Gorky Park

Alla Grishko !Mobile Culture and Urban

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“Moscow’s  Gorky  Park  used  to  be  a  place  to  avoid.  Now  it’s  a  magnet  for  the  Russian  

bourgeoisie”    

-­‐  Thedailybeast.com  ,  14  November  2011  

What is Gorky Park?

•  Gorky  park  is  an  official  guide  to  Gorky  Central  Park   of   Culture   and   Leisure   in   downtown   of  Moscow,  by  which  ciEzens  and  visitors  can  get  most   actual   informaEon  about  daily   acEviEes  in   the   park,   food,   art,   exhibiEons,   music  performances,   cinema,   sport   acEviEes   and  much  more.    

•  It   is  first  mobile  app  to  public  space   in  Russia  and  can  be  either  context-­‐aware  and  not.  

Relation to cultural purpose Users  can  discover:  •  Planned  exhibiEons  and  fests    •  Find  cultural  monuments  and  

history  of  them  •  Program  of  summer  cinema  •  Current   acEviEes   by   the  

Emeline  

Interaction with the city

•  It’s  a  guide  to  exisEng  and  very  popular  place,  melEng  spot  of  Russian  capital  

•  Users  can  interact  with  real  objects  such  as  buildings,  sculptures,  art  objects,  sport  places,  entertainment,  etc.    

•  Consumers  can  orientate  themselves  on  a  site  by  GPS,  though  it’s  not  necessary  

Contribution User’s  feedback   Like,  Share  &  Invite  

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Improvements  that  can  make  it  even  beQer:  •  to  adapt  screen  resoluEon  at  least  to  IPhone  5    

•  to  add  opEon  of  changing  the  language  (vital  for  tourists  and  expats)  

•   to  add  buQon  “back”  

Technical parameters Name  and  version    

Gorky  Park  1.0.1  

Type   Guide  

OperaEonal  System   iOS  (Android  and  Windows  are  announced  to  be  released  later)  

Minimum  screen  resoluEon  required    

320x480,  640x960  

Minimum  OS  version  required    

iOS  4.0  or  higher    

NaEve  or  Web-­‐App   NaEve  

Cost   Free  of  charge  

Source   hQps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gorky-­‐park/id549152154?mt=8  

Thank you!