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| 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.
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| | FER-1302 | | Materials & Applications Los Angeles, USA to Bulbo Tijuana, Mexico | | dispatched 19/01/07 delivered 16/02/07 |
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| Cube-Cola shipment FER-1302
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| REMARKS: | 2x SM (makes up each 9L) cola concentrates for cola mixing demo & office refrigerator stock |
| QTY: | 2 units at bottle each |
| FROM: |
Materials & Applications in Los Angeles, USA
http://www.emanate.org |
| TO: |
Bulbo in Tijuana, Mexico
http://www.bulbo.tv |
| SENDER: | kate rich |
| RECEIVER: | Bulbo |
| REQUESTED: | to ship between 13/01/07 and 16/02/07 |
| INVOICE: |  invoice-1302 | | STATUS: | delivered Bulbo 16/02/07 |
| MAP | route map |
| www.feraltrade.org |
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COURIER:
 kate rich
kate rich
jenna didier
shannon spanhake
omar foglio
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Rosebery Avenue-Bristol bus station-Bristol airport-Newark Liberty airport-LAX Los Angeles airport-Materials & Applications-Machine Project-Los Angeles Union Station-San Diego Station-San Ysidro Carpark-Lui Velazquez--Bulbo |
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| Cube-Cola Materials & Applications to Bulbo
1. cube cola luiv tijuana fridge 2. cube cola luiv fridge close 3. cube cola tijuana 0145 4. cube cola tijuana 0152 5. cube cola tijuana 0157 6. cube cola tijuana 0180 |
| | Courier Report FER-1302 DISPATCHED: 19/01/07 DELIVERED: 16/02/07 kate rich 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. |
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| onward transit of FER-1301 from Rosebery Avenue arrived Materials & Applications 2007-01-13 |
kate rich 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.
at 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
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| freight and handling Cube-Cola to Bulbo 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 |
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