a kerbside pickup by Jenna & Oliver (Materials and Applications) managed via adjacent person's mobile phone. 25/5 caught a bleary 7AM taxi back to Union station for the Amtrak thruway bus to Bakersfield which overheated in the mountain pass near Quail providing a 2hr roadside haitus in the desert, the driver admonished smokers to step way down the verge to prevent cigarettes from igniting passing diesel fumes. It was pleasantly cool yet sunny and 2 Amtrak mechanics eventually arrived with a changeout bus that got us to Bakersfield for the later San Joaquin valley train. Train was as usual spacious & smoothly conducted with no ID checks despite recent mini-hysteria over plans found in Bin Laden's bunker for Amtrak derailment terrorism. Arrived right on 715PM at Emeryville station in the East Bay for pickup courtesy Kevin Harris, we drove via Japantown dinner to Fell Street where the coffee was thankfully delivered.
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jim adlington 1 1584
kate rich 1 1585
kate rich 1 1586
natalie jeremijenko 1 1588
Yo Jeremijenko-Conley 2 1588
kate rich 3 We left the farm at around 530PM Dom driving, to meet the last train back to New York City the 6:21 from Wassaic, it being a Saturday. Dom was driving Paul the farm apprentice's car due to a collision the previous day with a temporary ditch in the bitumen, a harsh-winter occurrence caused by rapidly freezing water under the road, which took out his entire engine via a catastrophic oil leak. At 6:24 it was clear we would not make the station so now driving hell for leather Dom generously steered us a further hour south into New York State, to catch a direct train from connection hub Southeast. We arrived there with 45 minutes to wait form the train, in which time we went for pizza. The direct train departed 8:13 running straight to Grand Central. Subway Grand Central to Bleecker was relatively straight forward, walked to Washington Square Village where the liverwurst was warehoused overnight. 1588
Dominic Palumbo 4 Our pigs, because we’re on a small scale and they’re interacting with people all the time, basically there’s a relationship there. In order to move them quietly we have a livestock trailer and we back the trailer into their pasture and we put some hay in there for bedding and leave it there for a day or two. In their natural curiousity they’ll go up and lay inside the trailer and we go out in the morning and close the door and drive away. We take them 30 minutes north to the slaughterhouse and contrary to what most people think they’re not freaking out or screaming, we get to the slaughterhouse and open the trailer door and we wait for them to make their way out. They walk out and - it sounds like I’m justifying, but in point of fact they walk right down the slaughter chute, they’re kind of interested, and they go into the place where they’re slaughtered and they’re shot directly in the head, to immediately render them senseless.
\nThe livers I then need to transport to the sausage maker who is a three hour distance from the slaughterhouse. I get the pork livers with the accompanying pork fat that makes it creamy and smooth and spreadable, and take those things down to a German sausage maker in southern Connecticut - we’re in the south-west corner of Massachussets. He combines the ingredients that we provide and makes the liverwurst.
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kate rich 1 Measured out approximately 1lb of coffee by guesswork into one of Coffee Compass's foil lined bags. Departed Washington Square village flat at 10 to 11 for a typical tourist subway misride to Grand Central, Bleecker Lafyette number 6 entrance turned out to be downtown only so I caught the B uptown to the wrong 42nd street and had to find the 7 with overbalance of too much luggage with computer plus warm clothes for threatened -5 degrees celcius upstate night, this being the warmest day of the year so far in New York City at around 20C. Despite sense of chaos somehow ended up at Grand central with time to spare. Metro north ride north was smooth, basked the 30 minutes in incredible sun at Wassaic station till Dom arrived, reading NYT latest Japan nuclear metldown potential. 40 minute drive to the farm along roads suddenly exposed from months and feet of snow with gravel shoved over the road mud in places. 1590
kate rich 1 Got on bike with 3 bags coffee plus a black survival bag of heath's washing which I kindly washed for him at my flat as his washing machine has broken down. Cycled in the ecstatic spring sunshine to st paul's learning centre about equidistant between his home and mine, met heath there handed over freight and we walked together as far as the st pauls dentist's where i stopped off for some plaque removal and a tooth chip repair. 1589
kate rich 1 1591
Rania Ho 1 1592
kate rich 1 Woke at 530 AM to radio report of Osama Bin Laden's death by US forces, accompanyied by audio of crowds outside the Whitehouse chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! great. Bristol to Heathrow on the overkill early 645AM bus. Hung out at the Terminal 4 Cafe Nero with Osama news on TV. Dull flight with more degraded than usual food, watched Bourne Supremacy to add paranoia. After a 3PM landing at Newark Liberty airport, immigration took longer than usual asking about the 3 previous visits to Iran visible in my passport and despite answers I was escorted to secondary processing. Secondary is in a large hall adjacent to the baggage retrieval area where sparse customers occupy the seating rows and the many uniformed and armed officials float dreamily around the desks pausing regularly to chat and joke with each other, I have rarely if ever seen American workers move so slowly. Laser printed signs describe the area as Soft Secondary. Between the 3rd and 4th official poring through my 2 passports and asking the same questions particularly who I am visiting in the USA and what is relationship to them, I was re-escorted to the baggage carousel to retrieve my now long-arrived small checked bag, containing amongst other things 2 bottles of cube cola concentrate. The 4th official made it clear that she was the last person I would see there today and it was entirely up to her whether I would enter the US or not. She seemed genuinely surprised to hear that tourism exists in Iran. She questioned why I was travelling with swimming goggles and how I had injured my feet, at points it felt almost like a normal conversation, at the same time she was happy to slice into my box of tea, a gift for Natalie, with her knife. The cola concentrate remained undisturbed. After transcribing the names and professions of who I was to be visiting she eventually released me from limbo into the by comparison free and solid ground of the arrivals concourse. Air train to Penn Station, crossing commuter stampede to subway A to west 4th street were uneventful with no particular sign of Osama-killing elation on the streets. Arrived about 7PM at Washington Square village where bags and self were warehoused. \t
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kate rich 1 Journeyed to berlin via london, slow but easyjet no longer fly there direct from bristol daily. smooth trip along an unfamiliar route, despite a brief altercation with the gate agent at luton parkway station. took advantage of disabled appearance to get on the plane early. berlin the cold was less savage than feared, at schonefield station advised other landing travellers how to use the s-bahn. coffee & I overnighted at the holiday inn express, streesemanstrasse. on the 4th after automated espresso at the breakfast buffet, walked through minus 10 C sunstruck tiergarten to HKW where the coffee was handed over to steve during our mutual panel presentation. 1634
Korinna Lindinger 1 Date: 12 Apr
\n
\nI happily recieved 2 bottles of cola at Foam Wed 4 Apr around 1pm. Packed in my bag the cola took a train from Brussels to Gent and continued to Rotterdam later the day. There the couple was splitted and one bottle was given as a present to my dear hosts there. On Sun 8 Apr the henceforth lone second bottle cola changed from my blue into my yellow suitcase and joined me on my way from Rotterdam Station to Brussels Airport and from there we took a direct flight to Vienna. After a quick stay in a VW Tuarek it was unpacked in our studio and there given as a present to the cute friend and collegue who was taking care of my plants and fishes during my stay in the Benelux. 1660
kate rich 1 Bristol to Colchester by train, bus across London and train into Essex which is another country. The cola was stored overnight at the George hotel, Colchester and delivered to the gallery in the morning. Served at close of the day's events to conference attendees, firstsite director, kitchen manager, curators, staff and some kids. 1636
kate rich 1 12/2 travelled to STUK from Bristol via taxi, train, tube, eurostar, train and taxi, an 8 hour journey. The Bristol-London train was simultaneously delayed by planned weekend engineering works and unplanned points failure, allowing thoughtful passengers to file for reclaim on the Bristol-London segment of their trip for the more than 1 hour late arrival of the train at destination Paddington. The exit ticket gates were left sympathetically open. On the tube you now need to change Circle line trains at Edgware Rd, where the 2nd tube driver slammed the door on my foot for being too slow boarding with crutches and the 15+ kg bag containing cola, coffee and Irational radio transmitter. Met Heath Bunting and Rachel Baker at the pain quotidien cafe, eurostar forecourt, and proceeded to Brussels Midi station. IC train to Leuven and taxi to STUK where the cola was taken direct to the gallery. 1637
kate rich 1 We departed the farm in good time, allowing 45 minutes to station after drastic train miss on the last trip. Sunny but cold. Drove along various made and unmade and now mud-locked roads due to the recent sudden thaw. An enxpected traffic accident detour slowed progress but we made the train at Wassaic by seconds and the reluctant mercy of the train driver. Sunny yet dull ride back to NYC where subways were thwart with more delays and closures. 1594
Dominic Palumbo 2 1594
Rania Ho 1 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:21:38 +0100
\nFrom: Rania Ho. hi. i'm in edinburgh. will be at collective most days, so you could probably
\nreach me at their number, or you can also sms me at my china mobile. cookies are in the tube, tea is in the suitcase. cookies: cookies arrived with mild damage. taste is unaffected, but form of
\nsome have been altered. 1595
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heath bunting 2 1589
kate rich 1 travelled ducrow court to temple meads station in st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining ultra heavy and ultra fragile glass items balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. friday, walked a bag of coffee beans to artisan roast on broughton street, who kindly ground it gratis. 1597
kate rich 1 travelled ducrow court to temple meads station in st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining ultra heavy and ultra fragile glass items balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. 1598
Kwong Lee 1 1599
Kwong Lee 1 1600
Kwong Lee 1 1601
Kwong Lee 1 1602
Kwong Lee 1 1603
kate rich 1 travelled ducrow court to temple meads station in st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining ultra heavy and ultra fragile glass items balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. 1604
kate rich 1 cycled cube to ducrow court where i picked ordered a cab to temple meads station from st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining ultra heavy and ultra fragile glass items balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. 1605
kate rich 1 travelled ducrow court to temple meads station in st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining ultra heavy and ultra fragile glass items balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. 1606
jem noble 1 1607
kate rich 1 travelled ducrow court to temple meads station in st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining the fragile glass with more risky items such as filled wine bottles, balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. 1608
Jenny Richards 2 1611
Simon Preston 2 1609
kate rich 3 Walked from Wellington street to Collective gallery via the more scenic abbey mount / royal mile route. 1609
kate rich 1 1611
kate rich 1 travelled ducrow court to temple meads station in st pauls based dad's cabs, accompanied by heath for extra haul power and idle chatter. feral trade suitcase combining ultra heavy and ultra fragile glass items balanced on the pounding bass speaker in the dad's cab boot. Driver kindly sorted me out with 4 cab receipts. Bought a cash ticket to edinburgh at the counter, returned it and bought another ticket then dragged bags via lifts to the platform. Train north was dull with regular pestering from all-train ticket checks outside birmingham new st, sheffield, leeds and yet again at york, after which the conductors lost interest. arrived into mild and scenic edinburgh spring evening 7 hours later, missed jenny richards at the platform but manged to locate collective gallery's phone number via the in-station hotel agent's internet connection. jenny arrived swiftly with car for the final haul to the gallery. 1612
Kwong Lee 1 1613
Jenny Richards 2 1597
heath bunting 3 1597
heath bunting 2 1598
Jenny Richards 3 1598
Jenny Richards 2 1604
heath bunting 3 1604
Jenny Richards 2 1605
heath bunting 3 1605
Jenny Richards 2 1606
heath bunting 3 1606
4 1606
heath bunting 2 1608
Jenny Richards 3 1608
heath bunting 3 1611
Jenny Richards 2 1612
heath bunting 3 1612
Matthew Halsall 1 Getting the honey from the 'family store' of honey in the garage about 9.15 on Saturday 9th April - leaving the family home at 11.45 with a lift to Ben Rhydding train station on the Wharfdale line to catch the 11.53 Bradford train. Getting off at Shipley at 12.14 to wait for a friend to meet me. Spending the next 23 hours visiting my godson and his family in Shipley with the jar tucked safe in my bag.... Getting on a bus in Shipley centre to Leeds at 11.11 on Sunday 10th, arriving in Leeds at 11.50. Catching up with old work colleagues in Leeds centre before hopping on the 18.08 train from Leeds to Edinburgh - arriving in Edinburgh Waverley at station at 21.07. Giving in and getting a cab to Wellington St in Edinburgh and arriving home at 21.25. Bliss. Honey handed over to Kate on Thursday 14th April at about 8.40 PM. 1614
kate rich 2 Walked from Wellington street to Collective gallery via the more scenic abbey mount / royal mile route. 1614
Simon Preston 2 1575
saul albert 1 1587
Selene States 3 1589
kate rich 1 Woke at 530 AM to radio report of Osama Bin Laden's death by US forces, accompanyied by audio of crowds outside the Whitehouse chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! great. Bristol to Heathrow on the overkill early 645AM bus. Hung out at the Terminal 4 Cafe Nero with Osama news on TV. Dull flight with more degraded than usual food, watched Bourne Supremacy to add paranoia. After a 3PM landing at Newark Liberty airport, immigration took extra time asking about the 3 previous visits to Iran visible in my passport and despite answers I was escorted to secondary processing. Secondary is in a large hall adjacent to the baggage retrieval area where sparse customers occupy the seating rows and the many uniformed and armed officials float dreamily around the desks pausing regularly to chat and joke with each other, I have rarely if ever seen American workers move so slowly. Laser printed signs describe the area as Soft Secondary. Between the 3rd and 4th official poring through my 2 passports and asking the same questions particularly who I am visiting in the USA and what is relationship to them, I was re-escorted to the baggage carousel to retrieve my now long-arrived small checked bag, containing amongst other things 2 bottles of cube-cola concentrate. The 4th official made it clear that she was the last person I would see there today and it was entirely up to her whether I would enter the US or not. She seemed genuinely surprised to hear that tourism exists in Iran. She questioned why I was travelling with swimming goggles and how I had injured my feet, at points it felt almost like a normal conversation, at the same time she was happy to slice into my box of tea, a gift for Natalie, with her knife. The cola concentrate remained undisturbed. After transcribing the names and professions of who I was to be visiting, effectively my core social trade network in the USA (Natalie Jeremijenko art professor NYC; Jenna Didier water feature engineer and experimental architecture space director LA; Amy Balkin land and smog artist San Francisco) she eventually released me from limbo into the by comparison free and solid ground of the arrivals concourse. Air train to Penn Station, crossing commuter stampede to subway A to west 4th street were uneventful with no particular sign of Osama-killing elation on the streets. Arrived about 7PM at Washington Square village where bags and self were warehoused. \t
\n 1615
kate rich 1 The agbag folded imperceptably into handluggage and travelled around the USA to atlanta, then on to california before returning to bristol uk on transatlantic flight and airport bus. Hibernated overwinter and installed spring 2012 on ducrow balcony with 3 blueberries left to right brigitta, chandler and earliblue. 1616
Marco Antonio Castro 1 1617
natalie jeremijenko 2 1617
kate rich 1 Rolled suitcase thru rain afrom Washington Square Village to W4th subway, along with Natalie & dog Wuppy, AgBags packed in shoulderbag. Uptown & Queens Subway E and airtrain is a cheap and impressive ride to JFK. Bags & I passed sweetly thru security without incident for possibly the first time on record. Flew Atlanta on United outrageously via Washington Dulles to avoid the $300 extra ticket charge on direct NYC-ATL flight, almost everyone else on the flight was doing the same type of thing, insanity. Taxi on landing to Savannah College of Art and Design campus for 3 days lodging at the visiting artists residence studio. 20/5 back to ATL airport what a madhouse, caught the thoughtfully provided train between transit lounges to wait for LA departure, AgBags in handluggage, Syrian friday riots on airport tv. Landed LAX around 6PM, caught the flyaway bus to Union Station where bags & I were picked up by Jenna & Oliver. 1618
natalie jeremijenko 2 1618
Kevin Harris 3 1583
jenna didier 4 1583
oliver hess 5 1583
Bianca Elzenbaumer 1 The coffee has been taken to London, stored there for a couple of days and has then been brought to Brussels by train. In a 'zebra cafe' in Brussels train station the packages have been handed over. 1620
nik gaffney 2 1620
Parcelforce 1 1596
kate rich 2 Due to miscommunication with the roaster when ordering in roast II of the San Ramon coffee, the coffee arrived on Thursday as a medium, not a dark roast. Phoned Coffee Compass who swiftly ordered a Parcelforce pickup of the delivered coffee, whilst also roasting up a replacement sample to cover feral trade delivery commitments for the weekend. Friday afternoon parcelforce courier Terry picked up the main roast for return to Littlehampton & dropping off the dark roast sample, 5kg for onward delivery to London and Linz - just in time to catch euro-courier Brave New Alps visiting Bristol for the day with an empty suitcase - although a shade too dark roasted for my taste. After some mad parcelforce road miles & fine tuned hue discussion with roaster the main coffee batch returned from Littlehampton Tuesday morning nicely roasted. 1596
natalie jeremijenko 2 1583
jenna didier 2 1582
oliver hess 3 1582
jenna didier 3 1618
oliver hess 4 1618
Pollie 2 1587
kate rich 1 At time of departure the main coffee delivery was enroute back to roaster for adjustment, so I packed 2 bags of roast 2.2, the slightly darker sample, and cycled to the station for train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington. Alighted in London which was loaded as usual with people. Tried a few buses towards Embankment but ended up walking partway on crammed pavements due to 20 minute bus jam on Oxford street due to either the slut walk march to trafalgar square, prince phillip's 90th birthday or some other streetclosing event. Arrived late at our meeting place Royal Festival Hall ground floor bar where Marko who had cycled over from work was enjoying viewing the afternoon public Lindyhop session. We had a quick drink and news swap and Jane Trowell, co-director of art/activist group Platform London dropped by our table during the coffee-cash exchange to say hi. 1619
Marko Daniel 2 1619
kate rich 1 hand delivered, invoiced and paid 22/6. 1621
kate rich 1 Ducrow Court to Cube Cinema with coffee loaded in bicycle basket. Handed the 2x 2.5kg bags over to Kari who commutes to Exeter by train on Mondays for work, coffee will travel with her in her rolling suitcase. We decided it would be safest and relevent to drop the consignment at Exeter Phoenix cinema box office for Tim to pick up later that day. Kate to phone Phoenix Monday AM to warm them up to the idea. 1622
Kari Nygaard 2 1622
Tim Boykett 3 Picked up shipment at the Phoenix theatre 7 cinema / cultural center in Exeter. Lovely place! The poor fellow at the counter had no idea what I was talking about, but we found the giant bag full of coffee.
