This is a special interactive House Gymnastics performance that was created for a Reactor art event in Nottingham. Volunteers form ephemeral human sculptures as they endeavour to complete The 10 Commandments set by Harrison&Ford. There were two rooms, one corridor space, one bath, an armchair and a table in the space and ten people performing ten moves in ten minutes. Harrison&Ford took the 10 volunteers into a practice room for approximately 20-30 minutes. They were taught 10 different moves with varying degrees of difficulty, that used different domestic apparatus (see list in green block).

The 10 Commandments
Images from the first 10 Commandments performance - the group scored 83/100
The volunteers are set up in the appropriate parts of the rooms to perform a move each. They all have to perform their allotted move simultaneously. Each move has to be held for 3 seconds. Once everyone has completed their move, they rotate to the next house gym space to perform a different move. One minute is allocated to perform each move (including change-over time). Even if they don't complete the move, they progress to the next. 10 adjudicators are required to check the individual moves, in the various locations, for validity and time duration. The group of people will be given a name and will receive a mark out of 100 (the maximum number of moves by the 10 people is 100). There will be a league table to see which group can achieve the highest total in the quickest time.

Click here to view a clip of the performance.
10 people, 10 minutes, 10 moves

Bath Urchin
Bridge
Door Wedge
Elevated Carpet Crab
Floor Chicken
Jumping Jack Wedge
Shelf Pirouette
The Triangle
Upper Door Frame Grab
X-door
NB. when House Gym members attempt this challenge for themselves, the apparatus can be different but there must be at least three 5 star moves and five 3 star moves, in the selection of moves chosen, utilising different body muscles and strengths.