A concern for ‘the problem of sharing a possible future’ led Jonathan to a engage in a series of events: the presentation of the audiovisual essay ‘Research Documents 1 – 4’ at MoMA PS1 following archival research in New York; the text piece ‘Before an Emergency’; and a major ongoing project, Catallax Point.

One of the projects to emerge as part of Catallax Point was ‘A New Rose Lipman for De Beauvoir?’, a community event hosted by Open School East, to create a space where individuals, groups and communities with an interest in the existing Rose Lipman library could get together to discuss its possible futures. It aimed to practically support resistance to developer-led transformation of urban space in East London, and in the process, to activate and interrogate interrelating practices of community, locality and libertarianism. Following the discussion event, the two most established and, arguably, representative community organisations in the area formed an autonomous group to produce their own possible future for the site and, if necessary, a programme of action to make it more likely.