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, New York, London, San Diego, Chicago, Vilnius, Parma, Dublin, Berlin, Manchester etc.

List of statues

Copenhagen 2013

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.

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	Rachel Wagstaff	Hugh Bonneville
Ariel	BBC Broadcasting House	Robert Seatter	Mathew Horne
Rush Hour	Broadgate, City of London	Clive Anderson	Clive Anderson
Queen Victoria	Kensington Palace	Katrina Burnett	Patricia Hodge
Achilles	Hyde Park Corner	Rachel Lenkiewicz	Dominic West

Manchester


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

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 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

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