# [Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium, 2014 By [ENERGY⋮PANGEA: Legacy Archive](https://paragraph.com/@energypangea) · 2025-09-21 rare earths, europium, bio economy, geopolitics, climate consciousness, speculative futures, post industrial art, energy transition, critical design, geological imaginaries --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b1b5137898ab65bcf8295f95d8a1a0689604c78f7faac84a7ee94a2366b7e51b.png) _Laser cut aluminium, cnc milled polystyrene, tape, nylon cord, guy-lines, Biolite campstove, Euroforest LTD. biomass, HTC One -v smartphone, RT Arabic Android app._ [50°57'42.22" N  4°24'27.83" W](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Unnamed+Rd,+Bideford,+Devon+EX39+5RB/@50.9607456,-4.4088772,575m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x486c1291e3010337:0x7a18165726a7b2c4) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8f8b514dd03ea211724b9c177f6abb20fd2821e1a2f98473e83f27c615a566b0.jpg) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation I, 2014) --------------------------------------------------------- Laser cut aluminium, CNC milled polystyrene, tape, nylon cord, guy-lines, Biolite campstove, Euroforest LTD. biomass, HTC One -v smartphone, RT Arabic Android app 50°57'42.22" N, 4°24'27.83" W EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. https://manifold.xyz ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation I, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f615682d275566bfdb2906702915cd475199904b2907830361f6d5e4300070cd.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4156027120) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ce9576fb10ddd6ad308329cd3c5d33a09533bff0feff4292332b8dd47d7e045f.jpg) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation II, 2014) ---------------------------------------------------------- Laser cut aluminium, CNC milled polystyrene, tape, nylon cord, guy-lines, Biolite campstove, Euroforest LTD. biomass, HTC One -v smartphone, RT Arabic Android app 50°57'42.22" N, 4°24'27.83" W EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. https://manifold.xyz ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation II, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/48154aee3a9f85d1996cbaa22c0d81494dbbfa4a2c3017e3d8d4f301e3c5cf7d.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4156018928) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f16cb235c2f204086210294af17d74f4b799dc075af806e1433ba9d5a6530bbd.jpg) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation III, 2014) ----------------------------------------------------------- Laser cut aluminium, CNC milled polystyrene, tape, nylon cord, guy-lines, Biolite campstove, Euroforest LTD. biomass, HTC One -v smartphone, RT Arabic Android app 50°57'42.22" N, 4°24'27.83" W EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. https://manifold.xyz:443 ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation III, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/cf2385ec7de74690ea61f76e7a05e23e41f26480f5f582141419ed6af9063dad.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4156014832) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d6c2e1f04d9a5039b6f07fc5c8679df50c8b0e8899e22f930f8154dfc0f2dde0.png) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation IIII, 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------ Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation I, 2014) Laser cut aluminium, CNC milled polystyrene, tape, nylon cord, guy-lines, Biolite campstove, Euroforest LTD. biomass, HTC One -v smartphone, RT Arabic Android app 50°57'42.22" N, 4°24'27.83" W EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. https://manifold.xyz ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation IIII, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/dbf5d0bfb6200c0a763eff42e6cdec1676fdd51816908163d2b0967f8b254a94.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4155973872) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b84b73edf3dbf125ff5743c1d556554b0a57c11f3b42e57d1a1757e60b0725e4.jpg) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation VII, 2014) ----------------------------------------------------------- EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. Part of the Rare Earth cycle of ENERGY⋮PANGEA, the work staged a convergence of supply chains, propaganda feeds, and improvised energy systems, asking what it means for a continent to depend on the glow of a mineral it doesn't control. https://manifold.xyz:443 ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation VII, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b6361a5b8f7839389f0d0752248d21011d10a311b42b5a9e56152ebc93d5fa97.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4155017456) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fac72730311b0cd8e42d97a6319d36bc51c1761b578f71bdabea212edb0d0be0.jpg) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation V, 2014) --------------------------------------------------------- EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. Part of the Rare Earth cycle of ENERGY⋮PANGEA, the work staged a convergence of supply chains, propaganda feeds, and improvised energy systems, asking what it means for a continent to depend on the glow of a mineral it doesn't control. https://manifold.xyz ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation V, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3335bee75f05af9c8c7a4fbd489822830501cc7253df9d4ac5d9c6a0ccae8a11.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4155969776) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e2884d23f7bfbc9574c3ba24c8f08bc666eedc20a4a64b2028e9541054affe21.jpg) [ \[Rare Earth Sculptures\] Europium (Installation VI, 2014) ---------------------------------------------------------- Laser cut aluminium, CNC milled polystyrene, tape, nylon cord, guy-lines, Biolite campstove, Euroforest LTD. biomass, HTC One -v smartphone, RT Arabic Android app 50°57'42.22" N, 4°24'27.83" W EUROPIUM is a missing sculpture, now surviving only through documentation-its fragments reconstituted here as on-chain relics. https://manifold.xyz ![[Rare Earth Sculptures] Europium (Installation VI, 2014)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5e0588b177d800edbf15ac2a4c3744269083544b626f7e74359041d0e373bae6.jpg) ](https://manifold.xyz/@iainball/id/4155996400) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4715a7278b1215b030416fd845fa6eefafc01fc17722909b76c628c2c3ed9e75.jpg) **:: Imagine a hypewave convergence device founded in Manhattan which actually orchestrates separate bodies that only partially interact with the subsequent binge of a geopolitical substrate, no?** **Then imagine what a bioeconomy for Europe might actually look like if it were dependent on zero growth potential, virulent criticism from the RT News Network and denied access to China's Europium flows?** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fc796de096ec13c0fc97d334f2679edd3526d23b3a8512853be2f4f73b8f40f1.png) Somehow if this were all lubricated by socially and environmentally conscious teenagers (a double flip) it might make sense. Is this something we can envision collectively? Could we strive for an entire storm system or weather pattern? What about an expansion of climate consciousness in general? Or how about questions like; **"_What is the probability of Europium divisions emanating from Bayan Obo and fusing with consumer debris which restrict flows atypically and increase biodiversity at the same time?_"** What would be the result? A Coal Chamber collateral damage machine running on free flow? or maybe a Killswitch Engage emancipation pattern recognition algo which actually works.... ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2a9c7aef4959289064b2789971c2f7421bf335b416b07765420537598199f1c5.jpg) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/03a1b1e10d0d93c7f80f5e33f61e59a65101dd03077efd8dfdb6332bcf708036.jpg) **_Now lets envision Europes future; a potential bioeconomic meltdown or something else, something stranger?_** **_If this were real or if it had some potential territory elevated then we got it covered..._** Featured on: ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6fca32a2a800b4439b73f4df96e31a91889f1afe2c01bf6a69cff2bba77e5d9b.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c5e4b3fc7978681630f2d9a99335c5151d0bb6bfb0f10d53e40bd16738b7882e.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/05bdbc15af753620bfec6ce2435b90cc7657f4461e4b38e6177e861ab1bbe89a.png) ### E N E R G Y⋮P A N G E A 2014 --- *Originally published on [ENERGY⋮PANGEA: Legacy Archive](https://paragraph.com/@energypangea/europium-2014)*