Talking Statues is a project created initially in 2013 by David Peter Fox in Copenhagen, Denmark involving pre-recorded voiceovers accompanying various statues available in a smartphone app. The statue of Hans Christian Andersen in King's Garden in Copenhagen was the first talking statue in the world. Later the idea was applied in Helsinki, New York, London, San Diego, Chicago, Vilnius, Parma, Dublin, Berlin, Manchester, and others.
List of statues
Copenhagen
London
Qif codes and plaques are no longer there.
Manchester
New York
Image |
Statue |
Location |
Author |
Actor(s)
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Joan of Arc
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Riverside Drive
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Marc Acito
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Ingrid Raison
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Robert Burns
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Central Park
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Wendy MacLeod
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Andrew Barret
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Harriet Tubman
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Harlem
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Terry McMillan
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Patti Richards
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William Shakespeare
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Central Park
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Marc Acito
|
Michael Perrie Jr
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Lincoln
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New-York Historical Society
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Pete Simpson
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Frederick Douglass
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New York-Historical Society
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Terry McMillan
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Robert Lacy Jr
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George Washington
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Federal Hall
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Wendy MacLeod
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Bart Shatto
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Central Park
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Wendy MacLeod
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Bruce Kramer
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George Washington
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Brooklyn
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Wendy MacLeod
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Bart Shatto
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Central Park
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Kim Fupz Aakeson
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Mads Mikkelsen
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John Ericsson
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Battery Park
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Marc Acito
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David Dencik
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Gertrude Stein
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Bryant Park
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Marc Acito
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Stacey Lightman
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Antonín Dvořák
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Stuyvesant Square Park
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Marc Acito
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Jan Triska
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Giovanni da Verrazzano
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Battery Park
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Joe Giordano
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Roberto Ragone
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Abraham Lincoln
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Union Square
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Pete Simpson
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Gandhi
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Union Square
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Thrity Umrigar
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Stuyvesant Square
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Christine Otten
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Michael Wouters
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George Washington
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Union Square
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Wendy MacLeod
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Bart Shatto
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Confucius
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Confucius Plaza
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Jean Kwok
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Geoff Lee
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Balto
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Central Park
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Wendy MacLeod
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Jakob Oftebro
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Dublin
Image |
Statue |
Location |
Author |
Actor(s)
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James Joyce
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Earl Street North
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Roddy Doyle
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Gabriel Byrne
|
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James Connolly
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Beresford Place
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Brendan O'Carroll
|
Brendan O'Carroll
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James Larkin
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O'Connell Street
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Enda Walsh
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Stephen Rea
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O'Connell Monument
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O'Connell Street
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Paula Meehan
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Ruth Negga
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Wolfe Tone
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St Stephen's Green
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Patrick McCabe
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Brendan Gleeson
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Oscar Wilde
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Merrion Square North
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John Banville
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Andrew Scott
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Meeting Place
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Liffey Street Lower
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Rachel Kilfeather
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Brenda Fricker
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George Bernard Shaw
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Merrion Square West
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Arthur Mathews
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Stephen Brennan
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Molly Malone
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Suffolk Street
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Michaela Mcmahon
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Maria Doyle Kennedy
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George Salmon
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Trinity College Dublin, College Green
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Joe Duffy
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Joe Duffy
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