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Haha well literally it's derived from German and means: "to jump around / to run around"
But Rumspringa (also Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa) as a term generally refers to a period of adolescence for some members of the Amish (a subsect of the Anabaptist Christian movement), that begins around the age of 16 and ends when a youth chooses baptism within the Amish church or instead leaves the community. The vast majority choose baptism and remain in the church.
Rumspringa is the subject of the film documentary Devil's Playground
Basically the Amish youth goes totally wild for a period when they become "of age", in this case being around 16 years old, and they try out everything life, outside the Amish community, has to offer. You have to imagine being rebellious and things like driving, smoking, drinking, partying (hard ), sometimes even pre-marital sex etc are very much part of this period 
So both in terms of meaning and etymology the title really reflects what I was going for and because of that the artwork also contains the "Amish"-alike girl working on a laptop 
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My New Mix! A Plausible Landscape [2012]
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