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Thomas Loopstra and Maurice Baltissen work both as 3D designers for Mitsi Studio, an international award-winning studio based in The Hague, The Netherlands. The last 2 years they won 15 international movie awards with their animation short “How Countries Fight Their Wars’’. Now they are starting to publish their latest works on SuperRare, and the project “Wheel of Fortune” is their very first to be launched.

With the rise of crypto currency came the rise of the ‘digital gold rush’. A spin on the Wheel of Fortune for better or for worse for many daredevils. This artwork shows the stages of successes and downfalls for its participants within the crypto market. It shows the dark contrasts between success and failure and the thin line that lies between these worlds.

Many people are going through the long struggle of gaining momentum with their crypto investments, we see them climbing the coin trying to reach ‘’the top’’, a world of luxury, yachts, expensive cars and private jets. This is the world of the lucky few, or the world where people are able to create their luck. We see their body language expressing that they have forgotten a world including worries and cares. They have made it and there is no reason to look down, only up. With ignorance they believe they are looking towards what is about to come, but there is only one alternative path after the top, and that is down! On the other side of the coin, we see people in a downfall, they have reached the top, enjoyed the lavish lifestyle and seem in distress and panicking while they fall down. Below we see people in different states, some are motionless, some look like they are trying to recover.

This art piece shows the strong turbulence of the crypto market and its connection to the emotions of people. While the market is a completely digital world, the people affected by it are not, although their reactions are just as fluctuant and unpredictable as the world of crypto itself.

The coin is placed in a brutalist environment, the dark dirt on the wall symbolizes the jigsaw pattern of the crypto chart, with a central light from the ceiling the whole room looks very colorless and makes the golden statue pop out more. The dark hallways make the contrast even stronger for some brief moments to make the shapes of the figures and coin extra visible.

When our artists create new content, we are telling a story, show something different, unusual and make the viewer see things from other perspectives. In this case we are showing people that the crypto market is a rollercoaster of successes and failures. It made people millionaires in days to weeks. On the other hand, it destroyed people’s lives overnight. Since so many people got involved over time, many people know ‘’those’’ as their colleagues, friends or family members. Who knows where we are on the coin right now? Are we climbing? Are we on the top of the world or, are we looking down into deep depths?