The performance unfolds as an improvisation between two artists, built around French idioms. These expressions, unrelated to one another, are fully understood only by the performers themselves. For the audience, their literal meanings may appear misleading, concealing the deeper content behind the words.

In this work, the role of the “unseen” observer is embodied by artist Maksim Isaev, who translates what he hears into visual form. Composer Aleksey Aygi, in turn, offers a musical response to each idiom—an emotional attempt to unravel the riddle of words. Together, their dialogue evolves into a shared journey of uncovering hidden meanings.

Aleksey Aigui is a musician and composer who has written music for more than a hundred films and television series. He has worked in the ensemble 4'33", whose name pays tribute to the ideas of John Cage. Throughout his career, Aigui has remained an independent artist, working outside state institutions. Based in France since the late 1990s, he continues to compose film music and is a regular presence at the Cannes Film Festival.

Maksim Isaev is a performance artist and one of the early representatives of the art squat Pushkinskaya 10 in St. Petersburg during the early 1990s. In 1989, he co-founded the avant-garde theater project AHE, while also engaging in cinema, painting, and performance art. Throughout the 1990s, together with Pavel Semchenko, Isaev transformed AHE into an independent “engineering theater,” touring widely and taking part in international projects across Europe. Since 2022, the members of AHE have been based in different European countries. Today, the theater collaborates officially with the French production company IVA, creating performances within residencies and festivals in France and Germany.