\nFrom there (at the 23 British Combinatorial Conference) in a large courier bag designed and built by Andreas Strauss to Portsmouth (Keppel's Head hotel - wonderful seagoing imagery) and Brighton (Blast Theory's 20th birthday) then British Rail (or whatever smaller versions of this now exist)to Stansted and Ryanair direct to Linz, the final destination. Airport busses do not run on Sundays, the shuttle to the train station was useless because the trains had a two hour gap, so we shared taxis into the city, I picked up my bike from the station and wheeled the delivery home precariously balanced on the carrier. 1622
jim adlington 1 1623
kate rich 1 1624
kate rich 1 1625
heath bunting 1 2 x 500 g bags delivered 1626
kate rich 1 7 May 2012. As it was yet again raining, following the wettest UK april on record despite the threat of drought, I western unioned the money by phone, using as required from my home phone, mobiles not meeting WU security criteria. On the first attempt transaction was refused by the bank which machine-phoned simultaneously my mobile to warn of western union's suspicious transaction. So I had to hang up WU & use that phone to call the bank's fraud department using my phone's keypad: to confirm your identity press buttons to confirm part of your date of birth from 3 choices. Re-phoned WU had to start the whole transaction from scratch, Operator 737 asked do you know this person personally, making crystal clear WU's clear legal distance from any element of the transaction aside from the money part. Cash went through cleanly this time, should reach el salvador in 10 minutes. 1627
kate rich 3 heath you are going to bxl? coffee is in the foyer of my flat. 2.5kg silver bag - there are alt brown paper 500g ones but i might need those for the xmas shoppers. silver bags should be whole beans, grope bags to make sure. 1626
kate rich 1 Flew UK-Australia with Air China & due to that airline's snap-reschedule of my return flight on the relatively cutprice dec 30th I was able to deliver the cola to Buxton & on the occasion of Julian & Judi's new year party, before joining newly scheduled aircraft back to the UK on the normally way more expensive Jan 2nd. Travelled from Preston where the cola had been warehoused at my sister's house to Buxton with metro train from Preston station, changing at Flinders Street for the Lilydale line. Reused previously unvalidated metro day ticket which had transcendently made it through a ticket inspection unvalidated, this time I stamped it for day travel and left the remains of ticket on Lilydale station foyer plastic chairs for a return traveller to profiteer from, hopefully people still are thinking along those lines. 3PM transfer to Julian's work car in the Lilydale station parking lot, from where we drove through the Black Spur and other fire ravaged and repaired landscapes to Buxton, where the cola was delivered to Julian and Judi's recently sprung up new steel frame house. 1628
Julian and Judi 2 1628
Cube-Cola 1 1629
kate rich 1 1522
kate rich 1 1630
kate rich 1 1631
Cube-Cola 1 1663
kate rich 1 12/2/12 Travelled via taxi, train, tube, eurostar, train and taxi, an 8 hour journey, to STUK in Leuven Belgium where the coffee was taken direct to the gallery for exhibition with other feral trade items as part of Artefact festival 2012, theme the Social Contract. Onward courier for coffee STUK to FoAM, Brussels sought at conclusion of the show. 1633
Rose White 1 1638
Rose White 1 Coffee supplied to Sopo Chitaia (Zugdidi, Georgia). Sopo took it to be ground at a Zugdidi bazari market stall. It was ground finely enough to be used in Turkish-style Georgian coffee (boiled in a pot with sugar and drunk with the grounds in) and mixed together with a paler coffee used in the region.
\n 1639
rachel baker 2 1637
Jacob Lillemose 3 1637
2 1635
Eva de Groote 2 1652
Marthe Van Dessel 3 1653
Eva de Groote 1 1659
Wendy Van Wynsberghe 1 Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:10:21 +0200
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: cola to ghent
\n-----------------------------------------
\nI will actually deliver everything today.
\n(eva couldn't come to vooruit on thursday - so I'm doing a grouped
\ndelivery (in the transport world this has a special name - my brother the
\ntruckdriver will know this ---> they only transport to a particular place
\nwhen their container is full of stuff). -----------------------------------------
\nSHIPPING REPORT:
\n- the quantity changed: from 1 to 4
\n- extra labelling was required indicating the names of the 4 persons , the trajectory was added to the label
\n- the destination changed, from Vooruit to Timelab, this was an easier delivery situation.
\n- to two out of for people I handed over the shipping in person, the other two will be delivered in person by a member of Timelab. 1655
Thomas Laureyssens 1 1656
kate rich 1 1657
rachel baker 2 1633
Jacob Lillemose 3 1633
Eva de Groote 1 1640
kate rich 2 15/2 removed 3 colas from the gallery and exchanged for 39 euros cash in the STUK café. 1640
3 1640
kate rich 1 Leuven bus and IC train from STUK to Brussels Nord, transiting the Constant Variable office near Liedts and Natacha's apartment before taking tram and 2x metro (missed stop and reversed) to Ribacourt within walking distance of FoAM where the coffee was delivered during friday evening social drinks. 1641
kate rich 1 Stopped over in London unseasonally sunstruck for the first days of spring then covertly caught Eurostar to Brussels, good opportunity to start a video project to take the attention of new already obseleted pocket HD flipcam. While scouring eurostar Premiere carriage for a weekend Financial Times encountered Nik from FoAM plus Tim from Times Up (Linz) travelling legitimately in premiere so I jumped a class to enjoy wine and cake service enroute through hazy farmland. Metro on arrival in Brussels noticing suddenly functioning ticket barriers everywhere to Ribacourt. In the morning walked down the canal to FoAM from where Maja drove us in the carshare car to Timelab in Ghent, where Dougald Hine spoke about Garrets and Guilds before his speedy departure for the airport and a massively better paid Google gig at their convention in Brazil. 1643
natacha roussel 2 1641
kate rich 1 1644
vahida ramujkic 1 1645
chiz williams 1 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:05:12 +0100
\nFrom: qujunktions
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: coffee
\n----------------------------------------
\n
\nhello
\n
\ntoday at midday would be great. if you have more beans Ben Gaster would
\nlike some too. He will be with me
\n
\ncz
\n
\n 1648
kate rich 1 1649
Steve Lambert 1 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 20:15:33 -0500 From: Steve Lambert To: kate rich Subject: Re: A big transmediale-thank-you. Ok, what is a courier report? I don't know what to say, we put it in our luggage... it's kind of a
\nboring story.
\nUploading the photo now...
\nI am slow, but I work...
\n 1650
peter westenberg 1 1642
Wendy Van Wynsberghe 2 1642
peter westenberg 1 1647
Wendy Van Wynsberghe 2 From: Wendy Van Wynsberghe
\nTo: kate rich
\nCc: nik gaffeny, maja kuzmanovic
\nSubject: stock recount - en re-evaluation.
\n
\nHey,
\n
\nI have counted the remaining cola bottles (they are in a box with shredded
\npaper, so you don't know how many of them are actually in that box). So, I
\nhad 12, now there are 8 bottles, tomorrow Korinna is getting one in
\nConstant Variable.
\n
\nI want to bring 4 to Fo.am today but there is no one answering the phone
\n(yet?), so I won't bike over for nothing. I can also leave them in VTI
\n(above Kaaitheater).
\n
\nI won't be near the canal till after April the 15th - so when are the
\nother people getting the cola's in Fo.am?
\n
\nApologies for the hick-up - sometimes my brain can only do one thing at a
\ntime (and when I wanted to deliver the cola's before, there was an
\naccumulation of stuff).
\n
\n------
\nDate: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:54:49 +0200
\nFrom: Wendy Van Wynsberghe
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: stock recount - en re-evaluation.
\n
\nhey
\n
\n4 cola's are in Q02
\nFo.Am's downstairs friendly neighbours :-)(I got an sms from Bart - we discussed about this)
\n
\n
\ngreetz.
\n
\nw
\n
\n
\n
\n 1647
Wendy Van Wynsberghe 1 1646
peter westenberg 2 1646
Dougald Hine 1 After several days at Heike's studio at Rue Haute in Brussels, I caught the Eurostar from Midi to London St Pancras on 23/2 and from there to home at Jelf Road, Brixton. The cola was prepared in the kitchen there on the afternoon of 29/2, with help from James Wallbank of Access Space. The mix was then taken to the FreeWord centre on Farringdon Road, where Alex Fradera arrived with supplies of fizzy water and white rum. Guests at the launch of 'Despatches from the Invisible Revolution' were served Cube Cola Cuba Librés, a tongue twister which became harder to reiterate as the evening went on. 1651
kate rich 2 Caught the train with Heath Bunting from Leuven to Brussels Nord, the conductor did not attend this stretch of the journey. In Brussels headed for Constant's new workspace Constant Variable to meet Natacha Roussel. Following day returned with Natacha and son Nimo to Leuven to attend the Irational.org fermentation workshop in how to make saurkraut Serbian method. Travelled back by train to Brussels where finally we were introduced to the train conductor. Some more social stopovers and eventually to FoAM, where the cola was sold to Dougald after Sunday lunch. 1651
Wendy Van Wynsberghe 2 Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 13:22:01 +0200
\nFrom: Wendy Van Wynsberghe
\nTo: nik gaffney
\nCc: kate rich, maja kuzmanovic, korinna.lindinger
\nSubject: Re: cola.
\n
\nhey,
\n
\nthanks for letting me know!
\nclose to 11 Korinna sent me an e-mail saying: I'll be there at 12.
\nIn the meantime it's after one (13h), and I was thinking that
\na) she got lost
\nb) mugged
\nc) sucked up by a black hole
\nd) lost in another space/time continuum.
\nlittle did I know that it was
\ne) schaarbeek is not molenbeek/constant is not fo.am ;-)
\njust some general geographical/organisational/human confusion.
\nhehe.
\ngreetz,
\nw 1660
natacha roussel 3 1651
kate rich 1 1661
kayle brandon 2 1661
Parcelforce 1 1662
jem noble 2 1632
delta airlines 1 1664
heath bunting 1 1665
Mario Ernesto Alvarado 2 Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 20:52:35 +0000 Subject: RE: coffe (fwd): Kate: the cargo is just giving me the price, they said it is $ 485.00 for the courier and the coffee is
\n$230.00 it is $ 715.00, the coffee is ready, you have to tell if I ship it, I think I could be shiping it
\nnex monday or tueday, in the other hand I am still traying to talk with the Siglo XXI, to see if I can send
\nyou the rest of the coffee trough them. Mario Ernesto.
\n 1627
Katy Alvarado Navarrete 5 1627
DHL 6 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:10 +0200 Subject: RE: redlivery: Hi Kate
\n
\nshipment should be coming to you tomorrow 160512. Right now shipment is held in Bristol ,we have to change delivery
\nservice centre which will be covered by Dhl London Gatwick. Delivery address will be changed and sent to new address for
\ndelivery tomorrow 160512. Hopefully there wont be any delays.
\n
\nIf you will track the shipment you should see a courier scan tomorrow morning
\n
\nRgrds Brs Dagmar 1627
kate rich 1 1667
leila gamaz 1 Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 17:55:47 +0100 . Subject: Coffee delivery. Hi kate,
\nThe coffee has now been delivered to the Collective art gallery. They seemed to make sense of what I was saying, and have put it
\ninto safe keeping for the next person to collect it. I took a photo of the coffee in transit, which I shall email to you when I
\nhave the right cable to do so,
\nMany thanks,
\nLeila 1658
Christine Zeiner 2 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:42:52 +0200
\nFrom: Christine Zeiner
\nTo: kate rich Subject: Re: Coffee.
\n
\nhi kate.
\nthe pickup in edinburgh didn't work (first the gallery was closed because a new exhibition was prepared then I wrote an
\ne-mail but never got an answer then I wanted to try it again at the opening-day of the exhibition but unfortunately we
\ndidn't make it on time, our coach from Glasgow was late... So then I asked a Scottish friend, Magnus, to pick it up. He
\nwas quite interested in the project and also happy to get some good coffee ;-) but I don' think he picked it up yet.
\nbest regards,
\nchristine
\n 1658
kate rich 3 Due to a wealth of opportunity it was decided to split the 1 bag of coffee into 2 units for double travel. This one was dispatched with Cube Cinema volunteer Leila Gamaz visiting Edinburgh for the first time in the middle of May. 1658
Lea Piontek 1 On Thu, 10 May 2012, Lea Piontek wrote: Hello Kate,
\nmy friend Iana from Berlin will be visiting on the 18th of May to the 23rd.
\nShe will return to Berlin on the 23rd.
\nI can ask her to take the coffee if you want. All the best, Lea
\n 1668
kate rich 2 1668
Christine Zeiner 3 Courier Iana and I arranged to meet at Mariannenstrasse/Paul-Lincke-Ufer (Berlin-Kreuzberg) which is quite close to Weserstrasse (Berlin-Neukoelln).Then we accidently met in shop at Paul-Lincke-Ufer ("I need to be at Mariannenstrasse in seven minutes", I heard Iana saying to a friend). 1668
Parcelforce 1 1669
ali jones 2 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:33:06 +0100 (BST)
\n
\ncoffee here.
\none box.
\n
\n24 toll roasts of coffee beans
\n80 metalised valved bags
\n
\n 1669
kleoni manousakis 2 Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 01:42:18 -0700 (PDT)
\nFrom: kleoni manousakis.
\n
\nHello Kate,
\n
\nWe have really good olive oil. We usually sell them in bottles of 750 ml. or tin containers of 5 litters.
\n
\nFor whole sale the bottles are 5 euros and the 5ltl for 25.
\nHow many bottles do you want?
\nmm
\nand if you answer me today you will give me a good excuse to go to Heath's talk ...
