Pipilotti Rist | I'm Not the Girl Who Misses Much

Pipilotti Rist: I’m Not the Girl Who Misses Much opens at The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska on May 16 and will remain on view through August 16, 2026. 

The exhibition presents an early 1986 video work by Rist titled, I’m Not the Girl Who Misses Much. In this video, Rist pushes pop music’s use of lyrical and sonic repetition and depictions of women to absurd lengths. She intermittently slowed down and sped up footage of her chanting the titular phrase (a line adapted from The Beatles’ 1968 song “Happiness is a Warm Gun”) while making increasingly frantic movements. Editing effects distort the video, resulting in an almost painterly procession of images.

To learn more about the exhibition, please visit The Joslyn website.