CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH WILL BE RELEASING AND PUBLISHING 3 CD-RELATED DIY ZINES, TWO OF THEM RE-RELEASES, AT THE ROMAN SUSAN ART SPACE........
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 - 7-10PM
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THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH HAD EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN THIS QUAINT ART SPACE......
ON BOTH DAYS, THERE WILL BE MERCH TO SELL, AND THERE WILL BE SOME READINGS/COLLABORATIONS BY HIM OF EXCEPTS RELATED TO THE DIY ZINES, AND HE WILL ALSO BE DOING SOME DJed MUSIC TOO.
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BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH IS A VERY RISING SHAMANIC FORCE IN CHICAGO'S DIY ART AND MUSIC SCENES. HE STARTED LOVING THE ART SCENE WHEN HE STARTED TO GO TO DIY SHOWS ESPECIALLY AT THE HEARTLAND CAFE IN THE MID-2000S, AND MORE SUCH SHOWS IN DEFUNCT DIY VENUES IN PILSEN. HE ALSO ATTENDED SOME EVENTS OF THE EPIPHANY DANCE PROJECT IN THE LATE 2000S AT A CHURCH JUST WEST OF UNION PARK, AND HAD OFTEN HAD PARTICIPATED IN SOME MASS PROTESTS IN UNION PARK AND FEDERAL PLAZA JUST TO MEET UP WITH SOME OF HIS SCORES OF DIY MUSIC FRIENDS.
HIS BIG BREAK AS A CHICAGO DIY PERFORMING ARTIST SEEMED TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 2005, WHEN HE WAS INVITED TO PERFORM IN HIS DEBUT APPEARANCE IN THE JOHN CAGE MUSICIRCUS AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN CHICAGO, WHERE HE DID A PERFORMANCE ART DANCE/PIANO CREATIVE IMPROVISATION - AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE. HE ALSO MADE A 2ND APPERANCE IN THE JOHN CAGE MUSICIRCUS IN OCTOBER 2007 AT THE CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, WHERE HE DID THE SAME AFOREMENTIONED INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE.
HE ALSO WAS INVITED TO APPEAR AT THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC MIDWEST AT KANSAS CITY, KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ALSO IN 2005, WHERE HIS ELECTROAOCUSTIC PIECE, "SYNTH VS. SYNTH" WAS FEATURED.
IN 2006, HE WAS INVITED BY A GERMAN HISTORY STUDY GROUP, DVSM, TO FEATURE HIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE DEMISE OF WNIB CLASSICAL RADIO AT MAINZ UNIVERSITY, IN GERMANY, AFTER SUBMITTING TO THEIR CALL TO ARTICLES. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE WAS INVITED TO DO A LECTURE-PRESENTATION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
FROM THERE, HE STARTED GETTING INTO PERFORMANCE ART/COLLABORATIVE DANCE, AND THEN, STARTED TO CREATE HIS OWN DIY MUSIC PROJECT IN 2010 WITH HIS FIRST GIG AT THE CAL'S BAR AT 400 S. WELLS (WHICH IS NOW CLOSED DOWN), AND THEN HE STARTED TO GET INTO LIVE ART.
HE OFTEN WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIVE BANDS ESPECIALLY AT THE PLAINES PROJECT AND SCHWAG CITY, AND ALSO AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE AND THE HIDEOUT, BUT HE ALSO WAS WILLING TO SELL HIS OWN WARES - HIS CASSETTES AND CDS OF HIS MUSIC, AND EVEN SOME OF HIS ORIGINAL ART, AT SELECT DIY SHOWS......
HE ALSO STARTED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH BUTOH DANCING THANKS WITH HIS GREAT FRIENDSHIP WITH BUTOH DANCER, CURATOR, AND ENTHUSIAST, SARA ZALEK.
