Thesuburbshavealwaysbeenafertilespaceforimaginingboththebestandtheworstofmodernsociallife.Portrayedalternatelyasamiddle-classdomesticutopiaandadystopicworldofhomogeneityandconformity--withmanicuredsuburbanlawnsandtheinchoatedarknessthatlurksjustbeneaththesurface--thesestereotypesbelieamorerealisticunderstandingofcontemporarysuburbiaanditsdynamictransformations.OrganizedbytheWalkerArtCenterinassociationwiththeHeinzArchitecturalCenteratCarnegieMuseumofArt,WorldsAway:NewSuburbanLandscapesisthefirstmajormuseumexhibitiontoexamineboththeartandarchitectureofthecontemporaryAmericansuburb.Featuringpaintings,photographs,prints,architecturalmodels,sculpturesandvideofrommorethan30artistsandarchitects,includingChristopherBallantyne,CenterforLandUseInterpretation,GregoryCrewdson,EstudioTeddyCruz,DanGrahamandLarrySultan,WorldsAwaydemonstratesthecatalyticroleoftheAmericansuburbinthecreationofnewartandprospectivearchitecture.Conceivedasarevisionistandevencontrariantakeontheconventionalwisdomsurroundingsuburbanlife,thecataloguefeaturesnewessaysandseminalwritingsbyJohnArcher,RobertBeuka,RobertBreugmann,DavidBrooks,BeatrizColomina,MalcolmGladwellandothers,aswellasalexiconofsuburbanneologisms.
