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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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'''AAAAARG''' (originally AAARG, the acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group [https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/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.
  
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
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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.
 
* [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.
  
==Essays and interviews==
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==Essays, interviews and statements==
* 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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* Julian Myers, [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.
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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.  
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
 
* 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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* [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://aaaaarg.fail/ref/4f0d019f9ee99054503c2410fafeb71b#0.01 ARG]. Conducted via email in Jul/Aug 2013. [http://k-verlag.com/?section=books&tag=3-commonplace-books]
 
* [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://aaaaarg.fail/ref/4f0d019f9ee99054503c2410fafeb71b#0.01 ARG]. Conducted via email in Jul/Aug 2013. [http://k-verlag.com/?section=books&tag=3-commonplace-books]
 
* 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].
 
* 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].
* 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.
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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.
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* Cornelia Sollfrank, [http://vimeo.com/60889535 "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.
 
* 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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* 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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* Jonathan Basile, [https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/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, Felix Stalder, [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}}
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
* http://aaaaarg.fail/
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* [http://aaaaarg.fail/ Official website]
* http://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org/
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190314194229/http://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org/ About 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]
  
[[Category:Digital libraries]]
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[[Series:Shadow libraries]] [[Series:File sharing]] [[Series:Net culture]] [[Series:Digital libraries]]
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 15 April 2024

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.

Events[edit]

Essays, interviews and statements[edit]

Links[edit]