\n
\nBest
\n
\nKleoni
\n
\n 1665
kate rich 1 1670
peter westenberg 1 1671
Jelena Stanovnik 1 1672
Femke Snelting 2 Delivered 1 bottle to Medialab Prado, temporarily stationed at Matadero. Earlier versions of product had not convinced so we don't manage to shift any more. 1671
iana stefanova 4 1668
Jelena Stanovnik 1 1674
amy balkin 1 1676
kate rich 2 to cut a long story short I travelled from bristol to kassel by train without showing a ticket, a new olympic record. unfortunately cube-cola concentrate subsequently lost in transit. 1676
Loes Jacobs 1 1673
Loes Jacobs 1 1675
Greg Vaitsas 1 1677
michael eddy 1 Bought from source in Lijiang upon the advice of Jay Brown of Lijiang Studio, an art center in Yunnan, China which the courier had been visiting in April 2012. Shipment was brought in luggage from Lijiang in trunk of Jay Brown's car to Kunming, Yunnan, then on airplane from Kunming Airport to Beijing. Approximately 5 kgs of cellar wine was transferred from 2 x 2.5 kg jugs to used liquor bottles for transport, as the original jugs not watertight. Not all liquid would fit in bottles, so a quantity was consumed before the flight, leading to mild drunkenness. Second air voyage made late August in same bottles, one of the original jugs brought along, from Beijing to Halifax, via 2 transfers. Luckily no flags from the stickler Canadian customs agents. 1678
michael eddy 1 2 cakes of puerh tea purchased from touristic shop in Lijiang's centre for less than advertized price because friend Jay Brown knew the clerks. This Yunnan specialty tea is easy to store and transport. (A bag of un-roasted Yunnan coffee beans were thrown in for free and subsequently hand-roasted in a wok in Beijing, and shelled by hand. The coffee this produced was not very strong, speculations these were not Arabica beans.) 1679
Kaya Tasman 3 1635
Melika Ngombe 1 1680
kate rich 1 Travelled by train to london, 1 hr 45 then another 1.5 hrs from paddington by bus 205 then bus 55 alighting mare street. met greg vaitsas in his hackney flat where 18 of a total 30 oils were repacked into maximum available space in feral trade rolling suitcase in the kitchen. back to mare st for bus 254 & 78 a further 1.5 hrs to peckham library where 4 oils handed over to melika ngombe for shipping on to FoAM in brussels see FER-1680 then caught bus 136 for dinner with olga gurionova in new cross which took also about 1.25 hrs despite short distance due to stuck in crazed olympic rehearsal traffic standstill. Next AM caught bus plus tube trying to avoid the unavoidable stairs back to paddington from where I caught the train back to bristol & cycled uneasily with overweighted suitcase on the back parcel rack back to ducrow court. 1682
kate rich 1 1683
kate rich 1 Dropped off 1 bottle oil on the way home from Climbing Academy. Picked up 2 mended skirts. 1684
kate rich 2 4 bottles oil travelled in rolling suitcase alongside 14 bottles travelling to bristol see FER-1682. met Melika outside Peckham libary where we traded payload, Melika dropped off 3 bottles of belgian beer sent by Shell from FoAM in brussels & took 4 oils to transport back to FoAM office kitchen. 1680
kate rich 1 1685
chiz williams 2 Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:51:05 +0100
\nFrom: qujunktions
\nTo: kate rich
\nSubject: Re: [Volunteers_discussion] URGENT FOR TONIGHT!
\n
\n4 bags x coffe
\nand 2 x olive oil please.
\n
\ncz
\n
\nOn Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:44 AM, kate rich wrote:
\n> yep how much you want?
\n> also got olive oil (organic, greek ofcourse) 4.50 GBP for 500 ml bargain.
\n>
\n>
\n> On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, qujunktions wrote:
\n>
\n>> perfect
\n>>
\n>> i would love some feral trade coffee if you still have some left?
\n>>
\n>> cz
\n>>
\n>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:34 AM, kate rich wrote:
\n>>>
\n>>> kayle & i will be there around 4:45.
\n>>>
\n>>> kate
\n>>>
\n>>>
\n>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, qujunktions wrote:
\n>>>
\n>>>> hello
\n>>>>
\n>>>> i am event managing at the Cube tonight but dont have keys and need to get in at 4.45pm
\n>>>>
\n>>>> can anyone help?
\n>>>>
\n>>>> Cheers
\n>>>>
\n>>>> Cz
\n
\n 1685
kate rich 1 1686
chiz williams 2 1686
kate rich 1 Travel to London was timed aggressively, on a non fully used swansea-london return train ticket salvaged from Paddington station floor while couriering part 1 of greek olive oil back to Bristol, & defensively, a 1 week time buffer before the pending olympics. Dep home around 1230PM, it rained grievously, trapped under the jetstream. Across London by bus 7 & 55 the whole way Paddington to Hackney looked like heathrow airport, excessive signage and mad, mono-dempgraphic ads. Picked up the last box of oil from Greg & Paulina at 6PM on their return home from a day selling at the markets. On the Central Line tube back to Paddington flattened looking workers were still wearing their giant olympic accreditations on halyards. The friday 1930h train to Bristol was so swamped the conductor barely spoke. Cycled home 10PM all hungry with rolling suitcase perilously latched to the pack rack. 1687
vahida ramujkic 1 Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:08:24 +0000
\nFrom: vahida ramujkic.
\nhi jing,
\ni will be heading down to kassel on monday or tuesday. during the day will be between trafo center that is on luther square, close to the hauptbanhof or in the andandand space in turnhale (hauptbanhof). at the moment i cant say exactly how my schedule would look like, but let me know also if you have
\nsome ideas how we could arrange meeting. best
\nvahida
\nDate: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:50:56 +0000
\nFrom: vahida ramujkic. shipping delivered !
\nactually i was staying not so far from her hotel.
\njust returned to my village,
\nwill send you the rest of the images and info later. xx v
\n
\n
\n 1688
Huang JingYuan 2 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:38:47 +1000
\nFrom: jing. yes, the internet service reminds me of medieval time, but the breakfast is
\nquite modern at least.
\nunfortunately, i can not find a way to pin down where i will be today.
\nVahida do u think you can drop off at the inter city hotel front desk,
\nstill?
\ni will leave on morning of 2nd august.
\nDate: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 22:25:40 +0200
\nFrom: jing.
\nhello everyone, so i got the package! thanks for all.
\nbut i worry that i won't pass the custom on the "water bottle".
\ntheoretically, i don't think they will let any in if they notice. but let
\nus see.
\ni have some babble wraps, that will protect the products.
\ncheers,
\nJing
\n
\n
\n 1688
michael eddy 3 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:51:19 +0800
\nFrom: michael eddy.
\nHi Kate,
\nThe handoff has been made. Today I picked up most of the goods, elderflower
\nsyrup unfortunately didn't make it.
\nNo further signs of Bristol-Beijing in the next week, but we stil keep
\ntrying. I leave August 22nd. Coffee would be really good to have. hm.
\nI asked about having a printer on hand in the gallery, it seems possible to
\nborrow one, so it would be good to prepare for that option. What is the
\nsize of the placemats?
\nBest wishes, Michael
\n 1688
Cube-Cola 1 1689
kate rich 1 1690
natalie jeremijenko 2 1690
jem noble 1 1693
kate rich 2 coffee delivered to jem's car, we then drove to the lido for an AM swim. 1693
Eleanor King 1 1681
Eleanor King 1 From the Monmouth coffee shop, the shipment travelled by foot to Southbank and then by tube and a walk through the Kensington Gardens to Serpentine Gallery. There was an underground pedestrian traffic jam (escalator out) at the South Kensington tube station, causing an unexpected delay getting to a party at a place called the Cheshire Cheese on Milford lane, by Temple station. After a few pints, the package was transported by London underground to Gunnersbury where it rested overnight. To London Heatherow at 10:30am August 30th, no problems at security exiting London, nor customs entering Halifax. The shipment was held at 5675 Hennessey street for 2 days before being delivered to Eyelevel Gallery. 1666
kate rich 2 1681
michael eddy 3 1695
Parcelforce 1 1694
Eleanor King 1 1695
kate rich 2 1695
michael eddy 3 1681
michael eddy 4 Package arrived safely to Eyelevel Gallery as install was going on, following two unsuccessful attempts to pick up at courier Eleanor King's house (1st time, wrong address; 2nd time, nobody home). Beans still awaiting grinding. 1666
feral trade 3 Day return trip bristol-london to co-ordinate with passing courier Eleanor King, departing for Halifax on the 30th. An 11th hour save for groceries travelling to world portable gallery convention. Departing bristol amidst a band of heavy rain I arrived in London in good time, however the plan was nearly crashed by paralympic torch passing which seized up the West End at that moment, effectively paralysing buses the only London transport form actually accessible to the disabled. Following advice from clueless olympic volunteers, when the 3rd cross town bus unexpectedly terminated & without Eleanor's phone number to update timing I finished up 'racing' paralympicly speaking from Green Park tube station a good 30 minute semi sprint. Due to police-backed road barricade at Piccadilly Circus this included cutting through the Trocadero sub-street shopping mall following shouted instructions of a passerby heard through helicopter fuzz it was just like the bourne ultimatium. Limped in to Covent Garden 25 mins after our meeting time to spot Eleanor still waiting outside Monmouth Coffee easily visible with tate carrier bag. Handover effected followed by a torrential downpour arriving from the southwest, I had a coffee at Monmouth & headed back to Bristol. 1666
michael eddy 1 Produced by Norris Eddy at his workplace "Fireside Kitchen" at the Prescott Group, picked up at Norris Eddy's residence in North Halifax and carried on bicycle to Eyelevel Gallery in a camping backpack. in Halifax. Amount is estimated supply for 2 weeks to be frozen while baker Norris Eddy (formerly of the legendary Paradise Bakery and café) is away in Wyoming visiting his father. The squat baguette shape of the whole wheat bread is optimal for storage in freezer, while being easily cut for individual portions upon order. 1696
Jon Knowles 1 1697
michael eddy 2 1697
Danielle St-Amour 1 1698
Elizabeth Johnson 1 1699
Michael McCormack 1 1700
Paul Hammond 2 1698
Danielle St-Amour 3 1697
Nathan Doucette 2 1700
Nathan Doucette 1 1701
Nathan Doucette 1 1702
kate rich 1 1703
kate rich 1 1704
kate rich 1 1705
chiz williams 2 1704
kate rich 1 1706
kate rich 1 16/10 embarked 615AM on the long route to LA, rolled suitcase in the wintery pre-dawn to bus station travelling national express bus to heathrow, where i ran into cube colleague tom bugs en route to a micro-tour of sweden. Straight flight LHR to LAX, shot through immigration class-free via the special assistance line to clear customs within 20 mins of landing. No payphones exist any more in LAX arrivals area but an information clerk kindly gave use of his desk phone for advising pickup time. LA flyaway bus to downtown, the bus driver was describing the space shuttle Discovery's passage through his neighbourhood a few days earlier, where everyone had recognised him as the Flyaway bus driver. Waited Union station 15 mins in unbelievable sun for jenna, then travelled via in chinatown, the 101 freeway and a quick whiparound trader joes to eventual olive oil delivery at her home office in highland park. 1707
natalie jeremijenko 2 1706
kate rich 1 Coffee picked up from Álvaro's café mandala in oaxaca, 750 pesos (£37) for 4kg: 3.5kg whole beans for export, 0.5g ground coffee for test drinking in Mexico City. Transferred to guesthouse depot a few blocks up the hill in trader's bag. 26/11 departed oaxaca by bus, via puebla for a visit to blue corn agriculture (see FER-1720). Arrived the following night in Mexico City, Minerva met me at TAPO bus terminal to help with out of control luggage, due to the new president inauguration december 1st all metrobuses from the bus station were cancelled (large gangs of police and military were also roving centre city streets), an unprecedented move, so we instead caught metro and taxi, discovering enroute that Mexico City metro offers free transport to the disabled. Stayed 1 day at Minerva's studio, repacked bags into 1 giant sugar bag with 22kg, the rolling suitcase taking another 18kg including coffee yet still fitting the definition of hand luggage.
\n29/11 after a quick wakeup cafe El Bueno, departed 6AM by metrobus which kindly was still operating its airport route. Minerva helped haul bags to the bus stop where we waited under a full moon, listening to roosters crowing 1 floor up in a hidden city centre chickenfarm. Onwards travel was strangely smooth. Transiting Newark airport for 7 hours with a quick citybreak in Manhattan with rolling coffee suitcase. Passed back through airport security later that evening where the agents selected suitcase for a chemical check, when compelled to explain why they cited a 'mass' in the x-ray, most likely coffee el bueno. Night flight had 3 seats to stretch out on & still managed to watch exactly all of Batman the Dark Knight by time of landing. Scooted through Heathrow customs with courtesy airport trolley, at Heathrow Central bus station argued with humourless bus agent who tried to charge me £12 for catching a 1-hour-earlier bus than stated on the ticket reservation, a hard-landing welcome to UK but luckily the driver and supervisor were operating a different kind of ecology & swiftly changed the paperwork to let me on the 11AM bus. Arrived Bristol just after 1PM, and dragged the whole 40kg luggage down laneways home to Ducrow Court. 1710
Álvaro Soberanes 2 1710
jenna didier 2 1707
kate rich 1 16/10 embarked 615AM on the long route to LA, rolled suitcase in the wintery pre-dawn to bus station travelling national express bus to heathrow, where i ran into cube colleague tom bugs en route to a micro-tour of sweden. Straight flight LHR to LAX, shot through immigration class-free via the special assistance line to clear customs within 20 mins of landing. No payphones exist any more in LAX arrivals area but an information clerk kindly gave use of his desk phone for advising pickup time. LA flyaway bus to downtown, the bus driver was describing the space shuttle Discovery's passage through his neighbourhood a few days earlier, where everyone had recognised him as the Flyaway bus driver. Union station pickup from M&A director Jenna Didier to her current office location in Highland Park. 6 days later 22/10 cadged a 630AM ride with Jenna to the light rail travelling downtown. Union station caught the amtrak bus & amtrak replacement bus service to Hanford in the central valley where we were picked up by the train to Oakland, all elements ran super smooth in a rare show of US public infastructure success. Arrived late afternoon in Emeryville where Kevin Harris met courier & bag at the station & drove us to Emma's house on Blake street for a 2 night bay area stopover. As if in no time, repacked the rolling suitcase & departed late evening 24/10 with a ride to north berkeley BART station courtesy Emma's mum Louisa, where escalators were more likely to be functioning. BART train to the airport SFO. 1130PM plane flew a brief 3.5 hrs to Mexico City. Bank stopped my card at the airport but luckily backup card still had hard cash to catch the 630AM metrobus, empty except for a policewoman & security guys who got on & off at every stop. Republica Argentina city centre missed the stop but the driver allowed disembark off itinerary. Walked 2 blocks to minerva's studio where minerva dragged the rolling bag up the final set of stairs. 1708
jenna didier 2 1708
minerva cuevas 3 1708
Kevin Harris 4 1708
Louisa Coleman 5 1708
emma coleman 6 1708
kate rich 1 Met Miel de Coyul producer Edgar Hernandez at Café Café coffee shop downtown Oaxaca, with Los Angeleno Miguel Ramos (stopping over in Oaxaca mid group bike ride from LA to Guatemala) in tow as translator. Local musician Huemac Olivares who uses the agave plant as a musical instrument had recommended the Miel de Coyul production. A transaction for the following week was agreed, Edgar works in Oaxaca but commutes back his family home in Yautapec 3 hours away for the agave production. Following week the agave - packed specifically for feral transport in plastic bottles with tape-sealed lids to foil any liquids inspection exiting Mexico airport - was delivered from Edgar's car boot outside my guesthouse residence. One bottle then travelled to the Oaxaca ethnobotannical gardens for a competitive sugar VS agave cube-cola public taste test, which agave won thumbs up. Final transportation to Bristol via bus, metro, taxi and plane, where it was returned to glass containers for storage. 1712
Edgar Hernandez 2 1712
Edgar Hernandez 1 1713
kate rich 1 After 4 days of attempts my fixer vlax finally got in touch with the mole woman & phoned to see if we could meet that evening in 30 minutes, she was leaving town early in the AM. Walked to meet vlax downtown at cafe neuva babel, from where we caught a cab many blocks outside the city centre. Convened on 2 seats in the front room of the mole woman Rosalba Ramos's house where Rosalbo who vlax has known for years via a social connection brought mole tasters on spoons. I went for 2x 250g each of the negro and colorodito as representing the 2 ends of the oaxaca mole spectrum. Moles weighed & packed backstage in doublebags, vlax & I then caught the bus back into town, where the mole was stored at my guesthouse. 26/11 departed oaxaca early via bus to puebla and cholula, a feral trade route reported extensively in shipments FER-1715, 1716, 1712, 1710 and 1719. Mexico city the mole was repacked between 2 sandals for more integrity, and being a paste placed in checked luggage the giant sugar bag where it also could act as padding for the more fragile items travelling in glass.
