To explore challenges that women face to find their own voice, especially when they come from a catholic upbringing, I created five fictional sisters. In "All the women you have in yourselves", I perform songs that talk about their emancipation.
NEST, The Hague, May 2023. Credits: Lotte van Uittert
Pulchri Studio, The Hague, June 2023. Credits: Silvia Arenas
Gaëlle
I knew I quickly had to choose
Between a man and religion
Mum was encouraging the first option
So this is what I did
I got married to the one she agreed
It was fun for a while (while)
I knew I had to make children
It all seemed very natural
What else a woman could wish for ?
All that I hold dear is
A heritage that was passed down to me
It was fun for a while (while)
I knew time was coming
It wouldn’t be enough anymore
I knew I’d have to face it all
The boredom, the front door
But what should I even fight for ?
So I convince myself
That ardent life is for someone else
And I forget for a while
Just for a while
Anne
When I was a kid
nothing mattered
easy easy life
I miss rules to the game
Maybe life’s not easy
but I crave
I crave for perfection
It wakes me up every morning
the fear of never being enough
if I was on a battlefield
I would be laying on the ground
Fallen from up high
wildly aware
I wish I knew
how to let it go
Maybe life’s not easy
but I crave
I crave for happiness
It keeps me up every night
the desire of being seen
for who I truly am
cause I am still wandering