Ms. Wheatley's namesake: Charmaine, comes from the title of a song "Chaarmaine" - her father's favorite song. The song is a standard show tune from the 20's and since then it has been covered by a diverse group of musicians and composers such as Michael Legrand, Mantovani, Dorothy Ashby, Bill Henderson, Frank Sinatra, Julia Lee & her boyfriends etc, to name a few. Using this song as a starting point, Performance Artist, Charmaine Wheatley and DJ / Sound Artist, Taketo Shimada have been working together to build and demonstrate the personality of CHARMAINE using performance and functional sculptures. projects makes direct reference to Fantasy, Gift giving, Sound Art, Contemporary Feminist dialogue and Pop culture while investigating issues of intimacy and sexual tension that dissolve any boundaries between sexual preference, cultural or class backgrounds, age or gender types.