Through a conceptual art movement created by Hans Ulrich Obrist in 1993, the idea of “do it” was put together in a compendium. The compendium is made up of scripts — which are the instructions for the task — created by many artists. From the script, other artists from around the world select a piece, and from their own interpretation, they create the work.

“do it,” opening at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ulrich Museum of Art, is a Wichita State branch of the conceptual script. In a partnership between the Ulrich and a SlowBurn art history class taught by professor Brittany Lockard, students have created their interpretations, planned the marketing and curated the exhibit overall.

“We had a rare opportunity to partner with the art school and help the students create their first running gallery,” said Jennifer Lane, an Ulrich spokeswoman.

The class taught by Lockard, Concepts in Creative Industries: Curation and Installation of “do it,” will take a script form the compendium and create their work based off the instruction left by the artist. Some of the artists’ scripts have less instruction, so the students are able to be more explorative with their work.

Junior art history major Shaleh Ake said this is her first time participating in an exhibition. 

“When I first joined the class, I knew it was going to be a lot of work and I almost quit in the first two weeks. It’s been an insane work load and I’ve been in the museum almost every night, but I’m glad I stayed in it.”

Not only are the students able to gain real-world experience from their gallery creation, but the audience will also be participating in one-in-a-lifetime art, Lane said. 

“I’m really impressed with the work the students and staff have come together to make,” she said. “The gallery is turning out very beautiful and this is a complete and full experience for these students as they are able to create their own gallery.”

The work shown is strictly for the gallery, and then will be destroyed after the show is over. This means that participants will only be able to see this type of exhibition once. The audience will not only be able to view the art in the gallery, but they can participate in the performance pieces, as well as take home instructions in order to create their own work. 

“After participants go through, I hope that they will have more of an understanding of what conceptual art is,” Ake said.