The Peace Car itself had its premier in a performance in May 1990. One episode of this performance was called the BATTLEFIELD. In a special way this holds true for Berlin today, because these battles can also be fought on economic grounds. The work of Arthur Wicks reacts to this situation in a double sense. In the background arises the question of technology, which has developed out of different ideological systems. The artist doesn't give an answer, but the question itself is meaningful, because it is stated in a non-verbal form. Maybe it is the distance of this Australian, Arthur Wicks, from the real events, that make it possible for him to react in such an impressive way to the historic upheaval in Berlin and Europe.

Thomas Wulffen Berlin, January, 1991