- Source: 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
Boston Globe Voicing history 21. Oct. 2023
New York Daily News Stonewall riots history comes to life 18. June 2023
New York Times London gives artwork a voice 9. Sept 2014
Chicago Tribune Chicago statues can talk 15. Mar. 2016
Irish Times Talking Statues Dublin 5. Oct. 2017
Untapped Cities New York Talking Statues 10. July 2017
Politiken [1] 26. July 2022
Aberdeen Live [2] 13. OCT 2023
In your pocket Berlin [3] 20. Nov 2023
POV International [4] 13. Nov 2021
Boston University [5]18 Jan 2024
Wbur Radio [6] 19. Oct 2023
China Xinhua News [7] 19. Aug 2018
Times Square Chronicle [8] Aug 9. 2020
External links
Official website
Dublin web
London site
Vilnius site
New York site
Berlin site