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The book is a reinterpretation of the homonymous work, which is originally thought by Rist as a video installation. "The video depicts the artist, an attractive young woman in a low cut black dress, in an empty white space. She dances manically around the room while repeatedly singing ‘I’m not the girl who misses much’. The phrase is an adaptation of the first line of the Beatles song ‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’, 1968. The song, written by John Lennon (1940-80) about Yoko Ono (born 1933), begins ‘She’s not a girl who misses much’. 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 Lennon/Yoko Ono I moved from pop music to contemporary art. In return, I will always be grateful to popular culture’ . Indeed, this work can in some ways be seen as an homage to Ono, whose video and sculptural work was an early influence on Rist." from tate.org
