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)
	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	Joan of Arc	Riverside Drive	Marc Acito	Ingrid Raison
	Robert Burns	Central Park	Wendy MacLeod	Andrew Barret
Harriet tubman statue	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	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	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 statue	WOLFE TONE	St Stephen's Green	Patrick McCabe	Brendan Gleeson
	OSCAR WILDE	Merrion Square North	John Banville	Andrew Scott
MEETING PLACE	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[]

• http://www.talkingstatues.com
• http://www.talkingstatues.co.uk
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/10951461/Englands-historic-statues-start-talking.html
• http://londonist.com/2014/08/talking-statues-brings-london-monuments-to-life.php