Personally, I have always found statues a bit boring. I mean, between trying to remember whether a horse with its legs in the air means the rider was killed in battle and wondering whether the bust actually looked like the patron saint or was just an actor, the whole experience is just a little dull. But then, this. Statues speak! Sing London, a UK nonprofit focused on art appreciation, commissioned 35 talking statutes across London and Manchester. The project is called, appropriately, Talking Statues. And they're funny too.
Famed writers and actors scripted and recorded their interpretations of what they thought the characters would say . . . if only those statues could talk. Visitors can access the recordings on a smartphone.
Personally I am dying to eavesdrop on Sherlock Holmes statue on Baker Street, Isaac Newton at the British Library and Queen Victoria at Blackfriar's Bridge.
Last weekend, my four year-old and I ventured to Hyde Park to see Peter Pan ('how did they get an image of me? I’m invisible to all adults.'). Achilles was close by, but we opted for the Solar Powered boat instead, which offered a slow row down the lake toward the southeastern corner of the park. And then, of course, to the ice cream with flake, which has become our adventure mainstay.
Fancy yourself a Gepetto? Go ahead animate your own sculpture. Talking Statues is sponsoring a contest to create monologues for four statues in London and Manchester. Try the Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell.
What great imagination inspiration. Fun started August 19th, runs until the same date, 2015. Happy weekend!
Written by Susan. Susan is an adventurer, former lawyer, current 'trailing' spouse and constant
mother of two daughters. She writes on her blog www.SmartlyMomming.com
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