Talking Statues
Talking Statues is a project that was started and invented by 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, New York, London, San Diego, Chicago, Vilnius, Parma, Dublin, Berlin, Manchester etc.
List of statues[]
Copenhagen 2013
Image | Statue | Location | Author | Actor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
H. C. Andersen (1805–1875) | King's Garden | Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Priest NFS Grundtvig (1783–1872) | Vartov Yard | Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) | Royal Library Garden | Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) | The Royal Theater
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Poet Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850) | The Royal Theater
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
King Frederik V. (1723–1766) | Amalienborg Palace
Square |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
King Christian 4. (1577–1648) | Øster Voldgade,
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) | Copenhagen
Observatorium |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Poet H.C.Andersen (1805–1875) | City Town Hall,
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen | |
Physicist H.C. Ørsted (1777–1851) | Ørstedparken,
Copenhagen |
Carsten Rudolf /
David Peter Fox |
Jens-Jacob Thygesen |
London[]
Qif codes and plaques are no longer there.
Image | Statue | Location | Author | Actor(s) |
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Peter Pan | Kensington Gardens | Ella Hickson | Daniel Roche | |
Queen Victoria | Blackfriars Bridge | Elizabeth Day | Prunella Scales | |
Dick Whittington’s Cat | Highgate Hill | Helen Lederer | Helen Lederer | |
Hugh Myddleton | Islington Green | Tom Basden | Jonny Sweet | |
The Broad Family | Broadgate, City of London | Lucy Caldwell | Maisie Williams | |
The Goat | Spitalfields Market | Hugh Dennis | Hugh Dennis | |
Eye I | Bishopsgate | Sara Pascoe | Sara Pascoe | |
John Wilkes | Fetter Lane, Holborn | Jeremy Paxman | Jeremy Paxman | |
Rowland Hill | City of London | Colette Hiller | Alan Johnson, MP | |
Hodge the Cat | Gough Square, Holborn | Catherine Hiller | Nicholas Parsons | |
Couple on Seat | Cabot Square, Canary Wharf | Nikesh Shukla | Sanjeev Bhaskar / Meera Syal | |
Isaac Newton | British Library | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Simon Russell Beale | |
Sherlock Holmes | Baker Street station | Anthony Horowitz | Ed Stoppard | |
The Unknown Soldier | Paddington station | Tony Harrison | Patrick Stewart | |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Paddington station | Hugh Bonneville | ||
Ariel | BBC Broadcasting House | Mathew Horne | ||
Rush Hour | Broadgate, City of London | Clive Anderson | Clive Anderson | |
Queen Victoria | Kensington Palace | Patricia Hodge | ||
Achilles | Hyde Park Corner | Dominic West |
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 | Mark Ravenhill | Russell Tovey | ||
LS Lowry | Sam's Chophouse | David Neilson | ||
John Barbirolli | Bridgewater Hall | Michael Kennedy | Timothy West | |
Queen Victoria | Piccadilly Gardens | Prunella Scales |
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 Shakesspeare | 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 | ||
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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 |
External links[]
Categories:
- Public art in England
- Public art in London
- 2014 in art
- 2014 in England