\nSugar bag flew back to london via new jersey with minimal mishandling, bus to bristol where the mole was unpacked intact and stored onthe top shelf of my fridge. 1714
vlax 2 1714
kate rich 1 Mezcal rolled in clothes, dragged in rolling suitcase by bus to Mexico City via a stopover in Cholula where we drank instead homemade tejacote (a local fruit) infused vodka made by Dorota Prymek a Polish woman living there. Mexico at Minerva's studio the bags are repacked, the mezcal bottle with added clothes protection transferred to the sugar bag to try its luck in obligatory checked luggage. With assistance from Minerva the now 40kg + of bags was hauled pre-dawn on the 29/11 to the metrobus stop. At the airport United ground staff was happy to apply some tiny fragile stickers to the sugarbag that immediately fell off.
\n5 flight hours later, feral trade was reunited with luggage at Newark Liberty airport in New Jersey where US federal law requires that transit passengers meet and greet bags to haul them through US Customs before immediately rechecking them further down the corridor. While feral trade's sugar bag had mysteriously unpacked itself inflight to the 2 smaller sugar bags inside, contents seemed all present and unscathed. A Customs desk agent took my customs declaration form in his surgically gloved hands but ignored the baggage. 40 kg down the corridor 2 very courteous United ground staff helped restore the cargo to its single sugar bag, freeing up feral trade to scoot into new york city for a few hours shore leave. 10PM that night on boarding the connecting flight to London I was fortunate enough to be seated at the rear of the aircraft, right hand window side where i could see the loading guy chucking suitcases at the baggage conveyor to the hold, sugar bag seemed to land intact. Proven at Heathrow 10AM, where it arrived at baggage retrievals in actually great shape. I shared the lift to the Heathrow Express train with a grouchy elderly US couple complaining to their concierge about damage to their armoured suitcase (1 wheel smashed out) while disembarking their cruise at Southhampton the night before, sea farers being probably rougher handlers than air folk. Heathrow train and bus staff softly handled the baggage transitions onto the Bristol departing bus from Central Bus station, where on arrival i managed to drag all gear down cobbled lanes to Ducrow Court where the mezcal was unpacked safe & sound. 1715
Marisa Tortolero 4 Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:59:04 -0600
\nFrom: al natural oax
\nTo: kate rich
\n
\nHi again!I read your message in my cell... thanks,I think I can meet you tomorrow sunday at 11 amin Café La Brújula (very
\npopular here at García Vigil street)I will dress in white, ok? and also I have my cell phone close by in case you get
\nlost or need help...see you there!Marisa.
\n 1716
2 1716
kate rich 3 I met Marisa Tortelo via the recommendation of Peter at Tierra del Sol (friend of Minerva in Mexico CIty) for coffee downtown at IAGO graphics centre cafe as our original destination cafe brujala is closed sunday mornings, particularly this one the weekend holiday for the Revolution. After negotiations Marisa and her partner Juan gave me a ride out to Tierra del Sol farm near Tlacachouya who were hosting a sunday lunch with 5 courses of permaculture goat. Marmelade picked up from Marisa a couple of days later in oaxaca at cafe brujala. It then returned to guesthouse Maria to await shipping out of Oaxaca 26/11, along with an insane 40kg of other products, detailed in airwaybills FER-1715, FER-1712, FER-1710 & more. To cut a long story short, all products travelled by bus, taxi, private car and metro across Mexico then flew out on United Airlines predominantly in hold luggage (counting marmelade as a liquid) to arrive successfully at London Heathrow Airport baggage claim 30/11 at 10 AM. From there by bus to Bristol where bags were lugged the final few blocks on foot to trader's home depot at Ducrow Court. 1716
kate rich 1 1717
vlax 2 1717
kate rich 1 almost the entire cube-cola factory transported to Oaxaca via Los Angeles, Berkeley, Mexico City in kate rich rolling suitcase. Lab then travelled by bus to Puebla for open source cola demonstration and production at the Hackmitin at ADA, returning to Oaxaca to seek a final destination. 24/11 encountered Cuish boys Juan Carlos and Felix at a cola cross-tasting (sugar V wild-cooked agave syrup from Coyul) at Oaxaca's ethnobotannical gardens. 25/11 all lab equipment and ingredients (servicing the full recipe excepting citric acid, whisk, mortar and a drill, all which can be sourced locally) was carried to Cuish mezcaleria, where the process was talked through. Lab materials sufficient to produce approx 750ml concentrate or an eventual 200L cube-cola exchanged for a bottle of Cuish mezcal, this trade story is likely to be continued.
\n 1718
minerva cuevas 2 1718
kate rich 1 Travelled Puebla to Mex City by bus via Cholula where i stopped over 24h to visit Jaime Boyso from the Pinole project in nearby Ozolco. Further meeting with his colleague slow food councilor for Mexico and Latin America Alfonso S. Rocha Robles, as schedules were tight with other meetings and bus departure times we met outside cholula starbucks. 1719
minerva cuevas 2 1719
kate rich 1 Blue corn pinole picked up direct from the factory in Ozolco, located in the ground floor of one of the producers' family's home. The pinole was packed in a spare sugar bag for transport. Got a ride back down the mountain foothill to Cholula with Jaime and Dorota in Dorota's Save the Children colleague's car. Stopped in Cholula outside Starbucks for a power meeting with Alfonso, also from the Pinole project and now Slow Food Councillor for all of Mexico and Central America. At sunset Dorota and Jaime assisted bags & courier to the Cholula bus station, a tiny roadside office, for the 1/2 empty and blessedly TV-less 2 hour bus ride to Mexico City. Arrived at TAPO bus station in to meet Minerva who was helping drag the now insane bags to her studio. However due to lockdown of the city centre for the pending presidential inauguration, all metrobus and even official taxis from the bus station were unprecedently cancelled, we took metro & taxi instead to Minerva's studio in Col. Centro. 29/11 after 1 day repacking, trader and bags were transported safely to Bristol via Mexico Airport and Newark New Jersey, where reloaded bags were not investigated by US Customs despite their unstable appearance. 30/11 all freight and trader arrived intact by United flight to Heathrow Airport, from where they were bussed to Bristol by National Express bus. 1720
Jaime Boyso 2 1720
minerva cuevas 3 1720
Dorota Prymek 4 1720
minerva cuevas 3 1717
minerva cuevas 5 1716
minerva cuevas 3 1714
minerva cuevas 3 1712
Dorota Prymek 4 1712
Jaime Boyso 5 1712
minerva cuevas 2 1715
Dorota Prymek 3 1715
Jaime Boyso 4 1715
Dorota Prymek 6 1716
Jaime Boyso 7 1716
Dorota Prymek 4 1717
Jaime Boyso 5 1717
minerva cuevas 3 1710
Dorota Prymek 4 1710
Jaime Boyso 5 1710
Dorota Prymek 3 1719
Jaime Boyso 4 1719
Agnieszka Orzechowska 1 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:25:44 -0600
\nTo: kate rich .
\nHey Kate,
\ni already packed your stuff to my backpack and on friday it will be in
\npoland. waiting for your instructions about how to send this to brussels.
\ntake care!
\naga
\n 1721
kayle brandon 1 1722
kate rich 2 1722
kate rich 1 1723
Patrick de Koning 2 1713
Loes Jacobs 3 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:14:35 +0100
\nFrom: Loes Jacobs
\nCc: Patrick de Koning, Cocky Eek, theun
\nSubject: Re: mexico.
\n
\nkate, your coffee and sirop travelled with patrick to amsterdam.
\nfrom what i've heard everything travelled well, except the coffee, but not sure what happened exactly. as i understood, the suitcase was opened a lot on it's way to amsterdam, but best to check with patrick about more details.
\n
\neverything is still in amsterdam, but will get to brussels beginning of the year i'm guessing. i think of going there in a few weeks, or maybe foam lab amsterdam might come again (cocky, theun or patrick, do you have plans to come to brussels soon and in that case could you take some agave sirop and coffee with you?).
\n
\nkate, i'll keep you posted about the goods coming to brussels.
\n
\npatrick, are there nice anecdotes you want to share?
\n
\nbest wishes for the new year already, (if we survive this day alright, but i think we'll all be fine :))
\nx loes
\n 1713
kate rich 1 Mixed 1 tbsp cal (calcium hydroxide / slaked lime) into 3 cups water heading for the boil. The lime did not exactly dissolve but hung, this did not seem to affect the final outcome. Added 1 cup blue corn & brought to boil slowly over 20 or so minutes. Left the pan on the stove overnight.
\nThe next day rubbed & rinsed the corn in a metal colander for 3-4 minutes, the 5-6 mins instructed felt overkill for such a small corn amount. Experiment 1 pulsing corn in small food grinder yielded crushed jagged corn grains, definitely the wrong equipment. Experiment 2 the ebay-bought czech meat grinder turned out super effective. Put the corn through 2 passes, first with 5mm disk then 3mm. Added salt and a few drops of water for the masa (caution it is easy to overdo the water and get a too loose dough) and prepared tortillas with tortilla press and cast iron pan the usual method. 1724
kate rich 2 Olive oil picked up in 2 batches. 9/7 Travelled by train to london, 1 hr 45 then another 1.5 hrs from paddington by buses 205 + 55 alighting mare street. met greg vaitsas from isle of olive in his hackney flat where 18 of a total 30 oils were repacked into maximum available space in feral trade rolling suitcase in the kitchen. back to mare st for bus 254 & 78 a further 1.5 hrs to peckham library where 4 oils handed over to melika ngombe for shipping on to FoAM in brussels see FER-1680 then caught bus 136 for dinner with olga gurionova in new cross which took also about 1.25 hrs despite short distance due to stuck in crazed olympic rehearsal traffic standstill. Next AM caught bus plus tube trying to avoid the unavoidable stairs back to paddington from where I caught the train back to bristol & cycled uneasily with overweighted suitcase on the back parcel rack back to ducrow court.
\nCollection 2, 20/7 travel to London was timed aggressively, on a non fully used swansea-london return train ticket salvaged from Paddington station floor while couriering part 1 of greek olive oil back to Bristol, plus defensively with a 1 week time buffer before the pending olympics. Dep home around 1230PM, it rained grievously, trapped under the jetstream. Across London by bus 7 & 55 the whole way Paddington to Hackney looked like heathrow airport, excessive signage and mad, mono-dempgraphic ads. Picked up the last box of oil from Greg & Paulina at 6PM on their return home from a day selling at the markets. On the Central Line tube back to Paddington flattened looking workers were still wearing their giant olympic accreditations on halyards. The friday 1930h train to Bristol was so swamped the conductor barely spoke. Cycled home 10PM all hungry with rolling suitcase perilously latched to the pack rack. 1677
Alvaro Soberanes 1 From: Álvaro Soberanes
\nDate: 2013/3/4
\nHello Kate, good news!
\ncoffee is on the way, today, directly to cargo agency. I´m moving there to
\ncheck all the papers and stamps, by tomorrow.
\n
\nMeanwhile, i´m sending pictures of stancil in the sacks, "baggin", and
\ncoffee jumping in the car.
\n
\nDate: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 23:24:40 -0600
\nFrom: Álvaro Soberanes
\nI just came back from Mexico city. I went directly to cargo damyt office to
\npush to have the coffee in tomorrow' s plane. Everything seems to be in
\norder, coffee is there, papers are ALL ready. The last step, is the unknown
\ncriteria of custom officers, so as you say, crossing fingers!
\n
\nTomorrow i will be close to the telephone until coffee came to aeromexico´s
\nhands inside the custom.
\n
\nAlmost there. 1726
kate rich 1 1 bag of el bueno verracruz coffee assembled with 2 bags of the el salvadorian (shipments end) at customer's request. walked up the road to qu junktions & delivered in exchange for cash. 1728
kate rich 2 walked up the road to qu juntions & delivered the coffee. 1727
kate rich 1 Walked uphill on the black patches between refrozen snow for a quick AM swim at the lido, then to bordeaux quay (near sarah and berno's ibis hotel supplied by arnolfini) where the trade was sealed over breakfast. 1729
Sarah Vahnee 2 Control report eurostar in Londen:
\nOne ticket check before entering eurostar zone in station
\nOne ID-check by French boarder police before entering eurostar zone in station. That was it!
\n
\nTill later,
\nall the best,
\nSarah and Berno
\n 1729
Berno Odo Polzer 3 1729
kate rich 1 chocolate shipped alongside FER-1729 greek olive oil, not much else to say except it was packed for travelin its own ziploc bag. 1730
ali jones 1 amidst the compost dustbins, madmad new-farm branding, frozen maple lollies ( i think) and general hubub of the saturday vancouver farmers market you can get tins of good, simple, maple syrup from a friendly quebecois chap.the rest of vancouver is tight with glass tourist bottles which arent so good for the airport.glass jar subsequently wormed out of neighbourhood recycling box and cleaned appropriatley. 1731
kate rich 2 Caught up with ali freshly returned from vancouver to rejoin bristol life, at the coffee stand opposite hippodrome before heading to the corn street farmers market. january local farmers' product being thin on the ground the unexpected arrival of maple syrup from far off climes was a thrill. 1731
Sarah Vahnee 2 1730
Berno Odo Polzer 3 1730
kate rich 1 Coffee carried on snow non-delayed trains bristol-london, sleeper euston-aberdeen & onward connection to arrive in huntly totally on time. delivered to Claudia on sunday in her kitchen at home. 1732
minerva cuevas 1 Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:13:29 +0000
\nSubject: Re: transports I got the puebla, the ones from Oax hopefully get them tomorrow.
\n I haven't pack but I think it will be Ok to take everything to Hague, I am trusting I have a suitcase
\nwith 4 wheels! :) Stay warm! x M
\n 1733
Claudia Zeiske 2 1732
kate rich 1 chocolate travelled in courier bags from bristol via snow struck huntly to be delivered in the thaw at coastal arbroath, courier alighted replacement bus service at arbroath station for pickup courtesy lucy byatt car 1734
kate rich 1 1735
kayle brandon 1 1736
Jane Day 1 1737
kate rich 1 1739
marie-eve cosemans 1 1740
marie-eve cosemans 1 1741
marie-eve cosemans 1 1742
kleoni manousakis 1 1743
kate rich 2 Met kleoni outside mehringdamm ubahn, she was on her way to see the omar fast exhibtion in the area. we diverted to a cafe where 1 bag el salvadorian coffee and 4 discs of oaxacan hot chocolate were exchanged for 1 bottle olive oil plus 8.5 euros cash to balance. A gratis handful of mexican blue corn also changed hands so kleoni could give it to her mother to try to grow, outside athens. I then returned to nearby Holdhusen where olive oil was delivered to ute who was out of town at a tennis training school a couple of days later. 1743
Milena Deleva 1 Feb 9-11
\nMy entire trip from New York to London kicked off as a feral trade. Our
\nflight at EWR was canceled, so we were transferred to JFK by school buses
\nwho were on strike then. The delay affected the exchange of a bag of tea
\nwaiting for me at London Heathrow to be transferred to MOMA in NY. The
\nfounder of the FT, Kate, who I know since the very beginning of the
\nproject, couldn't wait for me and sadly had to take train back to Bristol,
\naccompanied by the tea. In the days to come we managed to arrange a meeting
\nbetween friend of mine and fiend of hers, who finally met and exchanged the
\ntea. The tea reached me, but have not reached the destination yet. What an
\nelastic social network...
\nFirst off, I was thrilled to know that the project has lasted for so long,
\nand then to be part of it myself after so many years.
