Carmen Dusmet Carrasco, Wrecked by Success

From Dusk to Dawn exbition view, Trixie (NL), 2022. Photo by Helena Roig. 

About the video:
Influenced by Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death (1973), which examines humanity's strategies for evading mortality, the film delves into the language of dreams. After her father’s passing, Carmen found herself repeatedly dreaming of becoming her mother. In these dreams, they merged into a single entity, perhaps as a means to share strength and navigate grief. Wrecked by Success studies this merging through cinematic language, suggesting how much there is yet to learn from dreams.

18'30", color, sound, 2023.
 

About the artist :
Carmen Dusmet Carrasco is an interdisciplinary artist working in film, sound, and script to explore themes of mental health, identity, and intergenerational trauma, often weaving autobiography with fiction. Her work portrays characters in complex psychological states, focusing on Western stigmas around women’s mental health. Her work has been exhibited at Prospects Art Rotterdam, Trixie (Den Haag), Cas-co (Leuven), Het Hem (Amsterdam), and screened internationally at venues such as Filmhuis (Den Haag), The Hague Film Festival, OJO Film Festival Peru, and Empatheater Copenhagen.

Social:
www.carmendusmet.net
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Contact: 
dusmetcarrasco@gmail.com