This video by Mabe Bethônico, edited in collaboration with Victor Galvão, who also created its sound, derives from a text constructed using a cut-up technique on an article by Lee Mackinnon titled “Technologies of Romance: Mineralogy: a digital account,” published in the Science Museum Group Journal, 2019. The textual parts in the video are elusive, rhythmically relating to the work environment of extractive sites from which the main minerals used in our electronic devices are sourced, as well as to the large sales floors of digital appliances. Images were taken in Minas Gerais and Switzerland by Mabe Bethônico, but the video also includes content from her project “Museum of Public Concerns,” a visual archive compiled from multiple sources and contributors. These include a firefighter’s report, evaluating the Brumadinho disaster, images made by members of the Maxakali community from Minas Gerais, and photos made by inspectors from the Brazilian Ministry of Labour and Employment, among others. The narrative invites to reflect on the environmental and social ramifications of technological dependencies, reminding of the costs of convenience and innovation.