\n 1744
kate rich 2 feb 10th, handover of tea to milena looked imperilled as the meeting of historic winter storms dumped blizzards on new york airports, potentially preventing the inbound flight of the courier to uk. but late night of 9th british airways website confirmed her flight was on schedule. Accordingly i departed bristol pre-dawn sunday, free ride in heath bunting's europcar rental on its return to heathrow airport. Arrived Terminal 5 arrivals spot on 9AM where the illuminated board displayed milena's flight as cancelled. BA air hostesses did calculations on their tablet computers & reckoned she could be on the 10AM arriving flight. when this one too passed without milena passenger i gave up due to the onset of a heavy winter cold, & headed home through grim weather via tube, replacement bus service, ealing broadway train to london paddington, and engineering works-slowed bristol train. 1/2 way back into the west country milena phoned in her 4 hours late arrival into london, but cold & throat-sore trader couldn't face the turnaround & continued enroute back to bristol. 1744
heath bunting 3 1744
Alice Vandeleur-Boorer 4 Whilst at a friends housewarming, Kate told me of her early morning failed delivery attempt. with half my mind on the pancake i was eating, I considered the misfortune and eventually remembered i was traveling to London the following morning. It struck me that this would give a great sense of purpose to a grey/ wet/snowy winter Monday. I stopped by Kate's place at 8am to pick up the tea, then headed off on my bicycle in the direction of the train station. For one day on the saddle it was not possible for me to cycle all the way to London, so my plan was begin cycling from Chippenham and aim to reach Reading by nightfall. The Sustrans national cycle network is a marvolous tool, and i was glad to be following the blue and red signs from directly outside Chippenham train station. I followed route number 403 into early afternoon through snow, hail, rain, floods, mud, fields, washed out tracks and a bit of road, stopping briefly at Avebury Stone circles for a photo and to eat as much tea, cake and egg sandwich as possible. the weather in the afternoon cleared up to a more bearable grey sky and I finally i hit the 22 mile slimy towpath from Newbury to Reading at 4.30pm. I reached Reading train station 8pm waring my head torch and glad i hadn't ridden into the dark canal. After reaching Paddington and leaving my bike locked up, it took me a couple of hours to find a hostel for the night. By 11pm i was tucked up on top bunk trying to ignore the europop coming from the kitchen and the french students making out in the bunk next to me. When morning came i enjoyed breakfast with the anti-social early risers and successfully delivered the tea to Diana at 9.20am at Goodge Steet Tube station.
\n 1744
kate rich 1 1745
Alfonso Salvador Rocha Robles 2 Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:13:12 -0600 Subject: blue corn
\nDear Kate:
\n
\n
\n
\nI talked to Jaime on Friday during our Slow Food meeting. He is not able to
\ngo to Mexico City so he asked if I could take it. My girlfriend was not
\nable to come to Puebla but I would go next Friday (March 1st) to give your
\norder to Minerva.
\nSo let me give you the total of the cost, for the product and transport,
\nand I would appreciate it if you could make the deposit during the week so
\nI can use that money for my bus ticket to Mexico City.
\n*Product Cost* 4 kg- Blue Corn Seed: $130; 1 kg- Blue Cornmeal no sugar: $40.
\n*Transport Cost* Puebla –Mexico: $300.
\n*Minerva: *May I have your phone number so I can call you on Friday when I
\narrive to Mexico City. I will be near metro Coyoacan if it is possible to
\nmeet there during the evening or night.
\nRegards, Alfonso.
\n
\n
\n
\n 1733
3 1731
minerva cuevas 1 Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:13:29 +0000
\nSubject: Re: transports I got the puebla, the ones from Oax hopefully get them tomorrow.
\n I haven't pack but I think it will be Ok to take everything to Hague, I am trusting I have a suitcase
\nwith 4 wheels! :) Stay warm! x M 1746
minerva cuevas 1 Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:13:29 +0000
\nSubject: Re: transports I got the puebla, the ones from Oax hopefully get them tomorrow.
\n I haven't pack but I think it will be Ok to take everything to Hague, I am trusting I have a suitcase
\nwith 4 wheels! :) Stay warm! x M 1747
vlax 1 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:47:59 -0600
\nhey
\n
\nthis is the prices for each product:
\n- 250 x 1 arroqueño mezcal bottle 750ml,
\n- 150 x 1 kg mole negro,
\n- 150 x 1 kg chocolate.
\nso, the final price is mx$950.
\nIf you agree, you can organize the money thing with Minerva to she can later make a
\nbank deposit to me, I have a friend that is visiting Oax this weekend, going back to MexCity
\nthe first days of next week, it will be easy to send the products with him,,letmeknow 1748
minerva cuevas 2 Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:13:29 +0000
\nSubject: Re: transports I got the puebla, the ones from Oax hopefully get them tomorrow.
\n I haven't pack but I think it will be Ok to take everything to Hague, I am trusting I have a suitcase
\nwith 4 wheels! :) Stay warm! x M
\n
\n
\n
\n 1748
vlax 2 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:47:59 -0600
\nhey
\n
\nthis is the prices for each product:
\n- 250 x 1 arroqueño mezcal bottle 750ml,
\n- 150 x 1 kg mole negro,
\n- 150 x 1 kg chocolate.
\nso, the final price is mx$950.
\nIf you agree, you can organize the money thing with Minerva to she can later make a
\nbank deposit to me, I have a friend that is visiting Oax this weekend, going back to MexCity
\nthe first days of next week, it will be easy to send the products with him,,letmeknow 1747
vlax 2 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:47:59 -0600
\nhey
\n
\nthis is the prices for each product:
\n- 250 x 1 arroqueño mezcal bottle 750ml,
\n- 150 x 1 kg mole negro,
\n- 150 x 1 kg chocolate.
\nso, the final price is mx$950.
\nIf you agree, you can organize the money thing with Minerva to she can later make a
\nbank deposit to me, I have a friend that is visiting Oax this weekend, going back to MexCity
\nthe first days of next week, it will be easy to send the products with him,,letmeknow 1746
5 1744
kate rich 2 1751
Marta Stachowiak-Dobrakowska 1 drove with her mum to Warsaw airport to fly Ryanair, which was one hour late due to the late arrival of the plane from London, every minute worse. From London Stansted airport to Epsom she caught a taxi. She works for Dermalogica whose UK head office is in nearby Leatherhead, normally she would stay there in a hotel for policemen, Federation House, but it was full so this time she's at Epsom Holiday Inn Express. The taxi driver told her all about Epsom's famous Derby. 1725
tereza valentova 1 I bought the tea in Munnar which is a small town surrounded by endless tea plantations, it is the hill station in South Indian state Kerala. Even though Munnar has a reputation of a 'tea land', you will not find any place where could you actually taste different types of tea - or I didn't :) Also, most of the street stalls don't sell any hot beverages after about 7 pm, which I found a bit inconvenient as Munnar is quite cold place (as a hillstation).
\nAll tea plantations are owned by one big tea company, so it is not possible to get in touch with small local producers. I bought the tea in a shop on the main street just before I jumped on the bus to Kochi.
\n 1751
Maurice Carlin 1 1750
Maurice Carlin 1 1749
Diana Todorova 6 1744
kate rich 1 1753
kate rich 2 18/2 phoned Marta at her hotel to check on safe arrival of courier and corn. feb 25th whilst in london area on goldsmiths college visiting lecturer business (MA in creative industry) i caught the regional train out to tattenham corner, 1 hour from london bridge station which put me in striking distance of the holiday inn hotel, located literally on/in Epsom racecourse although closed for a non raceday sadly. Holiday Inn reception clerk efficiently handed over a plastic bag with 5kg corn & i headed back to central london, rolling suitcase tusseling occasionally against the racetrack turf. After some central london social meetings travelled to Brockley for the evening via a typical london transport disaster, strand and aldwych blocked off by impenetrable police action and the buses set on mystery diversions meant 3x tube rides misadvised by static underground gate staff and multi rollercoaster sets of station stairs, dragging the now ultra weighted feral bag. 27/2 in way more benign conditions caught bus/tube/bus to paddington and the train back to bristol, feral bag travelling the final mile by bike which i had thoughtfully parked at temple meads station. 1725
Paula Helm 2 My journey was long and anoying. But I sat next to a Sik-Man from Kerala and he gave me lecture about his religion so at least the flight was insightful.
\nTook the opportunity to finally visit MoMa after delivering tea. 1752
Chris Pigot 2 Picked up the goods from Kate at Paddington - next day they were on the train to Manchester. A week of doing 'history', then a cross-Manchester walk to the Islington Mill on a bizarrely warm day, where the goods were handed to Maurice's friend Marlene. 1749
Chris Pigot 2 1750
kate rich 3 1750
Mihaela Varzai 1 1754
kate rich 2 1754
kate rich 1 1755
Chris Pigot 2 1755
Maurice Carlin 3 1755
kate rich 3 eventless train journey from bristol temple meads to london paddington to meet history student chris pigot outside W H Smiths bookshop, rated incidentally this week by the financial times as a safe haven for nervewracked investors. goods handed over and within 5 minutes couriers were on their separate ways, feral trade descending to the tube for a cross-london connection to southend-on-sea. 1749
heath bunting 3 1752
Jelena Stanovnik 1 1756
kate rich 2 1756
Paula Helm 1 delivered coffee and got a book in exchange. Ans I finally found a good and cheap bike in new york, just around the corner of Haris house. 1763
tres guerras ground transport 6 1726
Cargo Damyt 3 1726
aeromexico 4 1726
kate rich 5 trader's courier work concentrated on the money transport, after some delay in receiving correct & compliant bank details from mexico, made 2x transactions 28/2 and 1/3 through online money changer Hifx, sending MXN to farmer's bank account, and USD direct to freight agent Damyt. 1/3 incidentally the day when GBP sterling plunged to its lowest level against the dollar for 2.5 years due to surprise bad data from the UK manufacturing sector. An 8% decline in the GBP against USD since coffee negotiations began & confirmation of the weighted value of the commodity against other more flighty assets such as cash. 8/3Tracked incoming shipment via aeromexico website & flurry of phonecalls with kingscote freight agent Matthew Dean. No duty no VAT on green beans which accompanied by their many certificates (origin, phytosanitary, commercial invoice) cleared customs like a dream and were passed to truckers for sunday overnight delivery to roaster Richard Jansz in littlehampton. 14/3 waited home AM for the usual parcelforce guy, 20.3KG coffee delivered & tested on feral trade's home stove, tasting notes brilliant clear & clean coffee, ideal with breakfast. 1726
Richard Jansz 7 1726
kate rich 4 1752
kate rich 1 1759
Fang Danmin 1 茶叶来自福建省武平县桃溪镇的家庭茶场,茶场的主人叫兰月廷(LanYueting),她是我老公的姐姐。茶叶是春天的绿茶,春天茶叶刚长芽就釆摘了。春天的
\n茶树虫子少,茶农很少用药,反之秋茶要打很多农药。因此春茶价格比秋茶贵6倍。
\n我今年2月8日到了姐姐家,买了5公斤绿茶,然后运回到另一个镇(我老公家),后来发现那里没有快递,2月11号就又托姐姐的孩子(邱富基,他在厦门工作
\n)把茶叶带到厦门。2月13号,我离开福建去了浙江,22日回到北京。2月25日,回到厦门的邱顺基把茶叶快递到北京 1760
Cube-Cola 1 1761
Gair Dunlop 1 1738
Gair Dunlop 1 1762
Hiuwai Chan 3 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:15:47 +0100
\nhey kate,
\nI am on the road/hitch hiking to protugal, so i have limited internet access before this sunday. I should be
\nable to do the bristol/london route to mcr! but i need to double check with work first, i can confirm with you
\nnext week. I have also asked around to see anyone traveling to those routes on those days.
\nwaiwai 1746
Hiuwai Chan 3 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:15:47 +0100
\nhey kate,
\nI am on the road/hitch hiking to protugal, so i have limited internet access before this sunday. I should be
\nable to do the bristol/london route to mcr! but i need to double check with work first, i can confirm with you
\nnext week. I have also asked around to see anyone traveling to those routes on those days.
\nwaiwai 1747
Hiuwai Chan 3 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:15:47 +0100
\nhey kate,
\nI am on the road/hitch hiking to protugal, so i have limited internet access before this sunday. I should be
\nable to do the bristol/london route to mcr! but i need to double check with work first, i can confirm with you
\nnext week. I have also asked around to see anyone traveling to those routes on those days.
\nwaiwai 1733
Hiuwai Chan 3 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:15:47 +0100
\nhey kate,
\nI am on the road/hitch hiking to protugal, so i have limited internet access before this sunday. I should be
\nable to do the bristol/london route to mcr! but i need to double check with work first, i can confirm with you
\nnext week. I have also asked around to see anyone traveling to those routes on those days.
\nwaiwai 1748
Amy Damutz 3 1756
Ted Damutz 4 Flight from RDU 3/17/13 (St. Patrick's Day) late. Tea checked in luggage. Sense of uneasiness as package looks
\na tad bit dubious. Taxi to hotel. Brought to work at 7 World Trade Center. Subway to MOMA Tuesday night.
\nSnow and rain. Handed to security guard. I took his photo as part of project after requesting to do so. He
\nthought it was because I did not trust him to pass it on to MOMA contact. 1756
Alice Vandeleur-Boorer 1 1764
kayle brandon 2 1764
Hiuwai Chan 3 1764
Aviv Kruglanski 4 1764
Usman Haque 1 1765
natalie jeremijenko 2 1765
E Jeremijenko Conley 3 1765
kate rich 4 travelled to bristol temple meads with usman, natalie and e in dad's cabs cab number 40 aka dj bantam via an overquick scenic downtown tour. dropped them off at station at 1415h & cabbed it back home. 1765
natalie jeremijenko 1 visited Dom at Moon on Pond.
\npurchased for feral trading and training his herbs (seemed better than
\nmeat, hot sauce or other longer shelf life/might be picked up in airport
\ntype product).
\nI have 2 packets each of green cayenne, sage, mint, rosemary, red shiso,
\nred cayenne, green shiso, bay leaves. Bay Tree/ leaves he drags into the
\npantry and out again each spring. rosemary he grows in passive greenhouse
\nthat is a good trope for telling the anti greenhouse+hydroponics/energetic
\ndead end .... yet how the greenhouse technology can be used in slow
\nfarming/resilient way.
\nFunny he met my biochar guy on the dance floor at the slow food conference.
\nHere is his kickstarter:
\nhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1149124415/three-new-farmers-in-2013
\nI will work on the HSIM 4 each of these herbs ....
\nwhat do u think?
\n 1766
Jono Boyle 2 1757
heath bunting 2 1763
michael eddy 2 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:00:03 +0800
\nHi Kate,
\nI have someone to bring 5 kgs of green tea from Fujian to Beijing. She told
\nme the price is 150 RMB per kg, so that is 600 RMB total. OK? I wonder how
\nyou would think about currency—600 RMB of coffee may be quite an
\nextravagant amount. Perhaps a mixed bag of currencies is in order?
\nEast—> west direction: Maurice goes back to UK on the 11th of April; a
\nCanadian to Winnipeg in March; will keep ears open for others, especially
\ndirect to US travelers.
\n
\nDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:17:44 +0800
\nHi Kate,
\nhere are images of the tea farm (not sure if she has transport images).
\nAnd one of the reception of the goods brought with Maurice.
\nHow much does that shipment represent the total trade value? The tea trader
\nsaid "as much coffee as possible!" It's her family. I will ask her again to
\ndescribe the process.
\nGotta run, more later!
\nM
\n
\nDate: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:05:56 +0800
\n Hi Kate, handoff has finally taken place, but I don't think Maurice can
\ntake full shipment—so I will keep my eyes out for other traffickers.
\nHot chocolate went over very well! Tasty!
\nM
\n
\n
\n
\n 1760
Michael Murtaugh 2 1768
ali jones 2 1758
kate rich 3 Trader's role confined so far to the money transfer, tea courier requested payment for her family in feral trade coffee. 600 RMB equals give or take 63 GBP, breaks down to 1x olive oil, 1x hot chocolate & 1x cube-cola (delivered); with 1.75kg coffee still to move. 1760
Maurice Carlin 1 1767
jim adlington 1 1769
heath bunting 1 1770
heath bunting 1 1768
kate rich 2 Testing the free movement of citizens across the nation I decided to travel bristol-london without using a ticket. Attempt to board national express bus politely thwarted by the desk agent who said it was more than her job's worth, despite signs of friendly collusion from the driver. Caught a local bus to temple meads station from where I successfully journeyed on first great western trains without showing ticket. 1738
kate rich 2 1762
kate rich 1 1771
Gair Dunlop 2 1771
reinaart vanhoe 3 1768
michael eddy 4 1768
Fang Danmin 5 1768
lucy byatt 3 1762
jim adlington 1 1781
Sheetal Prajapati 2 1767
Michael McCormack 1 1709
Laura Simpson 3 1738
Laura Simpson 4 1762
Katiushka Nicoy 1 1783
Maurice Carlin 1 1784
Kwong Lee 2 1784
heath bunting 1 On Fri, 26 Apr 2013, kate rich wrote:
\nyes bit heavy - you cool to haul it?
