We who are about to… is intended to be part of a generative force that actively engages with developing new futures. It explores the ways in which art can provide a productive, critical space where future visions can be rehearsed and offer different perspectives, ways of seeing and understanding, by revealing our present states of being and sharing alternatives for our futures. Questioning our future through revisionist planning we become simultaneously aware that the future always eludes our grasp. Rather than predicting the future, the dialogue of this project unfolds through aesthetic, analytical and collaborative processes, establishing a space in which to consider how we counter social, political, geographical and economic turmoil with visionary futures of new cultural, aesthetic, ideological and political processes.

We Who Are About To… is a multi-component curatorial project, comprised of an installation in the form of a pop-up shop, a workshop, six film screenings, two live performances and two publications (of which this article is one).It was presented as part of the Glasgow International Festival 2018. Jackson was commissioned to be curator of the project by MAP Magazine, (a non-profit organisation for artist-led production and publishing) and Glasgow International Festival. The output was funded by Creative Scotland and the
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards.