Laurie Piña is the Exhibitions & Marketing Coordinator at Digital Gym Cinema, owned and operated by the nonprofit Media Arts Center San Diego. Her role encompasses managing social media, co-managing print traffic, designing promotional materials, curating supplementary programming, and spearheading outreach efforts to develop community partnership screenings.
Since joining the team in 2023, she has curated several one-off repertory screenings, launched partnership screenings, developed & designed a Japanese horror series, and co-curated a Science on Screen® Grant series.
Wired Nightmares: Japanese Horror 1989-2003
A series featuring five directors who redefined Japanese horror. From cursed technology and deadly obsessions to unnerving bodily transformations and identity-shattering entities, each film weaves together the anxieties of a hyper-connected society with the terror of the unknown. Explore the intersection of Japan’s rich folklore and modern fears surrounding technological advancement & urban alienation with: Satoshi Kon’s PERFECT BLUE (1997), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CURE (1997), Hideo Nakata’s RINGU (1998), Shinya Tsukamoto’s TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989), and Takashi Miike’s ONE MISSED CALL (2003).
R: Wired Nightmares All-Access Pass front and back designs by Marlo Reyes with logo text treatment by Aaron Pretty & series handbill designed by Laurie Piña.
October 2024.
Particle FM Presents
An ongoing collaborative film series co-presented by community Internet radio station Particle FM. A station resident creates a special broadcast inspired by the music in the film presented at Digital Gym Cinema.
Listen back to past broadcasts: Run Lola Run with Atrevido | Groove with Noah Chase | The Doom Generation with Laurie Piña
L: Illustration & flyer design for Digital Gym Cinema’s collaboration with Particle FM.
June 2024 - Present.
Science on Screen® : Dissecting Visions of Identity & Care in the Future
Co-curated a 4-part film series made possible by the Sloan Foundation’s Science on Screen® initiative, with Former Artistic Director/Current Director of Development Moisés Esparza. Each film is used as a launchpad for discussions led by experts in the world of science and technology. The series evaluated how cinema’s interpretation of the future frames humankind within intersections of surveillance, race, healthcare, identity, and A.I. advancements. Our focus was on how the technological advancements presented in these films have implications for present day systemic injustices.
Read more about the films & the topics presented by guest speakers below.
CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006): Embodied struggle: Women, migration, and the struggle for safety
TEKNOLUST (Lynne Hershman-Leeson, 2002): Personal encryptions: Performing identity and sexuality IRL in URL
CODED BIAS (Shalini Kantayya, 2020): Under their eye: Who truly benefits from the bias of mass surveillance?
SAFE (Todd Haynes, 1995): It’s all in your head: Medical gaslighting in women’s health
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R: Series handbill design.
May 2023.
Various Promotional Material Designs
On-screen slides, handbills, social media, etc. 2023 - Present.