Marco Brambilla’s "Winklevii: Bigger Than Both of Us", 2021 samples soundbites from interviews with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss as they try to decode the future of cryptocurrency.
The early Bitcoin adopters are invested in the currency's success and adamantly lecture about its inevitability, supremacy and innovation. As the dialogue builds with optimism and fervor, their computer generated avatars spin and contort into a version of themselves more reminiscent of mythological creature Cerberus; the multi-headed guard dog of Hades.
Much like the value of Bitcoin and other circulating cryptocurrencies, the artwork reaches its manic climax of revolving figures and mantras before crashing back down to the start of its original aspirational anthem, only to build up again in a never ending cycle of rise and fall.
"Winklevii: Bigger Than Both of Us", 2021 was released to coincide with the twins’ 40th Birthday on August 21, 2021.
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