Our "Single-day robe" is a protective talisman. I decided to "protect" the most vulnerable part of a human body — the back. What protects us best in life? I think it's all the people around us. People we talk to, people we can't live without. Interpersonal relationships are the strongest form of protection in all history of humanity. How does one represent them visually? I think that our relationships look a lot like a neural net, where each neuron is connected to its surrounding cells and assures the functionality of the whole net.

I chose Bereginya ("the one who protects") - a mermaid from Russian folklore. She was often used as a character for carved decorations of houses and ships. This type of carving is known by its flat (uncarved) background and high relief of the figurine. Before it adorned houses, it served as a decoration for ships on the river Volga, the mermaid Bereginya being a favourite motive. All magic properties suggested by her name aside, Bereginya is also very useful agaist vampires/ghouls, which is in my opinion still relevant. I only put her tail on the shirt, but I think it's her most magical part. Plus, when you see everything at once, magic can disappear.

I embroidered my part of the Single-Day Robe on a piece of white fabric, using white and red colors. For me this combination means both danger and victory. In my work I wanted to combine these associations, merge them together.
In my work the role of barriers is played by several elements: the white-red stitch embordering the detail which resembles protective tape, the embroidered collar reminiscent of those Ancient Egyptians wore, and the crossstitch hatches in places for bullons.
"Extra" lungs will help surviving the disease! They're embroidered from the inside to hide them from unwanted eyes and to keep them closer to the body of the hypothetical wearer.
On the outside is another barrier - the ribcage made from gauze (a supermarket employee suggested making masks out of it). I believe that humanity will survive the pandemic, come out victorious, and covid-19 will just become another seasonal illness.

In his embroidery for the Single-Day robe I relied on the witch doctors tradition to wear frightening masks and costumes to scare off the bad spirits. The sleeve somehow reminds the black crow wing, the very meaningful totem full of mystery, with some evil eyes on the top and the real blade sewn on the wrist. All those things are on your side as soon as you wear the shirt.
This outfit suppose to scare of the absurdity of what is happening.
Take care 💚

Front pocket with hidden safety pin is made by Nadja Karpinskaya. Pins and needles used to be considered magical. From a Russian fairy tale I took an idea of things hidden inside each other (like a nestling doll): "...there's an egg inside the duck, a needle inside the egg, and on the end of that needle is Koshey's death." On my shirt the embroidered egg and the pin are hidden inside of the pocket, which symbolizes hidden mechanisms of immunity that protects our body.