Ben Werther’s Townworld constructs a mythic, nostalgic vision of small-town America, drawing from found images in early-2000s yearbooks and model train catalogues. His work reimagines familiar cultural artifacts—sports mascots, science projects, and suburban landscapes—through collage and analog techniques. By distressing surfaces and altering contexts, Werther fabricates an alternate history, both embracing and critiquing American nostalgia, memory, and the shaping of regional identity.
