Triplet Crime

Triplet Crime began as a guerilla street performance. As triplets, we have occasionally been subjected to unwanted sexual advances—men share their fantasies of having sex with all of us because we are multiples. To perpetuate this fantasy, we created this stereotypical blonde persona, but then we would break down the initial attraction by doing things like chewing gum loudly and having tissues creeping out of our bras. When Cary envisioned us being in a police line-up, these characters immediately popped into our heads.

Behind the Scenes

How would these three women react when marched into a police lineup? Once we got into character, there seemed to be endless possibilities! We moved this set to the Kayafas Gallery in Boston and invited the public to act out their fantasies. There we discovered just how endless. See the results.

“In Triplet Crime the familiar scene of the police line up plays out to humorous effect. Like in popular crime TV shows and buddy-cop movies, similar looking people are placed side-by-side for direct comparison. In Triplet Crime, however, the jig is up for the justice system. Outward appearance cannot be used against the accused when they are physiognomically identical—making the Casilio sisters the perfect criminals.

The triplets are dressed in low-cut shirts, fur trimmed jackets, and tight pink corduroys that expose fleshly midriffs and black G-strings. Sexualized but unfashionable, these figures are definitely not the glamorous professional women of Bailouts and Bonuses—a performance in which the Casilios donned sleek bobs, black power suits, and briefcases to pan-handle along Wall Street). TRIIIBE puts the viewer in the uncomfortable position of having to confront our own prejudices regarding class and sexuality when trying to surmise what crime the triplets have committed and just might get away with.”

— Fitchburg Art Museum: Former Curator Mary Tinti and Former Koch Curatorial Fellow Emily Mazzola

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