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'''Aaaaarg''' is an online text repository. It was created by the artist [[Sean Dockray]] and serves as a library for [[The Public School]], a framework supporting autodidact activities. Aaaaarg has grown into a community of researchers and enthusiasts from contemporary art, critical theory, philosophy, and related fields who maintain, catalog, annotate and run discussions relevant to their research interests.
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<onlyinclude>[[Image:The Public School LA 2010.jpg|thumb|350px|The Public School, Los Angeles, 2010.]]
  
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==Events==
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'''AAAAARG''' (originally AAARG, the acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group [https://www.guernicamag.com/jonathan-basile-whos-afraid-of-aaarg/]) is an online text repository. It was created by the artist [[Sean Dockray]] and serves as a library for [[The Public School]], a framework supporting autodidact activities. Aaaaarg has grown into a community of researchers and enthusiasts from contemporary art, critical theory, philosophy, and related fields who maintain, catalog, annotate and run discussions relevant to their research interests.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120413220010/http://thepublicschool.org/thereisnothinglesspassive/thantheactoffleeing.html There is nothing less passive than the act of fleeing...], itinerant seminar organised by Sean Dockray, Caleb Waldorf and Fiona Whitton, Berlin, 4-18 July 2010. [http://thepublicschool.org/node/26941]
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* [http://fillip.ca/content/browsing-the-aaaarg-library AAAARG Library], a site-specific installation, in conjunction with the the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, Fall 2010.
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===Essays, interviews and statements===
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* David Elliott, [http://hadto.net/writing/public-school-interview/ "Interview with Sean Dockray / The Public School"], c.May 2009. {{en}}
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* Julian Myers, Sean Dockray, [https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2009/08/four-dialogues-2-on-aaaarg/ "Four Dialogues 2: On AAAARG"], ''Open Space'' blog, San Francisco: SFMOMA, 26 Aug 2009. {{en}}
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* [[Janneke Adema]], [https://openreflections.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/scanners-collectors-and-aggregators-on-the-%E2%80%98underground-movement%E2%80%99-of-pirated-theory-text-sharing/ "Scanners, collectors and aggregators. On the ‘underground movement’ of (pirated) theory text sharing"], ''Open Reflections'' blog, Sep 2009. {{en}}
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* Morgan Currie, [http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2010/01/05/small-is-beautiful-a-discussion-with-aaaarg-architect-sean-dockray/ "Small is Beautiful: a discussion with AAAARG architect Sean Dockray"], ''Masters of Media'' blog, University of Amsterdam, 5 Jan 2010. {{en}}
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* [[Sean Dockray]], [[Matteo Pasquinelli]], Jason Smith and Caleb Waldorf (The Public School Los Angeles), [http://web.archive.org/web/20170523052416/http://journalment.org/article/there-nothing-less-passive-act-fleeing "There is Nothing Less Passive Than the Act of Fleeing"], ''...ment'' 1, 2010, [[Media:Dockray_Pasquinelli_Smith_Waldorf_2010_There_is_Nothing_Less_Passive_than_the_Act_of_Fleeing.pdf|PDF]]. {{en}}
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* Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu, [http://mitochondrialvertigo.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/the-aaaar-org-discussion-of-the-macmillan-threat/ "The AAAARG.org Discussion of the Macmillan Threat"], ''Mitochondrial Vertigo'' blog, Apr 2010. {{en}}
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* Vivian Ziherl, [https://unprojects.org.au/article/the-future-and-the-public-school/ "The Future And The Public School. Interview"], ''un. Magazine'' 4:2, 2010, pp 22-26, [[Media:Ziherl Dockray 2010 The_Future_and_The_Public_School.pdf|PDF]]. {{en}}
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* Randall Szott, [http://web.archive.org/web/20120319170622/http://127prince.org/2010/10/04/sean-dockray-interview-by-randall-szott/ "Sean Dockray Interview"], ''127 Prince'', 4 Oct 2010. {{en}}
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* Marcus Boon, [http://inpraiseofcopying.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/uploading-my-book-to-aaaaarg-org/ "Uploading My Book to AAAAARG.ORG"], ''In Praise of Copying'' blog, 15 Oct 2010. {{en}}
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* Matthew Fuller, [http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/paradise-too-many-books-interview-sean-dockray "In the Paradise of Too Many Books: An Interview with Sean Dockray"], ''Mute'', London, 4 May 2011. {{en}}
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* Jeff Khonsary, [http://fillip.ca/content/browsing-the-aaaarg-library "Browsing the AAAARG Library"], ''Fillip'' 13, Spring 2011. {{en}}
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* [Federico Campagna], [http://monoskop.org/images/d/dd/Auto_Italia_eds_We_Have_Our_Own_Concept_of_Time_and_Motion.pdf#page=9 "Interview with AAAAARG.org"], in ''We Have Our Own Concept of Time and Motion'', eds. Auto Italia, 2011, pp 17-18. [http://autoitaliasoutheast.org/blog/news/project/we-have-our-own-concept-of-time-and-motion/] {{en}}
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* [http://www.k-verlag.com/EX/EX-LIBRIS_CommonplaceBooks_ISBN-978-0-9877949-6-3-DigitalEdition.pdf "Partials That Can Circulate. Sean Dockray, Founder of Aaarg.org Interviewed by Charles Stankievitch"], in ''Ex Libris: Commonplace Books'', Berlin: K. Verlag, 2013, pp 1-2. Conducted via email in Jul/Aug 2013. [http://k-verlag.com/?section=books&tag=3-commonplace-books] {{en}}
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* Sean Dockray, [http://academia.edu/10386709 "Openings and Closings"], in ''Contestations: Learning From Critical Experiments in Education'', eds. Tim Ivison and Tom Vandeputte, Bedford Press, 2013. [http://x-traonline.org/article/rethinking-pedagogical-aesthetics/ Commentary by Jacqueline Bell]. {{en}}
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* Jodi Dean, Sean Dockray, Alessandro Ludovico, Pauline van Mourik, Broekman, Nicholas Thoburn and Dmitry Vilensky, [https://chtodelat.org/b9-texts-2/vilensky/materialities-of-independent-publishing-a-conversation-with-aaaaarg-chto-delat-i-cite-mute-and-neural/ "Materialities of Independent Publishing: A Conversation with AAAAARG, Chto Delat?, I Cite, Mute, and Neural"], ''New Formations'' 78 (Aug 2013), pp 157-178. {{en}}
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* Cornelia Sollfrank, [https://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH/dockray.html "Expanded Appropriation"], video interview with Sean Dockray including transcription and introduction, part of ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH Giving What You Don't Have]'', 2013. {{en}}
  
