The below video shows The Ten Commandments for Gilbert & George and is a conceptual performance piece created by Gilbert and George in 1995. Although this avantgarde piece is already an older work from the oeuvre of Gilbert & George, the statement  is still very powerfull nowadays and has not lost any of its universal content and values. 

In this performance the duo artists  have written the Ten Commandments for themselves and although commandments are rigid rules in nature, these ones command the follower to be free minded, to be expressive, and to be spontaneous.

Thou shalt fight conformism
Thou shalt be the messenger of freedoms
Thou shalt make use of sex
Thou shalt reinvent life
Thou shalt create artificial art
Thou shalt have a sense of purpose
Thou shalt not know exactly what thou dost, but thou shalt do it
Thou shalt give thy love
Thou shalt grab the soul
Thou shalt give something back

Photo and video: Gilbert & George | Ubuweb

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