HYPERSCULPTURE — the hyperreal edit
Performance
@Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, April/May 2026
photo @Tanguy Poujol
On the occasion of Je suis là, a group show on the history of self-representation, Thomas Dupal recreated HYPERSCULPTURE (2021), a solo performance exploring the construction and amplification of dystopian masculine identities on social media.
At its centre, a sculptural object conceived as a modernist man-maxxing module, in echo to the exhibition space — a former furniture wholesale company — designed to achieve ascension, the stated goal of looksmaxxing, an emerging current within the manosphere driving men toward unrealistic beauty ideals defined by pseudo-scientific criteria and social media metrics.
Concept, text and performance : Thomas Dupal
Spatial design and external eye : Tanguy Poujol
Movement direction : Delphine Gaborit.
