“In early May 2020, the Mini Cooper belonging to local residents in Cape Town’s suburb of Mouille Point was set alight. The vandalism was a culmination of many attempts to stop owners, Peter and Lesley Wagenaar, from providing food to homeless and vulnerable people during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rather than deterring the Wagenaars (who continued to provide daily home cooked meals, made with love), the Mini Meltdown became a beacon of love, light and hope that communities can work together in a crisis. Instead of stopping people from giving, it inspired others who were similarly called to provide aid for those less fortunate through the Covid-19 pandemic.
I was commissioned to transform the exterior of the Mini into an artwork reflective of this message.”