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Talking Statues

Talking Statues is a project that was created in 2013 by documentary filmmaker David Peter Fox, who is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired by the book, Sculptures in Copenhagen by Jens Peters Munk, Fox went on to provide a history and backstory for the figures represented by the statues. The project consists of prerecorded voice-overs that are matched to various statues found in public areas using QR codes. The first talking statue was the statue of Hans Christian Andersen in the King's Garden in Copenhagen and, later, talking statues were created for public areas in cities such as Helsinki, New York, London, San Diego, Chicago, Vilnius, Parma, Dublin, Berlin, and Manchester.

The City of Copenhagen funded the initial project, and the monologues were written by film director Carsten Rudolf in collaboration with David Peter Fox. Actor Jens Jacob Tychsen spoke the monologues.

List of statues

Copenhagen link to website

London link to website

Manchester link to website

New York link to website

Ithaca

Dublin link to website

Rome link to website

Paris link to website

Berlin link to website

Amsterdam link to website

Chicago link to website

Arizona link to website

Detroit link to website

Miami link to website

Ohklahoma link to website

Philadelphia link to website

References

  1. Boston Globe Voicing history 21. Oct. 2023
  2. New York Daily News Stonewall riots history comes to life 18. June 2023
  3. New York Times London gives artwork a voice 9. Sept 2014
  4. Chicago Tribune Chicago statues can talk 15. Mar. 2016
  5. Irish Times Talking Statues Dublin 5. Oct. 2017
  6. Untapped Cities New York Talking Statues 10. July 2017
  7. Politiken https://politiken.dk/kultur/art8844891/Inden-l%C3%A6nge-kan-statuen-fort%C3%A6lle-om-en-tidligere-statsministers-liv?srsltid=AfmBOoqOEJTYLskUGHgpDyU91XLN-kfg6GhdwiZ1knmK5dtDJj96XP5k 26. July 2022
  8. Aberdeen Live https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/talking-bronze-statue-honouring-aberdeen-8828112 13. OCT 2023
  9. In your pocket Berlin https://www.inyourpocket.com/berlin/Berlins-talking-statues_74020f 20. Nov 2023
  10. POV International https://pov.international/talende-statuer-hvem-ma-sige-hvad-om-sig-selv 13. Nov 2021
  11. Boston University https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/boston-womens-memorial18 Jan 2024
  12. Wbur Radio https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2023/10/19/talking-statues-boston-womens-memorial-heritage-trail 19. Oct 2023
  13. China Xinhua News http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/19/c_137402477.htm 19. Aug 2018
  14. Times Square Chronicle https://t2conline.com/monumental-women-jane-alexander-viola-davis-america-ferrera-rita-moreno-zoe-saldana-and-meryl-streep-portray-talking-statues-in-central-park Aug 9. 2020

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