Rui Torres

Person
Residency: 
Oporto
Portugal
PT
Nationality: 
Portugal
PT
Portugal
PT
Born: 
1973
Record Status: 
Short biography: 

Rui Torres holds a Ph.D. in Luso-Brazilian Literature (UNC -Chapel Hill, USA, 2002), was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Foundation for Science and Technology (COS - PUC-SP, Brazil, 2005-07), and has Habilitation in Information Sciences - Multimedia Studies (UFP, Porto, 2013).

Professor of Communication Sciences at University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), teaching seminars for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in semiotics, literature and hypermedia. Visiting Professor in M.A. programmes of the NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal), University of Santiago de Compostela and Granada (Spain), UNAM (Mexico) and University of Tallinn (Estonia). Lecturer in the Erasmus Intensive Program in European Digital Literatures at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).

Director of the book series Cibertextualidades (UFP Press) and co-editor of the Electronic Literature Series (Bloomsbury Publishing). Member of several editorial boards and scientific committees of academic Journals and Conferences.

Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors of the ELO-Electronic Literature Organization.

Integrated Member of ICNOVA - NOVA Institute of Communication. Principal Investigator of PO.EX'70-80: Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Literature (2010-13); and PO.EX CD-ROM: Portuguese Experimental Poetry, Books and Catalogs (2005-08).

Works by this author:

Work title Publication Type Year
PoemAds - Sob o signo da devoração Published on the Web (individual site) 2011
8 Brincadeiras para Salette Tavares Exhibited at gallery or event, Published on the Web (individual site) 2010
Do Peso e da Leveza Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site) 2009
Streamflow conditions Exhibited at gallery or event, Published on the Web (individual site) 2009
Um Corvo Nunca Mais Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site) 2009
Amor de Clarice (v. 2). Versão Combinatória Published on the Web (individual site) 2008
Húmus poema contínuo Presented at conference or festival, Published on disc, CD, or DVD, Published on the Web (individual site) 2008
Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site) 2008
Poemário - Editor de poesia combinatória Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site) 2008
Poemas no meio do caminho Published on disc, CD, or DVD, Published on the Web (individual site), Published on the Web (online journal) 2008
Amor-mundo, ou a vida, esse sonho triste Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site), Published on the Web (online journal) 2006
Amor-mundo, ou a vida, esse sonho triste (cn) Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site) 2006
Poemas encontrados Published on the Web (individual site) 2006
Amor de Clarice Published on disc, CD, or DVD, Published on the Web (online journal) 2005
Amor de Clarice Published on the Web (individual site) 2005
Mar de Sophia Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site) 2004
Tema procura-se Published on the Web (individual site) 2004

Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Publisher Yearsort descending
Sustentabilidade e entropia na geração textual variacional: PoemAds - sob o signo da devoração Article in an online journal Texto Digital 2012
Po-Ex archive and Exhibition Possibilities Conference paper or presentation 2012
Textualidades em Mídias Digitais: Estéticas Intermídia e Ciberliteratura - Apresentação dos Organizadores Article in an online journal Texto Digital 2012
Das Cantigas como Processos Combinatórios: Protótipo de um Trabalho de Geração Textual e Intertextual a Partir da Poesia dos Cancioneiros e de Releitura de Salette Tavares Article in an online journal Texto Digital 2012
“The Dead Must be Killed Once Again”: Plagiotropia as Critical Literary Practice Article in an online journal Electronic Book Review (ebr) 2012
Arquivos Digitais e Literatura Experimental: Pressupostos e Constrangimentos Article or chapter in a book Peter Lang 2012
Do Texto Digital ao Cibertexto: Percursos de Escrileitura Article or chapter in a book Edições Afrontamento 2013
Entrevista a Rui Torres Interview 2013
Electronic Publishing Models for Experimental Literature Article in an online journal Edições UFP 2013
Poesia Experimental e Ciberliteratura: por uma literatura marginal izada? Invited lecture 2013
p2p: Polish-Portuguese E-Lit Anthology of creative work or online gallery 2015
CELL ROUNDTABLE - The Consortium for Electronic Literature Conference panel or roundtable 2015
Beyond the Screens: Transmediality in E-literature Conference panel or roundtable 2015
Archiving Roundtable Conference panel or roundtable 2015
O Experimentalismo como Invenção, Transgressão e Metamorfose: A PO.EX Revisitada Através de Po-ex.net Article in a print journal Colóquio/Letras 2016
'Húmus': Colagem; Montagem; Recombinação Article in an online journal eLyra - Revista da Rede Internacional Lyracompoetics 2016
P(r)o(bl)emas @ telePoesis > Práticas e Processos na Programação de Poesia Keynote address 2017
#ELRPROMO: ELO Conference 2017 “Afiliações, Traduções, Comunidades” Interview 2017
Curating Digital Archives: Interoperability and Appropriation @ PO-EX.NET Article or chapter in a book 2017
CELL Project Meeting Conference panel or roundtable 2018

Curator of:

Title City Country Date
Erasmus Intensive Program "European Digital Literatures" Madrid Spain June 25, 2012 to July 13, 2012
re:A-JS (deve ler-se reage-se) Oporto Portugal July 4, 2019 to September 8, 2019
Full Name: 
Rui Torres
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Patricia Tomaszek