Uninvited Space
Uninvited Space DVD
Sharon and Susan
Sharon Robinson with Susan Chancey, circa January, 1979 from the DVD.
“Uninvited Space,” Poetry by Sharon Lia Robinson, Journal Entries by Susan Chancey.
A nineteen minute DVD originally filmed on reel to reel videotape, for the Goddard-Cambridge Theatre Project, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Filmed by Lynne Conroy.
A DVD is available for $16, (payable to Sharon), to support the cost of 2008 reel to reel archival transfer to DVD and 2010 synopsis.
This older film has some crackling sounds that have not yet been fully omitted, due to cost of such a project. Yet the heart-felt words of Sharon and Susan come through strong and clear. Examples of early second-wave feminist writing.
Uninvited Space
a great fat woman
hips swaying wide
claims to be an actress
and you who see the film
might renounce old illusions
mistakes bad attractions
and you who know the score
recover your minds
to see you’ve been had
like this woman
remembering
the smile your eyes once buried
those looks which murdered her mind
like this woman
slashing contortions
shaming betrayals
shattering insults
dissolving the blindness
as she dazzles you with her life.