My name is Sharyn Walker
I am a student of Fine Art
I am currently investigating, for my
major work, the concept of
"You are Mine"
I will try to explain, and nut out my
ideas as I go
It started when I was looking at "branding"
I work for a Government Department and I
was looking at the particular green and orange used
in the logo of my workplace
I then thought about a restaurant who dared to
"copy" the brand of a well known fast food outlet
(and lost?)
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/15/1092508265567.htmlThe Restaurant is still located in the White Pages but
the number "rings out" and the free call number does not
connect.
I then looked to a "branded" product I use daily. I was
producing a digital work on "colour" so thought
I would reproduce
but in colour only
"Whose Colour?" copyright Sharyn Walker
March 2008
My idea was to "google" the colours
and then use the colours which
closely aligned with the Google logo
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I am interested in the whole idea of ownership,
or copyright, of colours and images
(a week after I had presented my "Whose Colour?" image
Cadbury Chocolate failed in a lawsuit against Darrell Lea
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23522269-5005961,00.html ) 
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So really! Once an image is posted on
the internet - whose is it?
As far as I am concerned, unless it has a copyright
label - it is mine!
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And then, if I google my own name
(as we all do)
why can't I use the other me as me?
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This New Media Art Work attempts to
test the boundaries of Identity, Privacy, Authenticity,
Access, Exposure, Copyright
by setting up several MySpace pages
using names of me and some of
my family and friends but using the
photos of other people of the same name.
The pages themselves may be insipid
but I hope the debate the pages create
will, at least, feed my curiosity!
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My name is Sharyn Walker
and every image is mine
Will the real Sharyn Walker stand up?
