We are serving frozen strawberry daiquiri in the exhibition "Ractrack" by Roman Selim Khereddine.

Exhibition text:
The bets on offer range from the usual types of wagers: win, place, and across-the-board bets in various forms. The payouts are in line with the corresponding international betting pool; winnings are distributed after deducting the usual commission. Market Force, the only mare in the field, is approaching. A horse’s condition is probably the most important single factor in betting analysis. Experienced bettors may take advantage of statistical tools and databases to identify patterns that are not immediately apparent. The market is closing. No more bets. Battleship and Equity enter without any problems. A neck-and-neck race with a two-length lead; Acatenango is now half a length ahead. Pixels keep shifting, numbers change places, milliseconds tick by, scores are displayed. It’s fairly simple: the animal with the best performance wins. Equity, Acatenango, Equity, Acatenango! Right at the finish line, the final rankings are determined by Photo-Finish Photography: a historic technique dating back to 1937 that allows for no margin of error. Each nose is captured at the moment it crosses the finish line, as a high-speed camera positioned behind a vertical slit captures the racing horses and greyhounds passing by and marks them with sharp outlines on the finish line. Cheating therefore seems out of question. Hard work leads to profit; speculation to success. It is success that matters most in late capitalism. According to Amlinger and Nachtwey, success comes to those who are already successful: the owners of the horses, the racetrack, and the casino always win, no matter who wins. For everyone else, speculation remains—a contemporary logic clearly reflected on the online prediction market Polymarket (banned in Switzerland): Here, you can bet on anything that can be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”: Will Elon Musk buy OnlyFans? Will Donald Trump attack Iran on February 27? Will Jeff Bezos appear at the Super Bowl? With a little luck, anyone can win—the sole requirement is that the game only works with cryptocurrency. To avoid the merchant discount rate charged by the payment service provider Twint (1.3%), at For, you can pay your drink in cash. Welcome!