feral trade Cube-Cola from Cube Microplex Bristol, UK Open source cola, wildcrafted in Bristol UK since 2004, a production process merging domestic and scientific methodology. 1x (LG) 56ml cola concentrate yields approximately 14L Cube-Cola. http://cube-cola.org. ferally traded since: 15/06/06. FER-1272 Rosebery Avenue Bristol, UK to Mejan Labs Stockholm, Sweden dispatched 19/08/06 delivery FAILED Cube-Cola shipment FER-1272 REMARKS: for display in mejan labs net art show as sample freight over social networks QTY: 1 units at bottle each FROM: Rosebery Avenue in Bristol, UK TO: Mejan Labs in Stockholm, Sweden SENDER: kate rich RECEIVER: kate rich REQUESTED: to ship between 12/08/06 and 31/08/06 STATUS: FAILED MAP route map www.feraltrade.org COURIER: heath bunting  kate rich  TOTAL ROUTE:  Rosebery Avenue--UNDELIVERED Cube-Cola Rosebery Avenue to Mejan Labs Courier Report FER-1272 DISPATCHED: 19/08/06 DELIVERED: 00/00/00 heath bunting It was the 19/08/06 Eurostar departure 18h07 London Waterloo for Paris Gare du Nord, during the Summer '06 liquid terrorism campaign scam (imagined plot to kill thousands of people by detonating liquid-based explosives on up to 10 transatlantic flights from UK airports). I was traveling with a friend, Michael Uwemedimo, to go climbing in the forest of Fontainebleau near Paris. I had a feeling we would get stopped for something silly. At the pre-boarding security scanner, security staff searched my bag and found the Cube-Cola concentrate (enroute from Bristol, to deliver to Kate Rich in Paris) and my mobile phone charger, modified to reduce its volume and increase its functionality for travel (features removed plug; covered in black electrical tape). I was taken aside and asked to demonstrate how the phone charger worked. I went round the back of the security scanner and stuck the bare wires into the electric socket, the security guard found this amusing. I then went back to my bag and proceded to assemble what was officially a bomb: I plugged the charger into the phone, wrapped the wires around the Cube Cola concentrate (an unknown and threatening liquid substance, to the understanding of the security staff) and photographed the result. At this stage they called over the police. Michael tried to intervene and explain everything. I took the opposite strategy and tried to not say anything, to exaggerate the situation. I also tried out several minor stunts, like standing in a manner that resembled the police agents' posture. I said to the police, this is about Lebanon isn't it - a campaign for distraction of attention from Britain's activity in the coconcurrent Lebanese war. We were then taken to the interrogation room. Michael went in first, for about 30 minutes. Then I was taken in, there were 3 men in there, 2 who identified themselves as Metropolitan Police but who I suspected to be Special Branch, and another person, not obviously in a police role and visibly scarred by life, who I interpreted to be MI5. Someone else - an immigration officer possibly - moved in and out of the room during the course of the interrogation. They took everything out of my bag and asked me to explain it. I have a very compact rucksack - about 15 litres - and was traveling for a month. Everything was very efficiently packed. The Cube-Cola was by now sitting on a table behind all of this, its lid was broken, evidently by police confusion over the screwtop jar mechanism. I noticed that the volume of concentrate in the jar was reduced, the police had evidently removed a sample of cola. They told me they would let me go quicker if I explained everything, but I wasn't operating on that vector. wasn't concerned about missing the train, my mission was to deliver the Cube-Cola to Paris, I was not prepared to go ahead without it. They told me that my right to silence was removed as I was being detained under the Terrorism Act, and any refusal to answer questions was grounds for prosecution. I then asked for a phonecall and phoned my father. I told them I would answer questions selectively. They showed me a printout of my website (Borderxing http://irational.org/cgi-bin/border/clients/deny.pl) so I knew they were Intelligence. They accused me of testing the system IE. crossing internal European borders illegally; doing a dry run. At some point they realised I was not an Islamic terrorist and that they'd gone too far down a blind alley. They returned the (depleted) jar of Cube-Cola but kept the phone charger on the grounds that it looked bizarre and could be misinterpreted by other people. I then ran through the station with the damaged jar of Cube-Cola held aloft, to avoid spillage, and Michael and I were able to board the last Eurostar train to Paris. As I was phoning my father to tell him I was safe, the police boarded the train and demanded the paperwork record of detention I was holding, which I refused. They ripped it out of my hand, and returned it minutes later, having changed the police number on the form. They then left the train. I told the conductor I had been unfairly detained and delayed on my journey, he offered us an upgrade to the (empty) Eurostar police compartment, in which we traveleled in comfort to Paris. freight and handling Cube-Cola to Mejan Labs sponsored by       FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org