Es Sind Nicht Alle Lustig, Die Tanzen (Not All Who Dance Are Happy)

by | Mixed Media

Artist’s Statement: Though there is no spoken text, sound is what drives this experimental short film. Tones captured from daily life, sped up or slowed down, repeated or made to reverberate, combine with tangled and incomplete images of dancing, resulting in a trance-like whole. The title comes from German essayist Christoph Lehmann, who reminds us that not everyone dances out of happiness.

About The Author

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Caroline Rumley is an American filmmaker from the South who combines solo-shot film, found and archival footage, text, and sound to illuminate a personal or public experience. Her films have screened internationally at varied venues – from Melbourne’s Biennial of Video Art to Amsterdam’s IDFA to Berlin’s Zebra Poetry Film Fest to Sundance.