\nany part thereof would be great.
\n
\nOn Fri, 26 Apr 2013, heath bunting wrote:
\n>
\n> > nik has agarve for me to bring to you
\n
\n 1785
nik gaffney 2 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:58:01 +0200
\nSubject: potential courier BXL->LDN
\n
\nhi kate,
\n
\ndo you need anything transferred between brussels and london in the near
\nfuture? we still have some agave syrup in storage.
\n
\nDate: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:07:02 +0200 Subject: Re: 6invoice/s
\n
\nOn 03/09/13 23:34, kate rich wrote:
\n> so the difference is 10 euros on the coffee + 6 on teatowel = 16.
\n> happy to get that in cash->brighton (either currency) if that works?
\n
\nOn Mon, 9 Sep 2013, nik gaffney wrote:
\n agave syrup delivered and documented at lighthouse.. . 1785
kate rich 1 1786
Thomas Ling 5 1764
kate rich 1 1787
Amelia Winger-Bearskin 7 It was wonderful to meet Milena in the upper west side and exchange a large pink bag full of tea, which I brought to Sarah Kennedy at MoMA for the Exchange Cafe. Milena gave my son her son's email so they could communicate via the internet while she is abroad and the children plan to create games to play together online. Nice to make a new friend.
\n 1744
kate rich 1 1788
kate rich 1 met allan, located bia localbitcoins.com for a frontier cash purchase of bitcoin, face to face. he had just completed a 20 mile run with royal signals unit so we met at cafe kino on stokes croft bristol with cake. after conversing on a number of topics 1 pack of coffee successfully traded as part of a 1.5 bitcoin transaction. 1789
Allan Bowe 2 1789
Amelia Winger-Bearskin 2 I picked up the tea from Katiushka's home in Brooklyn. Green tea. Then I dropped it off the next morning to Sarah Kennedy at MoMA. Looking forward to serving the tea tomorrow at the Exchange Cafe at MoMA. Please come and barter for tea!!! 1783
chiz williams 1 1790
kate rich 1 1793
kate rich 1 6PM bristol-london train schedule derailed by a person killed by a train in the swindon area shortly after 5:30. Train dispatched in emergency mode with 2 train managers who got busy distributing bottled water and declassifying 1st class so that passengers stuck in coach E of standard class where the air conditioning had failed could be reseated, on a rare 20 degrees+ humid british june afternoon. As only one line into london was operational & arrival delayed by 45 minutes, train manager sympathetically ordered feral trade a london taxi to make sure of timely transfer to the 9:21PM sleeper train up to scotland. Additionally a mobility cart was kind enough to meet feral trade at the platform on london arrival, saving trader from a perilious situation as bags were were anyway semi-unmanageable with 10kg olive oil, 6 kg of coffee, 2kg blue corn and a load of kitchen equipment. Courtesy cab made swift transit to london euston station where trader boarded the caledonian sleeper in good time for the overnight journey up to scotland. Picked up at arbroath station 630AM by lucy byatt & her new greyhound isaac. 1792
kate rich 1 dropped off coffee by bike enroute to harbourmaster's office to pay canoe craft licence for 2013/14 1794
kate rich 1 coffee handed over during qujunktions heatsick event at the cube where feral trade also mixed cybernetic themed drinks in the zone bar 1795
kate rich 1 1796
kate rich 1 1797
natalie jeremijenko 2 1797
kate rich 1 1798
kate rich 1 1799
natalie jeremijenko 2 1796
fran gallardo 1 1800
kate rich 2 puerh tea arrived in the royal mail - technically not a feral trade courier but as it was hitchhiking with a the world portable gallery convention catalogue sent from eyelevel gallery in halifax a relax in strict protocol seemed to be allowable. 1800
kate rich 1 1801
Usman Haque 3 1784
Patrice Riemens 1 Greetings from Piet Zwart Inst. A collegue of Michael has take delivery
\nof the coffee, I spoke to Leslie, and I am now going on my way to
\nAmsterdam. Ferry crossing is great (there are even disabled cabins -
\nsame price) you can get a London to anywhere in NL all-in ticket for GBP
\n75 (night, with cabin) or GBP 45 day service, each way (going by night
\nreturning by day might be an option 4 u) (book minimum 7 days in advance
\n- by when it's usually dearer by GBP 10-15...). Cheers now, till next time!
\npatrizio + Diiiinooos!
\n 1791
natalie jeremijenko 3 Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:29:44 -0400: tea is now safe in NY.... after being swabed for traces of explosives and going thru xray machine twice.
\nI can swing by tomorrow middayish?
\n 1800
Juan Miguel Retemar 1 Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:04:00 +0200: hi Kate. I confirm that the olive oil was sent to Bristol the last Friday, as soon as the merchandise pass the custom, 2 or 3
\ndays, I could send you all the details of the transport in UK.
\nNow, I´m sending the invoice of the order and one photo wiht the product and one friend who is working for us. I am dressing the blue t-shirt, in order you can identify me.
\nPlease, let me know if you would need something
\nRegards,
\nJuan Miguel Retamar
\n 1802
kate rich 2 rode my bike to temple mead stations where i intercepted patrice at the ticket barriers as arranged. 1791
Michael Murtaugh 3 1791
Donatella Portoghese 1 1803
fran gallardo 1 1804
kate rich 1 6PM bristol-london train schedule derailed by a person killed by a train in the swindon area shortly after 5:30. Train dispatched in emergency mode with 2 train managers who got busy distributing bottled water and declassifying 1st class so that passengers stuck in coach E of standard class where the air conditioning had failed could be reseated, on a rare 20 degrees+ humid british june afternoon. As only one line into london was operational & arrival delayed by 45 minutes, train manager sympathetically ordered feral trade a london taxi to make sure of timely transfer to the 9:21PM sleeper train up to scotland. Additionally a mobility cart was kind enough to meet feral trade at the platform on london arrival, saving trader from a perilious situation as bags were were anyway semi-unmanageable with 10kg olive oil, 6 kg of coffee, 2kg blue corn and a load of kitchen equipment. Courtesy cab made swift transit to london euston station where trader boarded the caledonian sleeper in good time for the overnight journey up to scotland. Picked up at arbroath station 630AM by lucy byatt & her new greyhound isaac. 1805
kate rich 2 got a call mon 10th from palletways in avonmouth. oil mini-pallet had arrived & hoped to clear customs wednesday. Weds 12th afternoon palletways truck turned up at my flat, the driver was struck with deja vu being convinced he recognised me and hogge, who was passing for a tea & catch-up, from a prior delivery. driver was not insured to enter the premises so hogge & i used borrowed palletways trolley plus my magna cart to haul oil boxes up in the lift & down the 1/2 flight of stairs to my flat. 1802
graeme hogg 3 1802
kate rich 1 1806
Grupo Soher 1 1807
Alvaro Soberanes 2 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:58:00 -0500
\n
\n
\nHello Kate
\n
\nNews.
\n
\nMoney arrived well, thanks a lot.
\n
\nCoffee was shiped from xalapa last friday, now is in veracruz port custom´
\nline to be "aproved" for shipment. Is all ready booked by the navy company.
\n
\nJust having confirmed the itinerary, they will give us "customs
\ndeclaration".
\n
\nHope during this day, I will have exact dates for the coffee to be inside
\nthe ship.
\n 1807
ali jones 1 1808
kate rich 1 1809
kate rich 1 6PM bristol-london train schedule derailed by a person killed by a train in the swindon area shortly after 5:30. Train dispatched in emergency mode with 2 train managers who got busy distributing bottled water and declassifying 1st class so that passengers stuck in coach E of standard class where the air conditioning had failed could be reseated, on a rare 20 degrees+ humid british june afternoon. As only one line into london was operational & arrival delayed by 45 minutes, train manager sympathetically ordered feral trade a london taxi to make sure of timely transfer to the 9:21PM sleeper train up to scotland. Additionally a mobility cart was kind enough to meet feral trade at the platform on london arrival, saving trader from a perilious situation as bags were were anyway semi-unmanageable with 10kg olive oil, 6 kg of coffee, 2kg blue corn and a load of kitchen equipment. Courtesy cab made swift transit to london euston station where trader boarded the caledonian sleeper in good time for the overnight journey up to scotland. Picked up at arbroath station 630AM by lucy byatt & her new greyhound isaac. 1810
kate rich 1 1811
kate rich 1 1812
Simon Dessain 1 1813
kate rich 1 6PM bristol-london train schedule derailed by a person killed by a train in the swindon area shortly after 5:30. Train dispatched in emergency mode with 2 train managers who got busy distributing bottled water and declassifying 1st class so that passengers stuck in coach E of standard class where the air conditioning had failed could be reseated, on a rare 20 degrees+ humid british june afternoon. As only one line into london was operational & arrival delayed by 45 minutes, train manager sympathetically ordered feral trade a london taxi to make sure of timely transfer to the 9:21PM sleeper train up to scotland. Additionally a mobility cart was kind enough to meet feral trade at the platform on london arrival, saving trader from a perilious situation as bags were were anyway semi-unmanageable with 10kg olive oil, 6 kg of coffee, 2kg blue corn and a load of kitchen equipment. Courtesy cab made swift transit to london euston station where trader boarded the caledonian sleeper in good time for the overnight journey up to scotland. Picked up at arbroath station 630AM by lucy byatt & her new greyhound isaac. 1814
Micah Magee 1 1815
Micah Magee 1 1816
Jamie King 2 1815
kate rich 1 biked to the station with oil in string bag on parcel rack. train to london paddington & then number 7 bus which drops off outside british musuem, from where i walked 5 mins to pauline's flat on southhampton row, 5th floor all stairs dare i say. 1817
pauline van mourik broekman 2 1817
kate rich 1 after a few missed arrangements chiz dropped by with car and dot, on day off school for what is not insect day sadly but sounds like it, to haul oil home to easton 1818
chiz williams 2 1818
aaron sewards 1 1819
kate rich 1 1820
jim adlington 1 1821
jim adlington 1 1822
kate rich 1 dropped off coffee at arnolfini bookshop on my way to acupuncture. snoozie wasn't at work yet but arrived as i was unlocking my bike, we had a comedy moment trying to locate each other whilst blocked from sight by a large transit van. chatted for a while about ankle surgery. 1825
peter westenberg 2 Dear Kate !
\n
\nThe coffee has found its way to the office of constant
\n
\nIt has been delivered this afternoon by the very capable delivery woman Marie-eve Cosemans
\n
\nPictures are joint as proof that your beautiful bags of beans now share their shelve lives with
\nroyco-cup-a-sup and cora tea bags
\n
\nThanks a lot to both of you
\n
\nPeter
\n 1741
kate rich 1 2 bags feral coffee travelled to bristol station alongside 5 Litre bottle of oil, first on the back of my bike, then train to london where goods were loaded onto buses to avoid the excess walking that riding the tube always generously provides. london the hottest day to date of 2013, feral trade went first to 18 hewett street gallery in shoreditch to prepare & serve 100 litres of cube-cola to a young media-advertising type event called makers and misfits. then on by bus to homerton, stopping for a quick post-swingdance drink & catch up with saul albert at chat's palace, saul suggested trader consider doing a PHD at london school of economics, or even SOAS. after bar closing hauled bags round the corner to the home of Kathrin Böhm where trader & goods stopped overnight. Next AM after coffee kathrin woke up glenarm road neighbour ignacio, who kindly offered to carry oil and coffee by bike to tate modern, where he was working on the weekend in the catering department. 1826
kate rich 1 5 Litre bottle of oil travelled to bristol station alongside 2 bags feral coffee on the back of my bike, stopping enroute at harts bakery to offload another box of oil, then on train to london where the goods were loaded onto buses to avoid the excess walking that riding the tube always generously provides. london the hottest day to date of 2013, feral trade went first to 18 hewett street gallery in shoreditch where trader stopped briefly to prepare & serve 100 litres of cube-cola to a young media-advertising type event called makers and misfits. then by bus to homerton, stopping for a quick post-swingdance drink & catch up with saul albert at chat's palace, saul suggested trader consider doing a PHD at london school of economics, or even SOAS. luckily saul also offered to help trader haul the increasingly heavy 5L oil round the corner to the home of Kathrin Böhm where trader & goods stopped overnight. Next AM after coffee kathrin woke up glenarm road neighbour ignacio, who kindly offered to carry oil and coffee by bike to tate modern, where he was working on the weekend in the catering department. 1827
lucy byatt 1 1829
lucy byatt 1 1830
kate rich 1 packed coffee in a vacant olive oil box & cycled round the corner to cafe kino where aaron kindly stored it for fri AM pickup by its courier jerry ortmans who is driving the coffee up to arbroath, as trader would be at that time in london 1828
lucy byatt 2 1828
Jerry Ortmans 3 1828
aaron sewards 4 1828
kate rich 2 loaded box onto bike & cycled round the corner to cafe kino where aaron kindly stored it for fri AM pickup by its courier jerry, driving up to arbroath, as trader would be at that time in london 1829
Jerry Ortmans 3 1829
aaron sewards 4 1829
kate rich 1 loaded a dangerous amount of goods onto bike & rode it to station, rear box swung off sideways enroute but luckily remained attached to the rear pack rack. dropped off one box of feral olive oil at harts bakery for distribution there on saturday. train to london & bus shoreditch to makers & misfits event run by young ex advertising collective savant, at 18 hewett street gallery. with their assistance mixed up 7 cube-cola syrups on what subsequently was crowned as the hottest day of the year so far in the UK, the evening event was attended by 100s of young media types and a group of sugar syrup seeking wasps. trader slipped out mid-event & got another bus to chat's palace in homerton where saul albert was teaching swing dancing. arrived just post swing class for a drink with saul & selene in the bar. saul then walked trader round the corner to kathrin böhm's house where after a sleep cut short by impending thunderstorms, trader & curator discussed feral coffee supply for upcoming trade show in birmingham. 1831
saul albert 2 1831
Jerry Ortmans 2 1830
kate rich 3 1830
aaron sewards 4 1830
saul albert 2 1827
Kathrin Böhm 3 1827
Kathrin Böhm 2 1826
kate rich 1 1832
Jono Boyle 2 1832
3 1785
kate rich 1 loaded oils box + bag onto bike & cycled dangerously to Harts for a 815AM start, presenting feral trade olive oil to Harts bread customers. 1833
kate rich 1 1834
Ignacio Poblete 4 1827
Ignacio Poblete 3 1826
kate rich 1 shipment split into 2x routes due to a sudden courier opportunity. 1. 11/8 biked to rosebery avenue with coffee, oil load for karin remlu, visiting bristol on her way back to brussels from 2 months at schumacher college in devon studying eco-sociology.
\n2. 30/8 remainder in own bag travelling eurostar to brussels, overnighting at FoAM enroute to ghent to deliver an open-source cola making workshop. on return to brussels 2 days later met up with karin at FoAM office where the 2-part shipment was merged. 1835
kate rich 3 shipment split into 2x routes due to a sudden courier opportunity. 1. 11/8 biked to rosebery avenue with coffee, oil load for karin ulmer, visiting bristol on her way back to brussels from 2 months at schumacher college in devon studying eco-sociology.
\n2. 30/8 remainder in own bag travelling eurostar to brussels, overnighting at FoAM enroute to ghent to deliver an open-source cola making workshop. 1836
Karin Remlu 2 1836
Karin Remlu 2 1835
Lynn Goh 1 1837
Lynn Goh 1 1838
james kennard 1 1839
Katie Herzog 2 1839
kate rich 1 travelling via brighton. on arrival to london the path of 236 bus blocked by knife fight police incident tape closed homerton high road to not only bus but all foot traffic. after a few refusals hitchhiked the detour to arrive at kingsmead estate on foot. met saul & selene in their vegetable garden serenaded by helicopter 1840
kate rich 1 1841
saul albert 2 1841
kate rich 1 1842
kate rich 1 1843
peter westenberg 2 1843
Femke Snelting 3 1843
kate rich 1 walked up the road to qu office with coffee in bag. 1844
kate rich 1 dropped coffee off in cube office finance intray 1845
Jono Boyle 2 1845
Kathrin Böhm 1 One pack of coffee went to my friend and artist colleague Kerstin Bergendal.
