Miss

 

We wanted to challenge our culture's long-standing ideas of judgment and beauty, so we visualized three “identical” women competing in a beauty pageant. Creating the Miss characters made us realize how beauty and self-worth can be mistakenly correlated. –Sara, Kelly, Alicia

TRIIIBE calls out that discrepancy by showcasing how the top three contestants are versions of the same person on the surface – each has long, curly hair, a sequined gown, a plastic smile, and a sash. Instead of indicating the states from which they hail, their sashes convey a little title-related wordplay – “misapprehension,” “mislead,” and misrepresent” —terms that encourage viewers to explore mixed messages about diversity, misogyny, beauty, femininity, substance, strength, and accomplishment in society today.
— Fitchburg Art Museum: Former Curator Mary Tinti and Former Koch Curatorial Fellow Emily Mazzola
 

Behind the Scenes

Collaborators

Alicia, Kelly and Sara Casilio, 
Cary Wolinsky, Rae Bertellotti, 
Zoe Bradford (The Company Theatre),
Matthew Guminski (lighting) 
and Babs Wolinsky

 

Capture date: 2008
First finished print: 2010
Archival inkjet print

Sizes:
26.25 x 35 inches
33.75 x 45 inches
42 x 56 inches

© Triiibe Partners 2010