Fordlandia is inspired by a ghost town deep in the Amazon Rainforest built by the American Industrialist Henry Ford in the late 1920’s to secure a supply of rubber for his automobile empire.
Fordlandia creates a fictional domestic space made entirely of Amazonian rubber and other materials from the rainforest. The installation explores the idea of synthesis between nature and industry, questioning Henry Ford’s attempt to tame nature in profit of his industrial gain.