art
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process
when we launched the crowdfundr campaign for postcards i never sent, we knew this project was going to be different. it wasn’t just a performance piece—it was a means to an end, a way to capture the images we needed to produce the postcards, the lyrics, and the graphic visual album that would follow. our goal was $8,000, and by the end, we had raised 124% of that, hitting $9,896 from 109 contributors. the support confirmed what we had hoped—this project resonated, not just with us, but with a growing community who saw the vision and wanted to be part of it.
but why a performance? why go through the work of staging something ephemeral just to get to a tangible final product? in our own words, “we also just need photos for the visual album.” the performance was the process. it was a way to create raw, unfiltered moments that would become the core of our second visual album. the first, i would’ve called it 12-4 but the paper kites did it better, had been a covid project, intimate and contained. postcards i never sent was something else entirely. it was bigger, more communal, more chaotic, and exactly what JMP! collective was meant to be—an interdisciplinary atelier where artists come together, make something, and document it as part of an evolving body of work.
the structure of the piece followed three acts: the descent, the depravèd depths, and the ascension. thematically, it explored rage, regret, and the long, often nonlinear journey of mental health. two movers, two musicians, and one photographer worked together, blending semi-improv movement with devised theater techniques. every moment was a frame, every transition a composition. when we said it was about getting the photos, we meant it quite literally. every night, the performance changed, but the images—captured in real-time—became permanent.
our audience wasn’t just watching; they were part of it. the show was structured so that participation was inevitable, whether in the way the energy shifted in the room or how viewers experienced it through zoom, where sound distortions and digital glitches created their own unintentional compositions. some moments were “too loud” for the microphones to process, leaving gaps in the audio that, instead of being seen as flaws, became integral to the piece. what was lost? what remained? how did absence shape perception? these questions became part of the work.
at the heart of it all was community. JMP! collective has always been about building spaces where artists can experiment, support each other, and produce work that wouldn’t exist otherwise. this was never just about one show. it was about sustaining a model where projects can be made and documented, where we can keep making more. “the process is protected because the production is guaranteed.” that’s what we said at the start, and that’s exactly what happened.
socials
🤲 crowdfundr.com | /postcardsperformance
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