New York-based husband and wife Wally and Amanda Koval started their Instagram account Accidentally Wes Anderson in 2017 as a passion project inspired by the look and feel of Wes Anderson’s movies, especially Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel. What began as 10 minutes a day capturing whimsical-looking places on their travels became a home for a community of almost two million fanatics.

The couple then launched a book of the same name. Then another book. And now a global exhibition hosted by events brand Fever.

Wally tells Broadsheet he’s always been engaged by Anderson’s vision. “What I find fascinating is that everything he does in his films is on purpose. When you turn the camera from the studio to reality, you have almost the opposite – imperfections. Nothing is necessarily on purpose. However, if you look at the real world through that same lens, it ultimately elevates the way you see things.

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“Adventure can be all around if you allow yourself to see it. One of my favourite comments we receive is, ‘I walk by that building every day and I never saw it that way.’”

The Kovals worked with Fever to create an exhibition that changes slightly for every city it visits. Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition features 200 photographs across 10 rooms. Each photo shows the Wes Anderson aesthetic as it exists in real life. There’s a maritime-themed room, a sports room, hotels and nature pics, plus one specifically for Australian locations.

“In each city we tour it, we change one of the rooms to celebrate the local scene, or in this case, the whole country,” says Phil Mallet, Fever Originals regional manager. “Visitors will experience a curated photography collection that showcases landscapes and buildings in Australia matching the aesthetic of Wes Anderson films.”

Like Fever’s other exhibitions – including ones on Harry Potter and the Sistine Chapel – the joy comes from being part of the fan club. The filmmaker isn’t involved in the event, but visitors will have plenty of Anderson-inspired merch to choose from in the show’s gift shop, including postcards, notebooks, a puzzle and signed editions of the books.

Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition opens at 380 Bourke Street, Melbourne, on September 18. $17–$25.

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