Each exercise scrutinises the public - private borderline of post-9/11 daily life in a climate where the ethic of surveillance is in the ascendancy and the development of its technologies in overdrive.

exercise # 7

June 2008: Mapping CCTV in Whitehall.

exercise # 6

February 20st, 2005: Discussion Group and workshop at Public Art In(ter)vention, Chiang Mai, Thailand

exercise # 5

Who Is Watching The Watchmen? , post11/9 T-Shirt collection (2004). Available from ambient.publishing

exercise # 4

The Appropriation. a short film based on CCTV footage requested under the data protection act. This exercise led to the Manifesto for CCTV filmmakers and the sci-fi movie FACELESS

exercise # 3

May-June 2003: Workshop at the E-Media Centre of the Eesti Kunsti Akadeemia (Tallinn, Estonia)
Students produce 3 movies shot with a wireless mini-CCTV camera and display them on electronic billboards in public space

exercise # 2

31 Jan 2003: The Spy School exercise # 2 was shown in Hull, as projection in public space and on Kingston cable television, as one of the SPEECHLESS commissions.

exercise # 1

20 Nov 2002: At the occasion of VideZone, the first video art biennale in Israel, The Spy School traveled to Tel Aviv to intervene at the opening night at the Digital Art Lab .

The Spy School # exercise 1- a party intervention piece by ambientTV.NET with Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel, Michel Uwemedimo, Gavin Starks and Jaromil.

Manu also conducted interviews with Galit Eilat, Digital Art Lab; Ronni Shendar, Alternative Information Centre; Momo, Indymedia]

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