• 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
  • Uncategorized
  • Upstate New York and Allegheny River tours (1982-84)
  • video-storage
Skip to content

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)

Upstate New York and Allegheny River tours (1982-84)

Buffalo Courier

Assembly

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

Reflection

Slow Motor

Ithaca Grapevine