Spy Kiting

“Spy-Kites” are ordinary kites with wireless CCTV cameras attached. MediaShed members fly them over areas that are difficult to access or are restricted. The video footage is relayed to people on the ground to reveal a bizarre aerial “kites-eye-view” “Spy Kiting” began its first experiments at the SWS Music Festival in Rochford July 7th – 9th 2006. For the Enter_ festival in Cambridge in April 2007, Spy Kites flew by the domes in Parker’s Piece to get an aerial ‘spy-cam’ view of the festival activities. Following Enter_ we were invited to show Spy Kiting at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria 5-11 September 2007 and as a result it was featured in the documentary "Das Ende der Intimität" directed by Günter Kaindlstorfer and produced for the following TV stations: 3sat (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), ORF2 (Austria), Phoenix (Germany).

We’ve now made a short film about Spy Kiting.

and you can get find full instructions on how to make your own spy kite on the Gearbox website gearbox.mediashed.org