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

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

'Talking Statues 2014 project providing audio tracks for 35 statues in London and Manchester.

London

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

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