Talking Statues
Talking Statues is a project that was started and invented by David Peter Fox in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013, where 10 statues started talking though modern technology via a smartphone. The statue of Hans Christian Andersen in King's Garden in Copenhagen was the first talking statue in the world. Later the project was made in Helsinki, London, San Diego, Chicago, Vilnius and Berlin.
List of statues
Copenhagen
Image | Statue | Location | Author | Actor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
H. C. Andersen (1805–1875) | King's Garden | Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
![]() | Priest NFS Grundtvig (1783–1872) | Vartov Yard | Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
![]() | Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) | Royal Library Garden | Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
![]() | Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) | The Royal Theater
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
![]() | Poet Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850) | The Royal Theater
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
![]() | King Frederik V. (1723–1766) | Amalienborg Palace
Square |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
![]() | King Christian 4. (1577–1648) | Øster Voldgade,
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) | Copenhagen
Observatorium |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
![]() | Poet H.C.Andersen (1805–1875) | City Town Hall,
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
![]() | Physicist H.C. Ørsted (1777–1851) | Ørstedparken,
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf / | Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
'Talking Statues 2014 project providing audio tracks for 35 statues in London and Manchester.
London
Manchester
Image | Statue | Location | Author | Actor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Abraham Lincoln | Brazenoze Square | Gary Younge | Tom Conti |
Reading Girl | Manchester Central Library | Jacqueline Wilson | Jenna Coleman | |
![]() | Alan Turing | Fairfield Street | Mark Ravenhill | Russell Tovey |
LS Lowry | Sam's Chophouse | Kiran Benawara | David Neilson | |
![]() | John Barbirolli | Bridgewater Hall | Michael Kennedy | Timothy West |
![]() | Queen Victoria | Piccadilly Gardens | Katrina Burnett | Prunella Scales |
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