\nHandover was on the tiny island Köpstadsö in Southern Sweden.
\nKerstin then took the coffee back home to Copenhagen.
\n 1846
Kerstin Bergendal 2 1846
maja kuzmanovic 4 1785
kate rich 5 1785
kayle brandon 6 1785
kate rich 1 1847
janet mcewan 1 1848
kate rich 2 biked in the rain down to arnolfini bar to meet janet & andrew, overnighting enroute back from london to hayle, cornwall at the bristol harbourside ibis. talked about trade and agriculture. biked home in the rain. 1848
Andrew Reynolds 3 1848
janet mcewan 1 1849
Andrew Reynolds 2 1849
kate rich 3 biked in the rain down to arnolfini bar to meet janet & andrew, overnighting enroute back from london to hayle, cornwall at the bristol harbourside ibis. talked about trade and agriculture. biked home in the rain. 1849
janet mcewan 1 1850
Andrew Reynolds 2 1850
kate rich 3 returned home PM from delivering FER-1949 to janet mcewan at arnolfini & remembered i forgot 1 bag of shipment, prepaid by anne-marie culhane. arranged AM re-meet with courier at which point magda tyzlik carver had placed a late order. 2 bags packed on bike AM and delivered to janet and andrew at bordeaux quay cafe. 1850
Martynas Savickis 1 1851
kate rich 1 departed UWE bower ashton campus at 5PM fri. stopped off enroute to visit olga guriunova in brockley, london. sat AM caught a fenchurch st train to southend central station where amy & i drank tea in the sun outside the station pub. after coffee handover travelled 3 stations back to leigh on sea to visit YoHa workshop the Mouth of the Thames: how can the estuary survive & thrive. 1852
Amy McKenny 2 1852
kate rich 1 dropped coffee courtesy arnolfini box office for evening retrieval by dominic thomas visting fini for the Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Maintenance Art Works 1969–1980 exhibition opening 1853
Dominic Thomas 2 1853
kate rich 1 1855
kate rich 1 1856
Jono Boyle 2 1856
kate rich 1 coffee delivered to arnolfini bookshop by bike 1857
kate rich 1 1858
kate rich 1 1859
natalie jeremijenko 2 1859
inari wishiki 2 1858
matthew fuller 3 1858
kate rich 1 delivered on foot to bristol credit union's back office, conveniently 1 minute's walk from feral trade depot 1860
lucy byatt 1
\n
\nDate: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:01:07 +0000
\nFrom: Lucy Byatt - Hospitalfield Arts.
\nBack next Sunday can collect coffee sunday eve or monday morning just tell me where and when
\nL
\nSent from my iPhone
\n 1861
lucy byatt 1 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:01:07 +0000
\nFrom: Lucy Byatt - Hospitalfield Arts
\nBack next Sunday can collect coffee sunday eve or monday morning just tell me where and when
\nL
\nSent from my iPhone
\n 1854
tereza valentova 2 1862
kate rich 1 1863
Mary Shuldham 1 1864
Mary Shuldham 1 1865
kate rich 1 1866
kate rich 2 despite courier getting lost enroute to feral trade's dwelling, pickup was effected in good time although with less than 6 hours to make it to edinburgh lucy could not stop for coffee but idled outside while trader wit the help of mike from bristol pound who happened to be in the building setting up a bristol pounds for feral coffee trade deal, lugged the boxed coffees downstairs. 1854
Michael Lloyd-Jones 3 1854
kate rich 1 1867
kate rich 1 1868
kate rich 1 1869
jim adlington 1 1870
Mary Shuldham 1 1871
chiz williams 1 1872
kate rich 1 1873
kate rich 1 dropped coffee off at sourdough bakery in st nick's market, as per bristol pound instructions 1874
kate rich 1 1875
kate rich 1 1876
kate rich 1 travelled with kayle brandon on slow & revesring sunday train to birmingham intl airport from where we flew german wings to hamburg, coffee travelling with other utilities in the back pocket of my ski jacket due to g wings hand baggage restrictions. well designed german train system to lüneburg 1877
Parcelforce 1 1880
Brave New Alps 2 1875
kate rich 1 1879
graham harwood 2 1879
Jono Boyle 2 1878
kate rich 1 1881
Lady Lucy 1 1882
Lady Lucy 1 1883
kate rich 2 1883
Lynn Goh 2 1873
kate rich 2 1882
Jo Capper 1 1884
Michael Lloyd-Jones 2 1874
kate rich 1 1885
kate rich 1 garlic packed in cheezel boxes transported back to melbourne in julian's colleague's car. the following week trader departed the last rays of summer, touching down in singapore then sleeping all through the long multicontinental haul and passing hostess icecream offers to london heathrow, weeks of decades defining storms having just passed the day came up clear and sunny. bus connection to bristol bus station from where trader dragged bags over cobblestones a couple of blocks to home depot. 1886
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1887
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1888
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1889
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1890
Jo Capper 1 1891
Jo Capper 1 1892
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1893
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1894
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1895
Jo Capper 1 1896
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1897
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels. bought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects where garlic was later served up in friday couscous lunch. 1898
kate rich 1 due to 25KG rolling suitcase luggage, travelled by dad's cabs to bristol temple meads station, accompanied by heath bunting who was incidentally picking up 4KG feral coffee from feral trade's flat to transport to http://fo.am in brussels.
\nbought courier a bacon & egg thing at harts bakery in the under station railway arches, in return he hauled feral 25KG suitcase up 2 flights metal stairs to station & accompanied trader to board baggage onto train. after an uneventful train ride, met curator kathrin bőhm arriving from london with more cafe gear at birmingham new street station ticket barriers. taxied to eastside projects. 1899
heath bunting 1 1900
kate rich 2 1900
kate rich 1 picked up bread tues AM, despite bakery being directly under bristol temple meads station navigating there on weds morning enroute to birmingham train seems too risky with 25KG café equipment luggage VS cobblestones/metal stairs. said hi to baker laura hart & iulia manolescu who passed on advice re. where to get good coffee in birmingham. weds AM returned pre-train to bakery with also departing passenger heath bunting who conveniently hauled monster luggage up the metal stairs. bought extra loaf bread plus a egg & bacon reward for hauler. 1901
heath bunting 2 1895
Kathrin Böhm 3 1895
heath bunting 2 1894
Kathrin Böhm 3 1894
heath bunting 2 1890
Kathrin Böhm 3 1890
heath bunting 2 1889
Kathrin Böhm 3 1889
heath bunting 2 1888
Kathrin Böhm 3 1888
heath bunting 2 1887
Kathrin Böhm 3 1887
heath bunting 2 1899
Kathrin Böhm 3 1899
heath bunting 2 1901
heath bunting 2 1898
Kathrin Böhm 3 1898
heath bunting 2 1897
Kathrin Böhm 3 1897
reinaart vanhoe 1 1782
ali jones 2 1782
Jez Collins 2 1891
Gavin Wade 2 1896
Jo Capper 1 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:40:06 +0000 All the garlic went in a shot 1902
Gavin Wade 3 1891
Jo Capper 1 1903
heath bunting 1 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:12:34 +0000 (GMT)
\nSubject: Re: coffee to dundee. On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, kate rich wrote:
\n> 3KG? less than to brussels, but still quite a bit
\n
heath bunting wrote: fine 1904
heath bunting 1 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:12:34 +0000 (GMT)
\nSubject: Re: coffee to dundee. On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, kate rich wrote:
\n> 3KG? less than to brussels, but still quite a bit
\n
heath bunting wrote: fine 1905
heath bunting 1 1906
kate rich 1 1907
Alex Charnley 3 1883
Laura Simpson 2 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:47:14 +0000 Subject: RE: Coffee
\n
\nHi Kate,
\nHow are you? Hope all going well.
\nI haven't heard again from Heath but will go to the Queens Hotel tonight on my way home in the hope that I
\ncan get the 2 large bags and 1 small bag.
\nI'll let you know what happens.
\nMany thanks and best wishes,
\nlaura
\n 1905
Laura Simpson 2 1906
kate rich 1 1908
kate rich 1 1909
jem noble 1 1910
lucy byatt 3 1906
jem noble 1 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:14:59 -0700 From: jem noble Subject : Re: Fwd: Myth Buster TX & Charter Cities
\nHi Kate,
\n
\nThought you would like this:
\n
\nI just traded a 1KG bag of Feral Trade coffee for a $5CAD note and 2 tickets to Mythbusters Live, for me and Milo, in May. The attached
\ntickets are active, so if you want to put a grab of them up on your site, please blur out whatever is necessary so they can't be used by
\nanyone else - thanks! 1911
heath bunting 1 1912
heath bunting 1 1913
Donald Harding 2 1912
Donald Harding 2 1913
Harun Morrison 1 With two friends we dropped off the coffee at FOAM in Brussels. We were in
\nBelgium that weekend for Artefact’s music festival in Leuven. On Fridays
\nFOAM hosts a weekly open studio event, so we were able to meet other people
\nconnected with this interdisciplinary space. Among many gems, we were
\nintroduced to the emerging bio-punk movement (FOAM has a small lab), as
\nwell as receiving a great tour of the spaces. It was fantastic to meet Rasa
\nAlksnyte; artist and co-manager of the space. She hosted us wonderfully
\nwith great red wine. The meeting led to an invitation back to FOAM the
\nfollowing year. The act of couriering instigated a mazy open-ended journey
\nand mission through the streets of Brussels. It has been an unexpected
\nstarting point for a great set of new conversations. 1914
kate rich 1 1915
Kathrin Böhm 1 1916
kate rich 1 bike & train the usual route bristol-london with a full luggage of coffee. overnighted at olga's in brockley, sunday was slicing wind. monday was pouring rain. caught 2 steamed up buses, brockley via london bridge to homerton where lunch of wild boar shot by kathrin's dad with grilled polenta was extremely welcome. 1917
kate rich 1 1918
kate rich 1 1919
Carl Wiebe 2 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:11:54 GMT Subject: Feral redistribution
\nHi Kate, I received this wonderful coffee from Jem Noble and am now distributing further to
\nmy colleagues at Vancouver Psychotherapy Centre via bicycle and repurposed coffee bags. Thanks! 1911
Parcelforce 1 1920
Ernesto Leal 2 1919
Kathrin Böhm 2 1917
kate rich 1 1922
Brave New Alps 1 1923
kate rich 1 carried coffee to london & delivered to goldsmiths college on occasion of delivering a visiting lecture to matthew fuller's culture industry students. 1KG of coffee was left in the care of MA student zeta alex with vague directions to await further instructions. 16/3 trader received a courier request for coffee delivery to euston station 24/3 to transport to korea, which zeta alex happily offered to meet. 1924
Zeta Alex 2 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:49:14 +0000 From: Zeta Alex
\nHi Kate, I'm writing to let you know that everything went as planned with the coffee handling today. We took a picture with Maria’s phone outside of Euston station, which I believe she will send to you the soonest. Also we agreed that she will make an online deposit to your account for the coffee’s price. Participating in your project may seem insignificant to a third party but I felt very excited of meeting someone stranger, having a chat,
\nconnecting and letting something continue its journey through another person. We tend to read a lot about political theory and new modes of
\nrethinking society. To me living a good life within a healthy community is more simple than it is usually introduced and today it was one of those moments that I felt my intuition is correct.
\n 1924
Maria Benjamin 3 1924
kate rich 1 1925
chiz williams 1 1926
kate rich 2 walked to front gate. got a ride with chiz & 4 others from cube cinema to stroud valley arts in stroud, where we toured their recent building renovations. 1926
chiz williams 1 1927
ali jones 1 1928
kate rich 1 walked to cube, dropped off coffee & listened to a riveting lecture on bird sex lives 1929
kayle brandon 1 1930
kate rich 1 1931
Nicolas Y Galeazzi 2 1931
kate rich 1 1932
Nicolas Y Galeazzi 2 Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 22:23:33 +0200 Re: coffee to udine hey kate
\n
\nI’ll ask around! Will come back to you if I found someone!
\nEverything between Milano and Udine possible as well?
\nHow about Bologna? Best
\nNicolas
\n 1932
kayle brandon 1 1921
lucy byatt 2 1921
Jono Boyle 1 1933
Amanda McDonald Crowley 3 1921
ali jones 1 1934
ali jones 1 1935
Alex Turner 1 1938
kate rich 1 1939
Alex Turner 2 1939
Alex Turner 1 1936
Jo Capper 1 Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 09:29:53 +0100
\nAh the infamous coffee, it's done its mileage, yes that will be great thanks!
\n
\nDate: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:38:14 +0100 Subject: Coffee has arrived!
\nIt's big news in bearwood the coffee has arrived, I'm sorry it has taken so long, however I imagine we will sell very quickly. Will forward money through bank transfer, how is it all going?
\n
\n 1937
Kathrin Böhm 2 Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 09:10:25 +0200 hello An Endless Supply.
\ngood to see you yesterday and thanks for taking the coffee back.
\nit's going to go to Jo, either pick up from your studio or EP? is it ok if you liaise directly? MANY THANKS!
\n
\ntalk soon
\nkathrin
\n 1937
Lynn Goh 1 1940
kate rich 1 olive oil on bike travelled to harts bakery safely. 1941
Liesbeth Hiele 1 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:27:55 +0200
\n
\nHi Kate,
\n
\nthe coffee is smelling great on my desk: my friend is Tine Debosscher and
\nwe met for lunch in Café Ellas in the Avenue de la Reine in Brussels.
\nI wrote Nicolas for the cube cola delivery and I'll try to send you a honey
\npicture and description soon!
\n 1944
kate rich 1 following recent foot reconstruction surgery feral trade successfully wheelchaired cross town traversing a trillion different road and pavement surfacings & wild passerby behaviours to the mercure, a street-paralympic achievement. chocolate and coffee left in 2 white plastic bags with mercure receptionists who were pleased to host the fine coffee roast aroma. 1945
Sue Henderson 2 1945
Paul Crook 3 1945
kate rich 1 following recent foot reconstruction surgery feral trade successfully wheelchaired cross town traversing a trillion different road and pavement surfacings & wild passerby behaviours to the mercure, a street-paralympic achievement. chocolate and coffee left in 2 white plastic bags with mercure receptionists who were pleased to host the fine coffee roast aroma. 1946
Sue Henderson 2 1946
Paul Crook 3 1946
kate rich 4 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:58:33 +0000 (GMT)
\nhi vladimir & minerva.
\nhappy new year both! here has been cold & flooding, but fun.
\ni would like to put in a new year order for some feral trade goods from oax, to travel with minerva to
\nnetherlands on 28th february, so there is good time to prepare.
\ncould i suggest the following order...
\n1KG mole negro
\n& 2KG hot chocolate from mole lady
\nplus 2x bottles mezcal arrequeño from cuish.
\ni will organise payment via minerva - also i will talk to cuish as they might want to do trade instead of cash. let me know if this sounds good.
\nthanks & best regards,
\nkate
\n 1747
kate rich 4 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:58:33 +0000 (GMT)
\nhi vladimir & minerva.
\nhappy new year both! here has been cold & flooding, but fun.
\ni would like to put in a new year order for some feral trade goods from oax, to travel with minerva to
\nnetherlands on 28th february, so there is good time to prepare.
\ncould i suggest the following order...
\n1KG mole negro
\n& 2KG hot chocolate from mole lady
\nplus 2x bottles mezcal arrequeño from cuish.
\ni will organise payment via minerva - also i will talk to cuish as they might want to do trade instead of cash. let me know if this sounds good.
\nthanks & best regards,
\nkate 1748
kate rich 4 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:58:33 +0000 (GMT)
\nhi vladimir & minerva.
\nhappy new year both! here has been cold & flooding, but fun.
\ni would like to put in a new year order for some feral trade goods from oax, to travel with minerva to
\nnetherlands on 28th february, so there is good time to prepare.
\ncould i suggest the following order...
\n1KG mole negro
\n& 2KG hot chocolate from mole lady
\nplus 2x bottles mezcal arrequeño from cuish.
\ni will organise payment via minerva - also i will talk to cuish as they might want to do trade instead of cash. let me know if this sounds good.
