Yeah, I feel the same way. I guess it's that I'm confused about the intent. Based on the context that the comments from abuse victims seem to like the artwork and Rebecca hasn't brought up anything about the artist actually being a gross jerk, I"m guessing that the intentions of the artist are good and are meant to…

Sorry I was distracted... but to be honest I am not exactly fond of that project. I am sure the intentions are good but I just don't >.<

STOP IT WITH THE "DISNEY PRINCESS AS ...". ENOUGH!!!!!

Yep, footage from the killer's own trophy videotape. Truly horrible.

I was commenting more on the glib humor and dismissive attitude toward this woman's reaction. If you don't have an issue with the house's history, by all means, live in the house. Maybe you can create some happy memories to offset the tragedy. But I don't understand the sneering toward a woman who was not comfortable…

Yeah, but isn't it his mom renting out the property? I'd be...uncomfortable at the idea of renting and living in a house owned by a woman who knew her son had tortured and murdered women in the basement, then decided to hold onto it and keep renting it. This is possibly unfair, but, like, this is not the woman…

I don't think you understood my comment. Please reread for comprehension.

But I don't think she's worried about ghosts. I think the reality is that many people would not want to live in a place where women were raped and tortured just because they wouldn't be able to not think about it. I certainly wouldn't. Haunted or not, it could be very uncomfortable. And also haunted

Commenters are acting smug because they think it's all about dumb people believing in dumb ghosts and not about the fact that this tenant has seen graphic footage of a naked woman chained to her basement column, being tortured while begging for her life, and now she can't walk into the safe place that is suppossed to…

I thought that was in bad taste too.

Yes, I blame the mother for not wanting to tell people her son tortured and killed people there. The whole house should have been torn down- like John Wayne Gacy's house and Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building. She's trying to make a profit off of a horrible situation instead of walking away. And then lies and says…

I have an idea for another article!

There was a house in Silver Spring, MD where an intruder broke in and killed a man and his daughter. It sold to someone who didn't know the horrible history and he and his friends had some kind of cleansing ceremony to try to heal the bad house karma. A few years later, he was killed in that same house! To HELL…

If she's referring to it as a social awareness 'campaign' with a targeted audience then fair game to treat it to advertising standards.

"having a strong reaction to it, even if it's to despise it, is the hallmark of great art" No it isn't. I know the trend lately has been that people who want to call themselves artist try to be as provocative and shocking as possible, but that's not art, that's lazy attention seeking. Great art is hard. It takes…

Not to mention it's pretty terrible artwork. It was clearly copied directly and every single pose is exactly the same. The placement of the kiss is way too high too. Uuuuugh.

And if this was supposed to be emotionally evocative, they should've tried to actually put more emotion in it. The princesses just look…

If the artist specifically says that they're targeting a group, I think it's fair game to talk about whether it's affective targeting.

It's an art project that doesn't make any sense. If your artist statement is bullshit, fix it to fit the work you've created, not the work you imagined. That's art school 101. It's almost written on our diplomas. As an awareness campaign targeting minors, it's nonsensical, even as an art project. Just switching up the…

Creepy and disturbing without being actually helpful. It this were an art installation for adults only, it would make a bit more sense.

Exactly, provocation for provocations sake and the knowledge that the interwebs will cover them. M nieces would not get that the "message" at all, they would just be confused.