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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS --
Beth Downs, the Project Manager for Statue Stories Chicago, shows Shannon Fuller, the Shedd Aquarium's Brand Marketing Manager, how to scan the QR code in order to listen to the audio recording attached to Stephan Balkenhol's "Man with Fish" outside of the aquarium in Chicago on Wednesday, August 5, 2015.

Chicago is known for statues that speak to visitors with their lofty expressions, playful forms and enigmatic poses. Now, more than 200 of them will speak more literally with the wave of a cellphone. The project, being unveiled Friday, delivers two-minute cellphone calls from the statues' perspective. The monologues, which are written and performed by artists with roots in Chicago, aim to bring to life everything from the bronze image of Abraham Lincoln, to the lions guarding the Art Institute of Chicago to the 50-foot-tall Picasso in Daley Plaza.


CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Wall Street Journal
Slug: "STATUES"

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS --<br /> Beth Downs, the Project Manager for Statue Stories Chicago, shows Shannon Fuller, the Shedd Aquarium's Brand Marketing Manager, how to scan the QR code in order to listen to the audio recording attached to Stephan Balkenhol's "Man with Fish" outside of the aquarium in Chicago on Wednesday, August 5, 2015.<br /> <br /> Chicago is known for statues that speak to visitors with their lofty expressions, playful forms and enigmatic poses. Now, more than 200 of them will speak more literally with the wave of a cellphone. The project, being unveiled Friday, delivers two-minute cellphone calls from the statues' perspective. The monologues, which are written and performed by artists with roots in Chicago, aim to bring to life everything from the bronze image of Abraham Lincoln, to the lions guarding the Art Institute of Chicago to the 50-foot-tall Picasso in Daley Plaza.<br /> <br /> <br /> CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Wall Street Journal<br /> Slug: "STATUES"
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