Carmen Beuchat
Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table

November 9, 1972 112 Greene Street/Workshop
Performance view from Carmen Beuchat's "Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table," 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, left to right: Takei and Beuchat, 1972

Performance view from Carmen Beuchat's "Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table," 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, pictured: Suzanne Harris, 1972

Performance view from Carmen Beuchat's "Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table," 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, pictured: Suzanne Harris, 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, left to right: Murray, Penelope, Beuchat, and Takei, 1972. Photo: Alfonso Barrios.

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, left to right: Takei, Beuchat, Llyod, Badal, Penelope, and Murray, 1972. Photo: Alfonso Barrios.

Participating Artists

Claudio Badal
Carmen Beuchat
Suzanne Harris
Barbara Lloyd (Dilley)
Emmett Murray
Penelope
Kei Takei

Organized by: Carmen Beuchat

Exhibition Description

This dance performance told a story in which Love was the motivating energy. A swing suspended in the background, on which performers took turns moving, gave a sense of life’s rhythms. Two sculptures created by Richard Nonas were set next to one of the columns in 112 allowing the dancers to climb on them so their movements formed an infinity sign. Carmen Beuchat was dressed in black (as a blind person) since “Love is blind.” Kei Takei (as Cupid), wore a white gymnastic suit with wings, and a quiver of pencil arrows. Barabara Lloyd (as a Mexican girl) was shot by Cupid, and Suzanne Harris (as a conquistador) wrapped in bandages, slowly fell from a toy horse after she too was struck by Love. [from a conversation with Carmen Beuchat]

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.

Performance view from Carmen Beuchat's "Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table," 1972
Performance view from Carmen Beuchat's "Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table," 1972
Performance view from Carmen Beuchat's "Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table," 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, left to right: Takei and Beuchat, 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, pictured: Suzanne Harris,1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, pictured: Suzanne Harris, 1972

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, left to right: Murray, Penelope, Beuchat, and Takei, 1972. Photo: Alfonso Barrios.

Carmen Beuchat, Mass in C B Minor or the Brown Table, performance view, left to right: Takei, Beuchat, Llyod, Badal, Penelope, and Murray, 1972. Photo: Alfonso Barrios.