The odyssey of a hard disk, the symbol of technological progress in data archiving, is captured exclusively on a traditional 16mm analog camera.

The experimental documentary by the Scottish artist Myles Painter is part of the multidisciplinary project focused on issues with long-term data storage, digital archives, and technology in the post-human era. An existential journey of the hard disk through the diverse English countryside is accompanied by the director’s interviews with biotechnologists, data scientists, developers, philosophers, and even his own partner. The film is completed by a website with the same name that provides further materials and gives it context through a vast archive of interviews, links, and new research.