Im Not the Girl Who Misses Much

This video work was made while Rist was still an art student at the School of Design in Basel Switzerland It was produced in an unlimited edition and is intended to be shown on a domesticstyle monitor although it may also be displayed as a projection with special permission from the artist The video depicts the artist an attractive young woman dancing manically around the room while repeatedly singing Im not the girl who misses much The phrase is an adaptation of the first line of the Beatles song Happiness is a Warm Gun Referring to her childhood Rist has said In my village in Switzerland I had a small window on the art world through the mass media through John LennonYoko Ono I moved from pop music to contemporary art In return I will always be grateful to popular culture quoted in I rist you rist she rists he rists we rist you rist they rist tourist Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation with Pipilotti Rist Pipilotti Rist p16