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Contact: Kevin Six 619-818-1131; Car@DeathTrapArtCar.com
Contact: Kevin Six 619-818-1131; Car@DeathTrapArtCar.com
2007 Chevy Cobalt Becomes Moving Art Gallery
Frustrated owner of recalled car asks
artist friends
to help send a message to General
Motors
(San Diego,
April 16, 2014) Actor, director, social activist and sometime art impresario,
Kevin Six, is seeking to send a message to General Motors the only way he
can. By using his recalled 2007 Chevrolet
Cobalt, as a canvass for activist artists.
“The idea is to send messages of hope for those with recalled cars (that
have not yet been repaired), of caution to those who share the road with us,
and of shame to GM,” says Kevin Six, self-proclaimed DeathTrapArtCar gallery
manager.
The DeathTrapArtCar is part community arts project, part
arts activism and part protest. “It’s
like a sit in but on a moving vehicle.
More like a drive in,” says Six of his vision to have his Chevy Cobalt
painted with messages from local artists.
So far two artists have agreed to create protest art on the car and Six
is seeking more – by advertising right on his car. “My car is effectively worthless,” he said.
“With all the news about these cars, no one would buy it and I can’t, in good
conscience, sell it knowing what I know.
So to my mind, this is the only thing I can do.”
General Motors is recalling over two million cars for
problems that they knew about for almost ten years and they are only admitting
to 13 deaths as a result of the problem.
Reputable automotive publications put that number at over 300.
“General Motors needs to be made to look as horrible as I feel driving my death
trap of a car. I can’t afford to replace it, and GM won’t fix it, so I want artists
to help me make a statement on it.”
Six originally thought that the car was priced to move
because of its “Caution Tape Yellow” color.
He did research on the Cobalt but found surprisingly little about the car
on the internet. He found out, after buying the car, that General Motors was
involved in purchasing the search terms relating to "Chevy Cobalt,"
"Cobalt Recall," and everything else about the car -- and other cars
with the same problem.
The car was acting strangely, but nothing to worrisome, thought
Six. “It seemed like there was a loose
wire. The dashboard lights turn off at
odd times, the headlights turn off when I pull the emergency brake, the
speakers don’t all work at the same time.” Then came the recall and it all came
together.
“When the recall notice came I had the idea; when the time
promised to fix the car came and went, I talked to my wife about it; and when
my Chevrolet dealer emailed me a trade in offer ‘better than CarMax,’ I began
in earnest. So far Six’s efforts include
a website (http://deathtrapartcar.com/),
a promise from two artists and a lot of ideas.
As a former arts administrator, with marketing, PR and social media
skills, Six’s DeathTrapArtCar movement will get up to speed soon.
“We’re looking for artists, people with cars available for
painting, and donations of time, paint and clear coating,” said Six. Artists,
activists or interested parties may visit http://deathtrapartcar.com/,
or email Car@DeathTrapArtCar.com.
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