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

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

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

List of statues

London

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	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

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	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

External links

• 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

Public art and memorials in London
Statues	Monarchs Richard I Charles I Charles II James II Anne St Paul's Westminster George III George IV George V George VI Others Alanbrooke Becket Bolívar Brunel Burns Cambridge Canning Chaplin Churchill Clive Cook Cromwell Derby Devonshire Disraeli Frere Freud Gagarin Gandhi Greathead Haig Havelock Herbert Holmes Irving Jenner Kitchener Lawson Lincoln Lloyd George Mandela Moore Montgomery Mountbatten Myddelton Napier Newman Nightingale Orwell Outram Palmerston Peel Raikes Reynolds Roberts San Martín Shakespeare Slim Smuts Trajan Wallenberg Washington Wellington City Hyde Park Corner Wesley St Paul's Shoreditch Westminster White Winehouse Wolseley
Memorials	7 July Memorial Albert Memorial Queen Alexandra Memorial Anti-Air War Memorial Bali Bombings Memorial Bazalgette Memorial Bolan's Rock Shrine Breathing Bromhead Memorial Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial Edith Cavell Memorial Cheylesmore Memorial Agatha Christie Memorial Donne Memorial Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross (Charing Cross) Faraday Memorial George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial Golden Boy of Pye Corner Grace Gates Memorial to the Great Exhibition Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice Hogg Memorial Holocaust Memorial Kennedy Memorial Kindertransport – The Arrival Lister Memorial The Monument National Firefighters Memorial National Police Memorial Nelson's Column Pankhurst Memorial Queen Elizabeth Gate Suffragette Memorial Victoria Memorial Twelve Responses to Tragedy ("Yalta Memorial") Wellington Arch Wellington Monument Whittington Stone A Conversation with Oscar Wilde Duke of York Column
War memorials	Pre-WWI Animals in War Crimean War Gurkhas (1816–) Marble Arch New Zealand Campaign (1863–64) Royal Marines (1899–) Siege of Cádiz Westminster School WWI WWII Australia Baltic Exchange Battle of Britain Belgium Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red Bromley Canada Cavalry The Cenotaph Chindits Chingford Chipping Barnet Civil Service Rifles Cockfosters Croydon La Délivrance Enfield Town (3 memorials) Finchley Flanders Fields Memorial Garden Fulham Golders Green Great Eastern Railway Great Western Railway Guards Division Hampton Wick Hendon Hornsey Imperial Camel Corps Islington London and North Western Railway London Troops Machine Gun Corps Memorial Gates Merchant Navy Monken Hadley New Barnet New Zealand Paddington Poland Poplar Rainham Royal Air Force Rifle Brigade RAF Bomber Command Royal Artillery Royal Fusiliers Royal Naval Division Royal Tank Regiment South Africa (Richmond) South Suburban Gas Company Southwark Submarines Women of World War II Wood Green Post-WWII Korean War
Fountains	Buxton Memorial Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Diana Fountain, Bushy Park Diana Fountain, Green Park Fawcett Memorial The Horses of Helios Guilford Place Matilda Fountain Revolving Torsion Roehampton St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Shaftesbury Memorial ("Eros") Lady Henry Somerset Memorial Victoria Park
Murals	Brixton Cable Street Poplar Rates Rebellion Sutton twin towns Sutton Heritage Mosaic Topolski Century
Other works	ArcelorMittal Orbit The Arch 1979–1980 The Barbican Muse Big 4 Boadicea and Her Daughters Bull The Burghers of Calais Christ Child Crystal Palace Dinosaurs The Diver Dolphin lamp standards Dragon boundary marks Elfin Oak Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square Fulcrum The Gold Smelters Homage to Leonardo Icarus Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 Labyrinth London Noses London Pride The Messenger Millennium Dial The Naked Ladies Nike Old Father Time Paternoster Paternoster Vents Physical Energy Platforms Piece Quantum Cloud The Queen's Beasts Rush of Green St Paul's Cross Single Form (Memorial) A Slice of Reality Slipstream South Bank Lion Still Water Traffic Light Tree Winged Figure World World Cup Sculpture The Young Lovers Three Standing Figures 1947 Talking Statues Works formerly in London
Blue plaques	Camden Kensington and Chelsea City of Westminster
By borough	City of Westminster Hyde Park Kensington Gardens (partly in Kensington and Chelsea) Paddington St Marylebone Architectural sculpture City of London (not a London borough) Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth
Organisations	Art on the Underground London Mural Preservation Society Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Statues in London on Wikimedia Commons