Licensed in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature. Currently studying narrative and video games. Multidisciplinary artist. Critic. Actor.
Eduardo Ruiz de Aguiar
Originally, a science student aimed at biology. I experienced an existential crisis months before university and decided to carry on humanities instead. I have always loved literature. As a child, I developed my own blog (please don’t judge it by today’s standards🙈).
I have completed a degree in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the Complutense University of Madrid. I did specialize in creative writing. I have a particular fondness for lyric poetry and theatre. I am currently working on a collection of poems and a few dramatic works.
I have started a literary divulgation project! For more information, I recommend you to visit my Youtube channel: Pato literato. Also, you can always attend one of my lectures.
My other passion is video game media. I am trying to merge both fields into a single path, enthusiastically studying narrative design and video game theory.
I am also an actor. I have participated in four plays, in one of which I was the Set Design Assistant. Currently, I am part of the UCM’s Laboratory of Performative Techniques.
I define myself as a ‘multidisciplinary artist’ because ‘humanist’ doesn’t sound that posh. I have a passion for art in its variety of mediums. I have some knowledge in photography, painting, and other audiovisual disciplines.
Languages
Native Spanish
Fluid English
Basic- Intermediate French
Basic- Intermediate Arabic
Studies
Degree in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature; Complutense University of Madrid(2017 – 2022)
Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games; Domestika (2022)
Course on Video Game Script Writing; CBA/ UC3M (2022)
Master’s degree in Narrative Design and Game Studies; King Juan Carlos University (2022 – 2023)
Attendance at the Second International Congress of DiGRASpain (2023)
Seminar on Video Games Narrative Design Through its Mechanics and Aesthetics; University of Vigo (2023)
Lectures given
Mesopotamia: the oldest literature
- Cultural Centre ‘Torito‘ (28-6-23).
- Complutense University of Madrid (19-9-23): lecture given in the subject ‘World Literature & Canon’.
- Cultural Centre ‘Casa de Vacas’ (12-12-23).
- Municipal Public Library ‘David Gistau‘ (24-4-24).
Texts in other media
Nihilismo cúbico. ‘Marabunta’ Magazine.
Video games/ interactive fictions
Golondrinas en el frente. Microgame developed for the 5th edition of the «Open Culture» gamejam.
Knibal. Interactive fiction developed for the master’s degree in Narrative Design and Game Studies.
Theatrical experience (gallery)
Actor in Divinas Criaturas del agua
(XXIII UCM University Theater Competition; 2019)
Dramaturgy and direction by Alicia Esteban Santos. Staging by Homérica. Part of a UCM innovation project.
Mythological drama. I played Oceanus: father of the oceanids, a strict titan; and Peleus: young prince of the Myrmidons in search of his beloved (Thetis).
Links:
Actor in Gula
(October 2019- March 2020)
Dramaturgy and direction by María Enriqueta García Posada. Scene belonging to the collective work of Los 7 Pecados Capitales, represented in the private space of Escena 17.
Costumbrist comedy and experimental theater. I played a collegue student flatmate that only wants to watch his favourite film with friends.
Link.
Set Design Assistant in La coartada
(September 2020- February 2021)
Dramaturgy by Christy Hall and direction by Bernabé Rico. Set design by Juan Sanz Ballesteros. Private production made by Txalo. It has been on tour in Spain for more than a year and for a month at the famous Teatro de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
Psychological thriller. My role was primarily technical, organizational, and administrative, with a special focus on selecting and processing furniture and other equipment, as well as in the setup during the initial performances.
Links:
- Txalo webpage.
- Teatro de Bellas Artes de Madrid webpage.
- Critique written in Culturamas.
- Critique written in ABC.
Actor in Y heredarás la tierra
(April 2022- June 2022)
Dramaturgy by Sergio Altorre and direction by Juan Claudio Burgos. Part of the UCM’s (Complutense University of Madrid) Laboratory of Performative Techniques. Successful premiere at Casa de Vacas (Parque del Retiro, Madrid). Performances at other cultural centres and in the auditorium of the UCM’s Faculty of Philology.
Experimental and postdramatic theater. I played Abel: a tormented young man, both a victim and a weapon of war, teetering between madness and redemption.
Links:
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