Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Speaking Stones
Speaking Stones is a new audio trail giving a voice to the statues, carvings and wall-paintings in and around Harringay.
Do you fancy writing a short speech for a sculpture? A bit of bombast for a bronze? A mini monologue for a marble? Then come along to the free Speaking Stones writing workshops at Stroud Green Library in April (see What's On for details). Just ask at the library to book your place.
The Speaking Stones audio trail will be recorded by professional actors and it will feature specially commissioned music from local composers. Help us give a voice to the art on your street.
We're on twitter too @StonesSpeaking and we'd love to see any local artworks you spot on the street. Feel free to share your images here or @ us with the hashtag #SpeakingStones.
Speaking Stones is supported by The Mayor of London's Culture Seeds.
Tags for Forum Posts: artworks, audio trail, drama, harringay, speaking stones, street art, writing workshops
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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About that Salisbury Greek Titan, is that a bust or a statue? A little er forethought might suggest Pro-metheus, brother of Epi-metheus (afterthought) and Atlas. He should have Zeus's eagle perpetually devouring his liver as punishment for stealing divine fire as a gift to mankind. He looks like a titan of thought, fore or after, but a titan in trouble. Anyway, surely a looted Greek marble belongs, not in the Harringay Salisbury, but in the Elgin pub over in Maida Vale?
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Permalink Reply by Martin Malcolm on
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And the gags keep coming!
The smart money looks like it's on Hugh's suggestion of Hercules. The other (similar) Hercules statues show him with a drooping head (like our Salisbury bust) because he's exhausted after his famous Twelve Labours.
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/collections/museum-highlights...
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OK thank you so much, Harringay Hive Mind. We have our mystery marble!
It looks a LOT like the Hercules in the British Museum! Thank you for all your brilliant suggestions (and brilliant gags)!
https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/colle...
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Well the world has changed a lot in one week! We're not going ahead with the Speaking Stones live events, but we'll still be putting out a digital audio trail at the end of May. So if you are stuck indoors and fancy writing a speech for a local artwork and hearing your work recorded by professional actors with background music by professional composers, why not be a part of Speaking Stones? Just mail us for details of how to get involved:
speakingstonesharringay@gmail.com
Or you can follow us on Twitter and share your local artwork photos @StonesSpeaking
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Eagle-eyed Sarah shared this amazing spot! Anyone know who this is? You can see her gazing down on us all just across from St Ann's Church in Avenue Road.
And if you have any pix you'd like to share with Speaking Stones, feel free to post them here or on our Twitter stream @StonesSpeaking
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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This reminded me of another stone. I posted a picture of it by way of a small quiz some years ago. As I remember, nobody knew where it was. It’s on Raleigh Road. It looks very much like a modern adornment. But it’s a nice addition.
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A lovely spot, Hugh! Thanks for sharing.
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Then of course there are a whole load of stones like this one probably. As what I wrote on that linked piece reveals, even those simple stones can reveal some interesting stories.
I think there’s another one on one of the buildings on the east side of green lanes somewhere opposite Beresford and Alison scratch. I think that one care is the name of Park review. That’s obviously A reference to that short period when the house stood facing Harringay Park before the Ladder was built.
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Every stone tells a story!
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