Text of a speech, introducing the video artwork "Searching for Something".
Spoken in German, dubbed and lip-synched on camera. Boswil, 21st October 2000

" Hello Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Rick Vermey. I am an artist, from Australia. I was invited to participate in the project "View Assistance" and make an artwork in response to a five day stay in Boswil, Switzerland. What follows is a series of short video-clips in which I seek to present my first impressions of Boswil. As a city dweller, Boswil is as strange to me as I am a stranger in Boswil. So, my approach has been to search for something familiar - to observe the signs of everyday life in this village - Boswil's popular culture. This is not a professional documentary. On the contrary, it is carefree and irreverent, as only an outsider can be. May I present my rough and ready Boswil Raw Cuts..."

Video-clip to come