In 1969, Smith went to Paris with her sister, and started busking and doing performance art. When Smith returned to Manhattan, she lived at the Hotel Chelsea with Robert Mapplethorpe . They frequented Max’s Kansas City on Park Avenue , and Smith provided the spoken word soundtrack for Sandy Daley’s art film Robert Having His Nipple Pierced , starring Mapplethorpe. The same year, Smith appeared with Jayne County in Jackie Curtis ‘s play Femme Fatale . She also starred in Anthony Ingrassia ‘s play Island . As a member of the Poetry Project , she spent the early 1970s painting, writing, and performing.
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