HE DID SOME PERFORMANCE ART/COLLABORATIVE DANCES WITH LORENE BOURBOUSIAN, STEPHANY COLUNGA, EDIE FAKE, JILL FLANAGAN, NANCE KLEHM, JANICE LIM, SOFIA MORENO, AURORA TABAR, HEATHER MARIE VERNON, SARA ZALEK,
LATER ON, AS SOME CHICAGO DIY VENUES LIKE RONNY'S, BOX SOCIAL, AND YOUNG CAMELOT CLOSED DOWN,AND MOPERY HAD TO SAY GOODBYE FOR GOOD, CHARLES DECIDED TO BECOME A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR EXISTING DIY VENUES THAT HELD MUSIC - EVEN IF HE NEVER OWNED THEM AT ALL.
HE ALSO DID COLLABORATIVE DANCES WITH THESE DIY BANDS IN CHICAGO....
AMPYRE, BILL MACKAY, CAVE, CREAM TANGERINE, CROWN LARKS, DAYMAKER, DE TRIOMPHE, DEADBEAT, DJ SICK CAKEZ, DJ "THE NORTH", EL IS THE SOUND OF JOY, FORCED INTO FEMININITY, GEFFIKA, HEALTH AND BEAUTY, HOT LIPS MESSIAH, LORD OF THE YUM-YUM, NUDE SUNRISE, ONO, PEDWAY (FEATURING CAROLINE DAVIS), PARTICIPATORY MUSIC COALTION, RABBLE RABBLE, REDEMER, RICHARD ALBUM, SOUND AND PROJECTOR, SPIRES IN THE SUNSET RISE, WET WALLET, WILLIAM AMAYA TORRES, WHITEWOLF AND SONIC PRINCESS, WISHGIFT WUME, AND W.W. LOWMAN
AND THESE NON-CHICAGO BANDS....
BLUE MOVIES, GUERRILLA TOSS, TORN CURTAIN, NONNIE PARRY.
CHARLES HAD PERFORMED AT VENUES THAT HAD EXISTED BUT ALREADY CLOSED DOWN (FROM ABOUT 2005-2011)
BAKERY (PILSEN)
BONNY'S (LOGAN SQUARE)
BOX SOCIAL (BUCKTOWN/LOGAN SQUARE)
CAL'S BAR (DOWNTOWN CHICAGO)
CASA DONDE (LITTLE VILLAGE)
MOPERY (LOGAN SQUARE)
MORTVILLE (LITTLE VILLAGE)
MULTIKULTI AT MILWAUKEE AVE (BUCKTOWN)
OTTOMAN EMPIRE (LOGAN SQUARE)
RESISTOR (LINCOLN SQUARE)
PARLOUR (WICKER PARK)
REVERSIBLE EYE (HUMBOLDT PARK)
ROXABOXEN EXHIBITIONS (PILSEN)
RONNY'S (LOGAN SQUARE)
TEMPLEHEAD (HUMBOLDT PARK)
TREASURE TOWN (LITTLE VILLAGE)
THE WHISTLER (LOGAN SQUARE)
WALLY WORLD (LOGAN SQUARE)
YOUNG CAMELOT (LOGAN SQUARE)
AND ALSO AT THESE RECENTLY OPENED VENUES:
CAFE MUSTACHE, CALIFORNIA CLIPPER, COLE'S BAR, DEFIBRILLATOR PERFORMANCE ART SPACE, THE EAST ROOM, EMPTY BOTTLE, THE HIDEOUT CHICAGO, MALEVOLENT PLANET, THE MUTINY, NINE-FOURTEEN, NO NATION DIY VENUE, PINKY SWEAR, RANCHOS HUEVOS, SPACE ODDITIES
ADDTIONAL NEWS......
MOST RECENTLY, CHARLES WAS FEATURED AS A GUEST PERFORMER AT LEAST TWO TIMES AT ROZZ-TOX VENUE IN ROCK ISLAND, IL IN 2016 AND IN 2017. RIGHT NOW, CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH IS PREPARING FOR A VERY BIG RECORD RELEASE AT THE HIDEOUT, CHICAGO, ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2018, WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE THE LONG-TIME DIY BAND, ONO, WHO WILL PERFORM BEFORE CHARLES BECOMES THE LAST BAND PERFORMER AS THE HEADLINER ON THAT DATE. THIS WAS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF GLENN CURRAN, AFTER CHARLES DID A NEW RECORDING PROJECT AT HIS RECORDING STUDIO ON JANUARY 1, 2017.