• Alice Underwater (1999-2002)
  • In the Beginning (1977-81)
  • Minetta Brook Event: Houston Blue Bayou (2006)
  • New Orleans’s Movies on the Mississippi (1985-86)
  • New York’s Waterfront Parks Tour (1986-91)
  • Rotterdam Oval Series (2003-04)
  • San Diego’s Sunset Cinema (1992-98)
  • slide-storage
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  • Upstate New York and Allegheny River tours (1982-84)
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The Floating Cinema

The Floating Cinema was a project of media artist, Jon Rubin, that emerged out of his interest in the effect that presentation context has on our response to media. The project took many forms over its 30-year life, from mysterious unannounced performances in small towns, to publicly promoted shows in major cities in the US and abroad.

Please explore the Floating Cinema project through the timeline window below.

You can reach Jon at: floater121@gmail.com

  • In the Beginning (1977-81)
  • Upstate New York and Allegheny River tours (1982-84)
  • New Orleans’s Movies on the Mississippi (1985-86)
  • New York’s Waterfront Parks Tour (1986-91)
  • San Diego’s Sunset Cinema (1992-98)
  • Alice Underwater (1999-2002)
  • Rotterdam Oval Series (2003-04)
  • Minetta Brook Event: Houston Blue Bayou (2006)

Author: okonno

Rotterdam

3D Rendering of proposed piece

Buffalo Courier

Assembly

Raising the Screen

Raising the screen

Assembly 2

Allegheny

Testing the screen on the Allegheny River

Sunset

Dual Screen

Can You Help Me

Lights on the Water

News clips 2

https://floatingcinema.org/_resources/videos/VHS-002-optimized.mp4
Eleven-minute document of a weird tour of upstate New York

News clips

https://floatingcinema.org/_resources/videos/VHS-001-optimized.mp4
Floating Cinema Promotional News Clips

New Yorker

Waterfront Week

Guinness Book

Night & Day

Up Front

On the Water

Floating on a Pond in Vermont

Shored Up

Reflection

There Be Towers

Unraveling Sheets

Slow Motor

Placid Water

Barge departure

https://floatingcinema.org/_resources/videos/video3.mp4

Rotterdam 1

https://floatingcinema.org/_resources/videos/video2.mp4

Rotterdam video 2

https://floatingcinema.org/_resources/videos/video1.mp4

video3

https://floatingcinema.org/_resources/videos/VHS-002-optimized.mp4

video1

https://floatingcinema.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/floating.m4v

Hollywood Stars

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Rotterdam Postcard

Ludlow Street Cinema

Rhode Island School of Design

Art in Public Places

Parks Department 2

Parks Department 1

The Jackie Robinson Story & more

Kid from Brooklyn promo

Minetta test

Ithaca Grapevine

NY Times, On the Waterfront

Star Phoenix, Saskatchewan

St. Paul Metro

Washington Times

Drowning?

Walking Fish

Alone

A Friend?

Rotterdam Dagblad

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