ABSTRACT
This chapter explains physical space of location, the manipulation of interior space to transmit information, and the distance that separates meaning from understanding. The Statue Park and the House of Terror present two differing versions of the way in which communism should be remembered. They are two contenders in what K. Horvth (2005) terms a "battle over socialism in the symbolic field". While both offer critiques of the former regime, the extent to which blame can be neatly attributed, and the ease by which the narrative can be written are at the heart of these two different approaches. The House of Terror exists in situ, the site of actual torture and terror, while the Statue Park is exiled to the outskirts of the city. The House of Terror uses all instruments at its disposal, from "representative" tables which are like tables that some dissident might have sat at, to music and lighting reminiscent of a Hollywood movie.
