The round format of the painting is a model of a closed, self-contained universe for Victor Alimpiev. In order not to violate its integrity, the artist writes with special arcuate movements that leave semicircular, barely perceptible traces, and distributes the paint drips all over the edge of the canvas – the horizon line of this world. The artist intentionally removes all signs of the familiar space, with its top and bottom. Alimpiev's picture becomes not just a «window into the world», but the world itself, beyond which there is nothing. V