do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Alan Seabright

Alison Knowles, Homage to Each Red Thing, 1996, do it 20 13, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Joel Fildes

do it (homage), do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Alan Seabright

do it (archive), do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Alan Seabright

The Film Room, do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Renaud Proch

Suzanne Lacy's interpretation of Allan Kaprow's Chores, 1995, do it (homage) room, do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013.

Ilya Kabakov, The White Cube, 1991, do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Alan Seabright

Konstantin Grcic, Paramount: Architecture for Toy Poodle, 2012, do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Renaud Proch

Theaster Gates, HOW TO CATCH THE HOLY GHOST or GET ARRESTED IN A SHOPPING MALL, 2012, do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Joel Fildes

do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Joel Fildes

do it (archive), do it 2013, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Alan Seabright

Bertrand Lavier, do it instruction, 1993, do it 2013 at Manchester Art Gallery, 2013. Photo Credit: Joel Fildes