Mardkants yerkire was constructed according to a completely different method of montage: an associative confrontation of scenes that are bound together by an unitary theme. Here the point is the constant discovery of the beauty of the world, which man completes with his life and his work. All this is shown in the example of a working day in a large city. This film begins and ends with the Rodin sculpture The Thinker revolving on screen, a sculpture that is well known to everyone and has long been a symbol of the eternal expression of human thought. Apart from its repetitive function, giving the film a poetic finish, Rodin’s sculpture acquires a new, qualitative meaning, which differs from its original meaning; the last scene opens a new cycle of thought, the development of which goes beyond the limits of the film.

Artavazd Pelechian, Writings 1971-1972, in Artavazd Pelechian: Nature, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris 2020