Talking Statues logo Talking Statues is a project that was created in 2013 by documentary filmmaker David Peter Fox,[1] who is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired by the book, Sculptures in Copenhagen by Jens Peters Munk, Fox went on to provide a history and backstory for the figures represented by the statues. The project consists of prerecorded voice-overs that are matched to various statues found in public areas using QR codes.[2] The first talking statue was the statue of Hans Christian Andersen in the King's Garden in Copenhagen[1] and, later, talking statues were created for public areas in cities such as Helsinki, New York, London, San Diego, Chicago, Vilnius, Parma, Dublin, Berlin, and Manchester.
Talking Statues plaque for the statue of Sherlock Holmes Scanning the QR code at a statue Passerby testing statue in Copenhagen Talking Statues folder from Copenhagen 2013 Map of Talking Statues Copenhagen Newspaper ad, Talking Statues, 2013 The City of Copenhagen funded the initial project, and the monologues were written by film director Carsten Rudolf in collaboration with David Peter Fox. Actor Jens Jacob Tychsen spoke the monologues.
List of statues Copenhagen London Manchester New York Image Statue Location Author Actor(s) Joan of Arc Riverside Drive Marc Acito Ingrid Raison Robert Burns Central Park Wendy MacLeod Andrew Barret Harriet Tubman Harlem Terry McMillan Patti Richards William Shakespeare Central Park Marc Acito Michael Perrie Jr Lincoln New-York Historical Society Pete Simpson Frederick Douglass New York-Historical Society Terry McMillan Robert Lacy Jr George Washington Federal Hall Wendy MacLeod Bart Shatto Ludwig van Beethoven Central Park Wendy MacLeod Bruce Kramer George Washington Brooklyn Wendy MacLeod Bart Shatto Hans Christian Andersen Central Park Kim Fupz Aakeson Mads Mikkelsen John Ericsson Battery Park Marc Acito David Dencik Gertrude Stein Bryant Park Marc Acito Stacey Lightman Antonín Dvořák Stuyvesant Square Park Marc Acito Jan Triska Giovanni da Verrazzano Battery Park Joe Giordano Roberto Ragone Abraham Lincoln Union Square Pete Simpson Gandhi Union Square Thrity Umrigar Peter Stuyvesant Stuyvesant Square Christine Otten Michael Wouters George Washington Union Square Wendy MacLeod Bart Shatto Confucius Confucius Plaza Jean Kwok Geoff Lee Balto Central Park Wendy MacLeod Jakob Oftebro
Dublin Image Statue Location Author Actor(s) James Joyce Earl Street North Roddy Doyle Gabriel Byrne James Connolly Beresford Place Brendan O'Carroll Brendan O'Carroll James Larkin O'Connell Street Enda Walsh Stephen Rea O'Connell Monument O'Connell Street Paula Meehan Ruth Negga Wolfe Tone St Stephen's Green Patrick McCabe Brendan Gleeson Oscar Wilde Merrion Square North John Banville Andrew Scott Meeting Place Liffey Street Lower Rachel Kilfeather Brenda Fricker George Bernard Shaw Merrion Square West Arthur Mathews Stephen Brennan Molly Malone Suffolk Street Michaela Mcmahon Maria Doyle Kennedy George Salmon Trinity College Dublin, College Green Joe Duffy Joe Duffy
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