How to excel at everything
Freely adapted from Flaubert's unfinished book «Bouvard et Pécuchet» (published posthumously in 1881), «How to Excel at Everything» explores the dynamics operating in our current era of online self-study and YouTube tutorials. Guided by algorithmic recommendations, B and P try to learn everything without any pedagogical compass, falling into a new rabbit hole everyday. Exploring the thin interstice between online DIY culture and the dismantling of institutional pedagogical structures, 'How to Excel at Everything' translates the gamification of our lives and the rise of self-help culture into a learning odyssey.
Biography
Marion Balac (b. 1984) is a visual artist with degrees from ENSBA Lyon and Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Her work has been included in exhibitions and screenings internationally. She was a research resident at ésam Caen-Cherbourg in 2020 and at the ESACM Research Cooperative from 2019 to 2023. She teaches at Beaux Arts de Marseille since 2021.