The perfect dude

Three grotesque screen-machines proliferate in the first exhibition space of the art center. They are broadcasting trickshot videos that oddly resemble Fishli and Weiss’ experiments. Popularized by the YouTube channel Dude Perfect, they consist of throwing, aiming, and chain reaction challenges. Launched in 2009 by five Christian Texans, it is now among the top 10 channels with the most subscribers in the world. But here, random competitors seeking the money shot see their challenges sanctioned by the infamous red buzzer of American talent shows like Got Talent or X-Factor. These machines, recalling a Cronenberg aesthetic, sanction every performance of these wannabe-perfect dudes in a ruthless and endless judgment, questioning simultaneously the incitation to absurd performance conveyed by social media and their masculinist inclinations.