GULAG History Museum
Design of interactive environment
for museum
for museum
My participation in the project:
art director, designer, producer
art director, designer, producer
Creative director: Egor Larichev
Art-director: Constantine Konovalov
Art-director: Constantine Konovalov
Interactive tour to GULAG
The State Museum of GULAG is devoted to one of the most tragic times in Russian history. GULAG is the acronym for the Russian translation of 'Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps and Colonies' but nowadays this word — Gulag – is identified with the Soviet repressive system itself.
The museum exposition is dedicated to the history of the rise, development and decline of the Soviet labor camp system, an instrumental and integral part of the Soviet state machinery in the 1930s — 50s, and its political, administrative and economic role. The exhibition room also represents personal cases of various people who fell victims of the Soviet repressive policy and were sentenced to labor camp imprisonment.
Several touchscreen panels that tell about the exhibits were installed in the museum. For these panels was developed an interface consisting of dozens of screens
Several touchscreen panels that tell about the exhibits were installed in the museum. For these panels was developed an interface consisting of dozens of screens
One part of the museum consists of a stylized miniature barracks. They are artifacts of the Gulag - photos, personal items, crafts prisoners and even children's toys.
Inside these small cases reminiscent of the camp barracks are over one hundred museum exhibits from twenty five Russian museums whose collections are related to history of the GULAG. This is a materialized history of the GULAG presented in all of its geographic scope.
To navigate through these "barracks" was designed app for the tablet PC. With the application, visitors can learn about the exhibits, about the fate of the people associated with them.
With the application, visitors can learn about the exhibits, about the fate of the people associated with them.
With the application, visitors can learn about the exhibits, about the fate of the people associated with them.
Another part of the museum — interactive triptych. It is a composition of three screens, standing side by side. On one of them, we can see photos of the convicts — often the last life snapshots of the Great Terror victims.
On another screen the list of victims is slowly moving. On the third screen shown documents, the "Shooting lists" signed by top country leaders.
On another screen the list of victims is slowly moving. On the third screen shown documents, the "Shooting lists" signed by top country leaders.
These three parallel streams — photos, texts and documents, are connected in a coherent audovisual installation.