\nthanks & best regards,
\nkate 1746
An Endless Supply 3 Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 09:23:11 +0100
\nCoffee is currently sitting in our studio at Minerva Works on Fazeley
\nStreet Jo, but only because Eastside Projects isn't open yet. Would it be
\neasiest to just drop it back round to the gallery for you to pick up more
\nfreely? Can drop it in around lunch time.
\nBest,
\nRobin
\n
\n 1937
leah temper 1 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:30:48 +0200 Subject: My Feral Trade coffee has gone Feral
\nDear Kate,
\n
\nI had a bag of your delicious coffee with me that I had taken from Foam in
\nBrussels. While traveling through Sweden and before I was able to make the
\npayment, my entire suitcase was stolen off a train so the coffee has gone
\neven more feral than before.
\nPlease advise what to do and thanks for the great project.
\nbest,
\nLeah
\n 1947
Irena Radmanovic 3 Am 26.05.2014 um 14:47 schrieb Irena Radmanovic Hey Nicolas! We arrived with the coffee and without any additional charge!!!yuppi! 1932
kate rich 1 wheelchaired to arnolfini 1949
david hopkinson 2 1948
Luca Mattei 4 1932
kate rich 1 first delivery attempt fri 6/6 failed due to trader being stuck in geneva airport after a bristol airport luggage carousel fire caused international havoc. sat 7/6 back in bristol torrential rain storm forecast, although it didn't happen. sun 8/6 wheelchaired over to picton street shortly after 10AM & delivered 6L olive oil during the sunday AM breakfast stampede. 1950
kate rich 1 bristol to bern via wheelchair, some smooth stretches and some obstacles mainly all the manhandling. at check in you have to sign away any damage to wheelchairs as the ariline does not rate them as correctly packed. transition to plane fraught with over literal interpretations of assistance, on the up side got 3 easyjet seats to elevate my foot on. geneva airport the trains run direct to bern through swiss scenery. met at bern hauptbahnhof by nicolas galeazzi, wheelchaired to dampfzentrale with thoughtfully provided elevators and cable cars bypassing bern's hilly nature in the way of reverse snakes and ladders. the following evening coffee was distributed to allemend project participants after dinner on the dampfzentrale sun soaked riverside terrace. 1951
kate rich 1 1952
kate rich 1 1943
Nicolas Y Galeazzi 2 1943
Liesbeth Hiele 3 1943
chiz williams 1 1953
Femke Snelting 1 1942
Nadia Toffaloni 5 1932
Filippo Lorenzin 6 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:50:10 +0200
\n
\nHi Kate,
\n
\nI attached to this email two pics of the transition. The name of the last courier is Nadia Toffaloni, who will
\nprobably bring the coffee to Udine next 20th June. Thanks a lot for the information, we'll pay as first as we
\ncan
\n
\nBest,
\nFilippo 1932
Juan Miguel Retemar 1 Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 14:33:24 +0200 Subject: RE: Ref:Re: New production of olive oil Hi Kate,
\n
\nI was checking different companies to send the olive oil by and the cheapest
\nprices I´ve found are:
\n- For 150L: 270 Eur, the total price, including the olive oil, would be: 720
\neur
\n- For 200L: 305 Eur, the total price, including the olive oil, would be: 905
\neur
\nOn the other hand, I was asking to send it by shipping, and the price is
\ncheape, 130 eur less, but we would have to add sever additional costs
\n(customs, discharge costs and transport from London´s port to Bristol...)
\nand shipping time could take several weeks.
\nBest regards, Juan Miguel
\nDate: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 16:16:48 +0200 Subject: Ref:Re: Ref:Re: Ref:Re: Ref:RE: Ref:Re: New production of olive oil Hi Kate, many thanks, we have received the funds perfectly!
\nToday evening the oil has went, so you´ll receive it on wed 11 or thur 12.
\nPlease, let me know if there would be something wrong with the package
\n
\nMAny thanks and regards
\nJuan Miguel
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n 1955
Femke Snelting 1 1956
Femke Snelting 1 1954
kate rich 2 -----Mensaje original-----
\nEnviado el: sábado, 24 de mayo de 2014 16:02
\nhi Juan Miguel,
\nprices look good.
\ncould you get me a quote on shipping either 150L or 200L?
\ni will try to get 200L if i can afford it, fill up my flat with olive oil for a while.
\n
\n9/6/14 TNT courier arrived unexpectedly 2-3 days early, the shipment has travelled it is hard to believe via Poland, eurotunnel, Northhampton and Yate. TNT guy was extraordinarily happy to load 200kg oil into lift and carry it along 4th floor corridor and down 1 flight of stairs to my flat. He turned down a cup of tea but was pleased to accept 1L olive oil in thanks.
\n 1955
TNT courier 3 1955
kate rich 1 1957
TNT courier 1 1958
kate rich 1 1959
Femke Snelting 2 1957
Femke Snelting 1 1960
Heleen Snelting 2 1954
Paolo Plotegher 3 1954
Aviv Kruglanski 2 1952
Nicolas Y Galeazzi 1 1961
qujunktions 1 missed connection, didn't happen. 1962
Jono Boyle 1 1963
Jono Boyle 1 1964
Tine Debosscher 2 1944
Angela Piccini 1 1965
kate rich 1 1966
kate rich 1 1967
kate rich 1 1968
kate rich 1 1969
Michka Mélo 2 1960
Angela Piccini 1 1970
qujunktions 1 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:00:26 +0100 Subject: Re: newcastle courier
\n
\nall sorted for meeting with Giles.
\nbest,
\nc 1971
Lynn Goh 1 1972
Lynn Goh 1 1973
Jono Boyle 1 1974
Maddie Leach 1 1975
Cube-Cola 1 1976
natalie jeremijenko 2 1968
inari wishiki 2 1966
kate rich 1 1977
leila gamaz 1 1978
sam kydd 2 1978
kate rich 3 1978
lucy byatt 4 1978
Snoozie Claiden 2 1977
kate rich 1 1979
Katie Herzog 2 1979
james kennard 3 1979
kate rich 1 1980
kate rich 2 hauled plastic bag of coffee & a few other items to cube office early PM where it was picked up by chiz & dot. a long discussion of delivery options including wedding guest mule via alnwick, northumbria, an A1 intercept by giles & a sly desk dropoff at the seaton burns holiday inn express checkin desk concluded inconclusively. in the end the coffee arced up 45 miles north of newcastle to wedding destination newton hall, only to return same route to bristol when the intercepting couriers failed to sync paths. back to the drawing board. a chance meeting at the brighton mini maker faire tipped feral trade off to the possibility of van transport bristol-sheffield with simon johnspn of slingshot, maker of real world street games often on tour. weds seot 17th dropped off coffee with simon's colleague matt for a hopeful sept 18th northern departure. 1971
kate rich 1 1981
Kathrin Böhm 2 1980
inari wishiki 1 the route is quite complicated, my family friends (yumi cross, anthony
\ncross, and their 15yo son koji cross) departed from manchester airport
\n(they live in liverpool so had to take coach from liverpool coach
\nstation to the airport). on 17th july.
\n
\nthey then went through frankfurt airport (they went to the city for a
\ncouple of hours but of course the coffee in a bigger bag stayed in the
\nairport) and arrived at tokyo haneda airport on 18th july.
\n
\nthen they once went to yumi's parents' place called yamagata by bullet
\ntrain and arrived at akayu station.
\n
\nthen they left there for my mums on 28th july. but as bullet train is
\nextremely expensive, they bought special tickets for slow trains. so
\nthey first had to travel to their friends in yokohama from yamagata,
\nthis takes like 8 hours...
\ndeparting from akayu and arrived in kamoi station.
\n
\nthen on 30th july, they left yokohama for my mum's in nara, left
\nninomiya station and arrived in horyuji station. this takes 10 hours or
\nso...
\n
\nthen a trouble happened, they left one of their bags at their friend's
\nin yokohama and the coffee was in it! so although they travelled, coffee
\nstayed in yokohama until 4 august.
\n
\nwhen they had to go back to yamagata through yokohama on the way back,
\nthey picked the coffee in yokohama and sent it to my mum's via post.
\n
\nthen my mum finally received it on 6th or 7th august.
\n 1982
yumi cross 2 1982
kate rich 1 1983
kate rich 1 1984
lucy byatt 1 1985
kate rich 1 1986
kate rich 1 1987
kate rich 1 1988
kate rich 1 1989
kate rich 1 1990
Marianne Tiefenbach 1 1991
kate rich 1 1992
kate rich 1 dragged 22KG suitcase out of flat early AM. ran into a neighbour in the carpark & paused to explain why travelling for work equals fun. bus to airport where everything was unusally benign, suitcase was accepted by easyjet as not overweight & the x-ray scanner agents good humouredly identified hand baggage packed manual coffee grinder and raw eggs as such. after a banal flight landed in geneva from where the super punctual train travelled to bern. taxi to dampfzentrale. 1993
kate rich 1 1994
Liesbeth Hiele 2 1961
kate rich 3 1961
kate rich 1 1995
kate rich 1 met rory at V&A, walked to south kensington's only grimy pub & sat outside on main road on benches under hanging flower baskets amidst the world's most expensive real estate, to discuss design renovation plans for the cube cinema in bristol. 1996
Rory Hyde 2 1996
kate rich 1 1997
kate rich 1 loaded 1KG coffee for FoAM into already overloaded suitcase & hauled it to bern where a number of hopeful bern-brussels couriers should be congregating for the Bern Bienniale transnational kunst allmend. 1999
Einat Tuchman 2 1999
kate rich 2 Met Marianne 10AM at Dampfzentrale for cheese delivery and chat which lead to a sudden invitation to Grindelwald that eve in order to catch AM cheese production, the only way to know the process is by seeing. Pickup 6PM for the 100km drive, pausing briefly enroute to pick up medicine for commoner Peter Egger's cow, from the Interlaken vet, who incidentally she met years before while hiking in Ecuador. Spent the evening in Grindelwald at Peter Egger's handcarved house on the sun facing slope of the village, overwhelmed by north face eiger views, the light from the train tunnel glowing all night half way up the peak. AM we descended early to the cellar where Marianne carved up a 1 year matured cheese, 2013 season, vacuum packed for transeurope transport. 9AM drove up the mountain, a commons restricted road, the tourists are limited to foot or hourly buses. 1600m we pulled in at idyllic location of the cheese production hut, where Lori and her partner occupy during the summer production season for now 30 years. That morning's milk already in the cauldron, heating with culture over wood fire to 50 degrees, then scooped in cheesecloth, 8KG of curds at a time, to be pressed into shape and left overnight. The previous day's cheeses are marked with soot stencil, identified by location date and sequence (A, B, C) an operation of military precision. Transported a short distance down the mountain to the summer storage huts, the elevation of production is critical to their alps cheese status, where they are soaked in brine, shelved and dusted daily for mildew. At the end of the season the total probably over 20 tonnes descends in trucks to the village, divided amongst holzmatten commoners in strict ratio to cows sent up the mountain, and cellared for 12 months in which time the flavour diverges, specific cellars yielding an entirely different taste.
\nFeral Trade descended then with cheese baggage to Grindelwald station and travelled with trains down the mountain via Interlaken to Bern. After a final night at the Dampfzentrale, where some of the cheese was dispersed to Berlin/Brussels travllers, departed by train for Geneva with a brief stopover at the Bains de Paquis to leap into Geneva's lake. Returned to UK with spot on 20KG easyjet baggage via over london new cross for a cheese delivery then eventual bristol train. 1991
Simon Johnson 1 2000
Paul Rathbone 2 2000
Ewan Simms 3 2000
Mississippi Records 1 1998
kate rich 1 2001
kate rich 1 2002
kate rich 2 travelled by bike to cube cinema with box of feral goods for mississippi couriers, on tour by van to brussels via stroud, london. dropped off box in care of musicians & worked front of house. 1998
kate rich 1 2003
Mississippi Records 2 2003
kate rich 1 2004
kate rich 1 2005
Mississippi Records 1 2006
kate rich 2 2006
kate rich 1 2007
kate rich 1 2008
Rory Hyde 2 2008
Rory Hyde 2 2007
Jono Boyle 1 2009
kate rich 1 2010
Cube-Cola 1 2011
kate rich 1 2012
Parcelforce 1 2013
kate rich 1 caught cross-country train to sheffield for a 3 week economics residency at access space, weighed down with full suitcase feral goods and economics books. 1.5KG cheese for bearwood stored vacuum sealed in access space fridge while onward courier sought. 2014
ali jones 1 2015
chiz williams 2 2015
Jake Harries 4 2000
Ewan Simms 3 1971
Paul Rathbone 4 1971
Simon Johnson 5 1971
kate rich 2 After 2 previous feral delivery attempts involving others spectacularly failed, trader travelled to Whitley Bay herself to fetch the sea lettuce, and drop off a consignment of coffee & other goods. Sea lettuce was packed in shoebox for the train journey to Sheffield where it stopped over a few days at Access Space. 1962
sneha solanki 3 1962
rasa solanki 4 1962
michelle hirschhorn 5 1962
kate rich 1 2017
Marianne Tiefenbach 2 2017
Kim Trogal 1 2018
kate rich 1 2019
Dave Griffiths 1 2020
Jono Boyle 2 2023
mac dunlop 2 2019
annie lovejoy 3 2019
kate rich 1 2023
Belle Benfield 1 2022
janet mcewan 4 2021
kate rich 1 2024
kate rich 1 2025
mac dunlop 1 2026
annie lovejoy 2 2026
mac dunlop 1 2027
annie lovejoy 2 2027
kate rich 1 2028
kate rich 1 2029
kate rich 1 2030
kate rich 1 2031
kate rich 1 2032
kate rich 1 2033
kate rich 1 Áine dropped by Feral Trade flat sunday afternoon enroute home from london megabus. picked up coffee to transport to Mitchell Taylor Bath offices monday morning, travelling there via bike & train. 2034
kate rich 1 walked olive oil on bike down to katie & kim's in the post 4PM kitchen lull. oil exchanged for cash plus some bread scraps, chatted to katie about foreign travel, pain and mince pies. 2036
Aine Moriarty 2 2034
Jono Boyle 1 2037
Lynn Goh 1 2038
kate rich 1 2039
Angela Piccini 2 2039
kayle brandon 3 2039
kate rich 1 2040
kayle brandon 2 2040
Angela Piccini 3 2040
kate rich 1 2041
Donald Harding 2 2041
Cube-Cola 1 2042
kate rich 1 2043
kate rich 1 Stopped over in london at sister & family's airbnb near paddington station. thurs AM walked across hyde park to V&A where trader was zoomed thru the constable exhibition by architecture & urbanism curator Rory Hyde, with olive oil bottle concealed in trader's bag in order to not cultivate security guard alarm. Transferred oil to rory in V&A cafe over tea. 2044
chiz williams 1 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:36:08 +0000
\nok.
\nbehind the big LEXMARK printer in a Sweetmart bag labeled for MAGDA. best, c. 2045
magda tyzlik carver 2 hi Kate, just noticed that my response to your email which i sent from my tablet did not come out of the outbox. it is still there and not sure what the problem
\nis. but just wanted to let you know that the pick up unsuccessfull this time. got there a bit late and in the middle of the busy night and so the bar people
\ncouldn't find the two bottles of olive oil i was after. neverming, i will try next time when in bristol.
\n 2045
kate rich 3 Travelled down to from sheffield to london by train PM, arriving directly to ICA where the cube's first feature film the film that buys the cinema was premiering. Met chiz williams in ICA bar, sadly the olive oil which had transited to london successfully in chiz's car had been left parked out at suburban tube station via which the cube crew were avoiding the congestion charge. Watched the film, returned to sheffield in the AM, whilst olive oil returned to bristol by car where it was depoted at qu junktions for a couple of months 2015
kate rich 1 2046
kate rich 1 2047
kate rich 1 walked to Cube sunday afternoon to do the post-xmas banking & attend a new years resolution cube keyholders meet. handed over coffee to snoozie who had dropped by to pick up tix for the new zealand zombie movie. trader offered to bring her mexican marigold seeds from upcoming mexico visit. 2048
Snoozie Claiden 2 2048
kate rich 1 2049
Aine Moriarty 2 2049
alice guthrie 1 2050
kate rich 1 2051
peter westenberg 2 2051
kate rich 1 2052
peter westenberg 2 2052
Alex Turner 1 2053