“In 3 Mil Plastic, Alicia Casilio evokes screen siren Marilyn Monroe. Her perfectly frozen figure is at once unsettling and perversely fascinating in part because bodies are not supposed to be wrapped in plastic or appear made of it. Through the iconic figure of Monroe, TRIIIBE probes our fixation with celebrity culture and its celebration of scalpel- made beauty, wealth, and spectacle. 3 Mil Plastic also calls attention to our desires to consume tragedies and disasters as entertainment—much like Monroe’s now mythologized life and death. Viewers may notice that the blonde wig and perfectly lacquered lips of Marilyn are the same as the female character of Homeland. With only the exposure of a shoulder and one seductively cocked brow, a housewife is transformed into a starlet. The performative work of TRIIIBE hinges on photographic acumen, the dramatic theatricality of sets, costumes, and lighting, and the Casilios’ masterful ability to communicate a vast range of emotion through subtle facial expressions and postures. ”