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Nov 4, 2014 7:21 PM UTC It happens every time: The credits roll on another Wes Anderson movie, and the curtains close on the whimsical universe he’s created. You’re ejected from the [symmetrical](http://vimeo.com/89302848), 1970s-colored trance of his movie sets into the cold reality of an asymmetrical, 2014-colored world. But talk of a theme park masterminded by Anderson and long-time collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the new wave band Devo, hints at the possibility of a real-life counterpart to these fictional worlds. In the foreward to [_Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia_](http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Mothersbaugh-Myopia-Adam-Lerner/dp/1616892625), a new book by Denver Museum of Contemporary Art Director Adam Lerner, Anderson describes the vision: “It will include hundreds of animatronic characters and creatures, rides through vast invented landscapes and buildings, extensive galleries of textiles and sculptures, plus an ongoing original music score piped-in everywhere.” But Anderson will play the role facilitator rather than chief visionary; the theme park is intended to be “conceived and designed entirely” by Mothersbaugh. The pair has enjoyed a long working relationship, with Mothersbaugh scoring many of Anderson’s movies (_Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums,_ and _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_). And Mothersbaugh is an [accomplished visual artist](http://www.wired.com/2014/10/mark-mothersbaugh-devo-gallery#slide-id-1608835) in his own right, having worked in a variety of visual media since before co-founding Devo. A glimpse inside _Myopia_ offers a testament to a diverse array of influences, from pop art to punk, on Mothersbaugh’s self-described “particular brand of fear/enthusiasm for this flawed creature called Homo sapiens.” And though a theme park based on this vision seems a far cry from Disneyworld, Anderson’s promise that “the visitor will be amused and frightened, often simultaneously,” suggests that the two might not be so different, after all. 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