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==Essays and interviews==
 
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* Julian Myers, [http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/08/four-dialogues-2-on-aaaarg/ "Four Dialogues 2: On AAAARG"], ''Open Space'' blog, San Francisco: SFMOMA, 26 Aug 2009.
 
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* Morgan Currie, [http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2010/01/05/small-is-beautiful-a-discussion-with-aaaarg-architect-sean-dockray/ "Small is Beautiful: a discussion with AAAARG architect Sean Dockray"], ''Masters of Media'' blog, University of Amsterdam, 5 Jan 2010.
 
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* Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu, [http://mitochondrialvertigo.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/the-aaaar-org-discussion-of-the-macmillan-threat/ "The AAAARG.org Discussion of the Macmillan Threat"], ''Mitochondrial Vertigo'' blog, Apr 2010.
 
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* Randall Szott, [http://web.archive.org/web/20120319170622/http://127prince.org/2010/10/04/sean-dockray-interview-by-randall-szott/ "Sean Dockray Interview"], ''127 Prince'', 4 Oct 2010.
 
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* Marcus Boon, [http://inpraiseofcopying.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/uploading-my-book-to-aaaaarg-org/ "Uploading My Book to AAAAARG.ORG"], ''In Praise of Copying'' blog, 15 Oct 2010.
 
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* Matthew Fuller, [http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/paradise-too-many-books-interview-sean-dockray "In the Paradise of Too Many Books: An Interview with Sean Dockray"], ''Mute'', London, 4 May 2011.
 
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* Jeff Khonsary, [http://fillip.ca/content/browsing-the-aaaarg-library "Browsing the AAAARG Library"], ''Fillip'' 13 (Spring 2011).
 
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* [Federico Campagna], [http://monoskop.org/images/d/dd/Auto_Italia_eds_We_Have_Our_Own_Concept_of_Time_and_Motion.pdf#page=9 "Interview with AAAAARG.org"], in ''We Have Our Own Concept of Time and Motion'', eds. Auto Italia, 2011, pp 17-18, [http://gr.aaaaarg.org/thing/51c58cf66c3a0edb0b760100 ARG]. [http://autoitaliasoutheast.org/blog/news/project/we-have-our-own-concept-of-time-and-motion/]
 
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* [http://www.k-verlag.com/EX/EX-LIBRIS_CommonplaceBooks_ISBN-978-0-9877949-6-3-DigitalEdition.pdf "Partials That Can Circulate. Sean Dockray, Founder of Aaarg.org Interviewed by Charles Stankievitch"], in ''Ex Libris: Commonplace Books'', Berlin: K. Verlag, 2013, pp 1-2, [http://gr.aaaaarg.org/ref/4f0d019f9ee99054503c2410fafeb71b#0.01 ARG]. Conducted via email in Jul/Aug 2013. [http://k-verlag.com/?section=books&tag=3-commonplace-books]
 
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* Sean Dockray, [http://academia.edu/10386709 "Openings and Closings"], in ''Contestations: Learning From Critical Experiments in Education'', eds. Tim Ivison and Tom Vandeputte, Bedford Press, 2013. [http://x-traonline.org/article/rethinking-pedagogical-aesthetics/ Commentary by Jacqueline Bell].
 
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* Jodi Dean, Sean Dockray, Alessandro Ludovico, Pauline van Mourik, Broekman, Nicholas Thoburn and Dmitry Vilensky, [http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/journals/newformations/pdfs/nf78Thoburnetal.pdf "Materialities of Independent Publishing: A Conversation with AAAAARG, Chto Delat?, I Cite, Mute, and Neural"], ''New Formations'' 78 (Aug 2013), pp 157-178.
 
