On my way north to meet Laura and check out some potential screening sites. I often see this boat moored here under the cranes and keep meaning to look it up!?

The Floating Cinema is commissioning a new site specific work in partnership with the Live Art Development Agency. This performance or live event will engage with audiences on and/or off the vessel whilst moored or moving near a specific stretch of the canal in central London. This commission builds on the success of artist Ian Giles’ 2011 commission for the Floating Cinema, A Smaller Sound, A Bigger Crowd (documentation of which can be seen here).  

See the brief below for details and how to apply for this commission. 

The deadline for proposals is 9am on Tuesday 28 May. 

Just back from another great meeting at Turks Shipyard this morning with the team. Dorian has installed the webcam and things are starting onsite. Watch this space to see the boat build live from Turks in Kent! 

I've been busy building our custom webcam setup for the Floating Cinema, and wanted to check out how well it worked uploading images on the move, so decided to take it out for a test run in my car. Cue lots of strange looks from people wondering what I was doing.

For those interested in the technical details - the webcam set up is a Logitech USB webcam connected to a Raspberry Pi, with a USB 3G Modem for internet connectivity. The whole thing is stitched togehter using  Ruby/Gstreamer and some networking juju using OpenVPN, to provide remote access.

The final item will also have GPS attached to it, but for the coming weeks it's going to be mounted statically watching the ship build, so no need for all that. 

The whole thing is working pretty well, though my car USB power supply was a bit flakey so I didn't get that many good shots on the way (and the roads around the Lee Valley are a lot less interesting than the canal!)

After months of pursuing the possibilities of using the rusty but rather lovely old industrial hopper as the base for the Floating Cinema, and extensive interrogation, head scratching, number crunching (and the odd touch of procrastination) by structural engineers, marine surveyors, architects and boat-builders we’ve come to the conclusion that it just ain’t going to float.....

So, it’s been back to the drawing board for the architects, onwards with the quest for a new solution, and extensive research into boatyards to test the feasibility of building a brand new Floating Cinema from scratch. It’s been a nail-biting time, but we’re back on track with a slightly revised design, and a new plan!

We are delighted to announce that film maker Oonagh Kearney has won our Floating Cinema Short Doc commission - congratulations Oonagh! This short documentary film will be screened at the launch of the Floating Cinema later on this summer.

Morre information about Oonagh's winning film proposal and screenings coming soon. 

www.oonaghkearney.com

Many thanks to BRITDOC Foundation for all their support with the selection process. 

The Floating Cinema is inviting inventive proposals from UK & International filmmakers for a short documentary (up to 20mins) that freely interprets the Floating Cinema 2013 theme of 'Extra-Ordinary'. 

This prestigious commission will premiere at the London launch of the Floating Cinema in late June 2013. The successful project will be selected by a panel comprising representatives of BRITDOC Foundation, UP Projects and directors Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope (Somewhere) 

For details of how to apply are in the PDF below.

The deadline has been extended to 4pm Tuesday 26 March. 

We're looking for an extra-ordinary Events Manager to help us deliver our summer porgramme. For the full job description and details of how to apply download the document below.