Using various levels of imagery, the essay film Europium draws connections between Papua New Guinea's colonial past and the planned excavation of raw materials from the Bismarck Sea. The film weaves a narrative around the rare earth element Europium; named after the European continent, the material will be culled from the ocean floor to ensure brilliant colour images on smartphone displays and other flat screens, and of course for its fluorescent property, which is used to guarantee the authenticity of euro banknotes.