 
* Pelle Snickars, [http://pellesnickars.se/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/snickars_publikationshack.pdf "Publikationshack"], in ''Universitetet som medium'', eds. Matts Lindström and Adam Wickberg Månsson, Stockholm: Mediehistoriskt arkiv, 2015, pp 9-46. {{sw}}
 
* Pelle Snickars, [http://pellesnickars.se/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/snickars_publikationshack.pdf "Publikationshack"], in ''Universitetet som medium'', eds. Matts Lindström and Adam Wickberg Månsson, Stockholm: Mediehistoriskt arkiv, 2015, pp 9-46. {{sw}}
  
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==Links==
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* Sean Dockray, Lawrence Liang, [http://supercommunity.e-flux.com/texts/sharing-instinct/ "Sharing Instinct: An Annotation of the Social Contract Through Shadow Libraries"], ''e-flux journal 56th Venice Biennale'', 14 Aug 2015. {{en}}
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* http://aaaaarg.org/
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* http://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org/
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* Sean Dockray, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSpgpYS0ex4 "What is the Relationship between Institutions and Counter-Institutions?"], ''Post Digital Cultures'' symposium, Lausanne, 5 Dec 2015. Video, 36 min. {{en}}
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* [http://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1601/threads.html "aaaaarg lawsuit digest"], ''Nettime'' list discussion, Jan 2016.
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* Jonathan Basile, [https://www.guernicamag.com/jonathan-basile-whos-afraid-of-aaarg/ "Who's Afraid of AAARG?"], ''Guernica'', 25 Aug 2016. {{en}}
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* Danny Butt, Scott McQuire, Nikos Papastergiadis, [http://sci-hub.st/10.1080/10304312.2016.1231777 "Platforms and Public Participation"], ''Continuum'', 2016, pp 1-10. {{en}}
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* Charles Stankievech, [[Media:Stankievech_Charles_2016_Letter_to_the_Superior_Court_of_Quebec_Regarding_Arg.org.pdf|"Letter to the Superior Court of Quebec Regarding Arg.org"]], in ''Fantasies of the Library'', eds. Anna-Sophie Springer and Etienne Turpin, MIT Press, 2016, pp 98-110. {{en}}
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* Cornelia Sollfrank, [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/the-practice-of-sharing-knowledge/ "The Practice of Sharing Knowledge, Interview with Sean Dockray"], Mar 2019, 28 min. Video. Conducted Oct 2017 at HEK, Zurich. Part of the [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/category/working-materials/interviews/ Creating Commons] project. {{en}}
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* [[Olga Goriunova]], [[Media:Goriunova Olga 2021 Uploading our Libraries The Subjects of Art and Knowledge Commons.pdf{{!}}"Uploading our Libraries: The Subjects of Art and Knowledge Commons"]], in ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=22865 Aesthetics of the Commons]'', eds. Cornelia Sollfrank, Felix Stalder and Shusha Niederberger, Zurich: diaphanes, Jan 2021, pp 41-61. {{en}}
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===Events===
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* [https://archives.betonsalon.net/the-public-school-paris.html The Public School (Paris)], series of seminars, Bétonsalon, Paris, September 2009-March 2011.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120413220010/http://thepublicschool.org/thereisnothinglesspassive/thantheactoffleeing.html There is nothing less passive than the act of fleeing...], roaming seminar organised by Sean Dockray, Caleb Waldorf and Fiona Whitton, Berlin, 4-18 July 2010. [http://thepublicschool.org/node/26941] [https://calebwaldorf.net/misc/tps/thereisnothinglesspassive/thantheactoffleeing.html]
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* [https://fillip.ca/content/browsing-the-aaaarg-library AAAARG Library], site-specific installation, in conjunction with the the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, Fall 2010.
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===Links===
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* [http://aaaaarg.fail/ Website]
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* [https://calebwaldorf.net/misc/tps/index.html The Public School meetings archive], 2009-2016
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190314194229/http://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org/ Aaaaarg on Memory of the World]
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* [https://twitter.com/Aaaarg Twitter]
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* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaaaarg Wikipedia-DE]
  
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The Public School, Los Angeles, 2010.

AAAAARG (originally AAARG, the acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group [1]) is an online text repository. It was created by the artist Sean Dockray and serves as a library for The Public School, a framework supporting autodidact activities. Aaaaarg has grown into a community of researchers and enthusiasts from contemporary art, critical theory, philosophy, and related fields who maintain, catalog, annotate and run discussions relevant to their research interests.

Essays, interviews and statements[edit]

  • Pelle Snickars, "Publikationshack", in Universitetet som medium, eds. Matts Lindström and Adam Wickberg Månsson, Stockholm: Mediehistoriskt arkiv, 2015, pp 9-46. (Swedish)

Events[edit]

  • AAAARG Library, site-specific installation, in conjunction with the the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, Fall 2010.

Links[edit]

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