—Sister Suffragette, 2009 Karaoke-Video with Women Choir-Backing together with Barbara te Kock and Philine Velhagen duration: 2 min 40 sec „girls, girls, girls“, Galerie Steinle, Munich < Back A choir consisting out of female amateur singers is trying to interpret the militant women‘s rights song „Sister Suffragette“. Originally it was used in Walt Disney‘s „Mary Poppins“ in which Mrs. Banks, the mother, is shown as a militant suffragette. 90 years after, the right to vote as well as the other ideals for which the suffragettes fought the song represents exactly the ambivalence between sounding a little bit old-fashioned and having still the exciting rhythm and melody of a protest song that invites to sing along. In the video the choir is singing in front of an audience space with empty red chairs. The text of the song is running like a karaoke-video over the moving camera images. For the presentation in the gallery space a microphone is placed in front of the screen and the visitor‘s singing adds to the choir in the video. Sister Suffragette Music und Lyrics: Richard M. + Robert B. Sherman Premiere: 1964 We’re clearly soldiers in petticoats And dauntless crusaders for woman’s votes Though we adore men individually We agree that as a group they’re rather stupid! Cast off the shackles of yesterday! Shoulder to shoulder into the fray! Our daughters’ daughters will adore us And they’ll sing in grateful chorus “Well done, Sister Suffragette!” From Kensington to Billingsgate One hears the restless cries! From ev’ry corner of the land: “Womankind, arise!” Political equality and equal rights with men! Take heart! For Missus Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again! No more the meek and mild subservients we! We’re fighting for our rights, militantly! Never you fear! So, cast off the shackles of yesterday! Shoulder to shoulder into the fray! Our daughters’ daughters will adore us And they’ll sing in grateful chorus “Well done! Well done! Well done Sister Suffragette!”