The Richard Flood Prairie Dog Meme!

by Art Fag City on March 29, 2010 · 75 comments Newswire

POST BY PADDY JOHNSON

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Editors note: If you’re having troubles viewing this video click here. Thx Man Bartlett!

Thanks to the New Museum’s Chief Curator Richard Flood for finally providing the art world with our own “the internet is a series of tubes” type comment. As reported by Hyperallergic’s Lisa Radon, Flood claims he only learned about blogs three months ago when various ethical conflicts at the Museum were being discussed about Skin Fruit (now on display). He proceeds to describe blogs like prairie dogs that sense movement, but aren’t communicating with each other.

I’m not going to bother discussing these thoughts — they’re too stupid. I do however sense a prairie dog meme coming on! Thx M.River!

{ 75 comments }

man March 29, 2010 at 7:21 pm

says the video is private. guess i’m not on the inside enough to see it? 🙁

man March 29, 2010 at 7:21 pm

says the video is private. guess i’m not on the inside enough to see it? 🙁

man March 29, 2010 at 3:21 pm

says the video is private. guess i’m not on the inside enough to see it? 🙁

Kevin March 29, 2010 at 7:23 pm

When I try to play the video it says it’s private and I have to “accept the viewer’s friend request”.

Kevin March 29, 2010 at 7:23 pm

When I try to play the video it says it’s private and I have to “accept the viewer’s friend request”.

Kevin March 29, 2010 at 7:23 pm

When I try to play the video it says it’s private and I have to “accept the viewer’s friend request”.

Kevin March 29, 2010 at 3:23 pm

When I try to play the video it says it’s private and I have to “accept the viewer’s friend request”.

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:31 pm

Oops! Should be fine to watch now. Thanks for the heads up!

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:31 pm

Oops! Should be fine to watch now. Thanks for the heads up!

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:31 pm

Oops! Should be fine to watch now. Thanks for the heads up!

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:31 pm

Oops! Should be fine to watch now. Thanks for the heads up!

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Oops! Should be fine to watch now. Thanks for the heads up!

Greg March 29, 2010 at 7:34 pm

Still not fine up in here

Greg March 29, 2010 at 7:34 pm

Still not fine up in here

Greg March 29, 2010 at 7:34 pm

Still not fine up in here

Greg March 29, 2010 at 3:34 pm

Still not fine up in here

c-mon March 29, 2010 at 7:35 pm

i reloaded the page and it’s still not working…

c-mon March 29, 2010 at 7:35 pm

i reloaded the page and it’s still not working…

c-mon March 29, 2010 at 3:35 pm

i reloaded the page and it’s still not working…

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 7:46 pm

not working, says removed by user.

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 7:46 pm

not working, says removed by user.

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 3:46 pm

not working, says removed by user.

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:49 pm

I removed the video and re-uploaded it with the new setting. Works?

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:49 pm

I removed the video and re-uploaded it with the new setting. Works?

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 7:49 pm

I removed the video and re-uploaded it with the new setting. Works?

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 3:49 pm

I removed the video and re-uploaded it with the new setting. Works?

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 7:53 pm

nope :/

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 7:53 pm

nope :/

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 7:53 pm

nope :/

gaby c March 29, 2010 at 3:53 pm

nope :/

ann tracy March 29, 2010 at 7:55 pm

works now

ann tracy March 29, 2010 at 3:55 pm

works now

c-mon March 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm

now it says that “the video you have requested is not available”

c-mon March 29, 2010 at 3:56 pm

now it says that “the video you have requested is not available”

man March 29, 2010 at 8:07 pm

Will be available here once “processed” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFg-9Me1lY

At the moment I’m able to see it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/artfagcity#p/a/u/0/9tFg-9Me1lY

man March 29, 2010 at 4:07 pm

Will be available here once “processed” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFg-9Me1lY

At the moment I’m able to see it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/artfagcity#p/a/u/0/9tFg-9Me1lY

Nick Fortunato March 29, 2010 at 8:08 pm

Is this some scam to get us to watch Matthew Barney videos? 😉

Nick Fortunato March 29, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Is this some scam to get us to watch Matthew Barney videos? 😉

tom moody March 29, 2010 at 9:57 pm

Besides being stuck in 1993, Flood is metaphor-challenged. Per Wikipedia prairie dogs (i)are social animals, (iii) employ a complex form of communication that involves barks and rhythmic chirps (iii) use their dichromatic color vision to detect predators from a far distance and then alert other prairie dogs to the danger with a special, high-pitched call. Con Slobodchikoff and others assert that prairie dogs use a sophisticated system of vocal communication to describe specific predators. Prairie dogs also trim the vegetation around their colonies, perhaps to remove any cover for predators. Their burrows generally contain several routes of escape.

tom moody March 29, 2010 at 9:57 pm

Besides being stuck in 1993, Flood is metaphor-challenged. Per Wikipedia prairie dogs (i)are social animals, (iii) employ a complex form of communication that involves barks and rhythmic chirps (iii) use their dichromatic color vision to detect predators from a far distance and then alert other prairie dogs to the danger with a special, high-pitched call. Con Slobodchikoff and others assert that prairie dogs use a sophisticated system of vocal communication to describe specific predators. Prairie dogs also trim the vegetation around their colonies, perhaps to remove any cover for predators. Their burrows generally contain several routes of escape.

tom moody March 29, 2010 at 5:57 pm

Besides being stuck in 1993, Flood is metaphor-challenged. Per Wikipedia prairie dogs (i)are social animals, (iii) employ a complex form of communication that involves barks and rhythmic chirps (iii) use their dichromatic color vision to detect predators from a far distance and then alert other prairie dogs to the danger with a special, high-pitched call. Con Slobodchikoff and others assert that prairie dogs use a sophisticated system of vocal communication to describe specific predators. Prairie dogs also trim the vegetation around their colonies, perhaps to remove any cover for predators. Their burrows generally contain several routes of escape.

Howard Halle March 29, 2010 at 11:20 pm

I strenuously object to Richard Flood comparing Jerry’s activities on Facebook to Benito Mussolini. Everyone knows it’s more David Koresh or Jim Jones!

Howard Halle March 29, 2010 at 11:20 pm

I strenuously object to Richard Flood comparing Jerry’s activities on Facebook to Benito Mussolini. Everyone knows it’s more David Koresh or Jim Jones!

Howard Halle March 29, 2010 at 7:20 pm

I strenuously object to Richard Flood comparing Jerry’s activities on Facebook to Benito Mussolini. Everyone knows it’s more David Koresh or Jim Jones!

Zachary Adam Cohen March 29, 2010 at 11:45 pm

I have yet to be offered kool aid howard…my white shoes are spit-polished, Beam me up scotty!

Zachary Adam Cohen March 29, 2010 at 7:45 pm

I have yet to be offered kool aid howard…my white shoes are spit-polished, Beam me up scotty!

m.river March 29, 2010 at 11:48 pm

And thanks to you AFC.

Just to be clear, the youtube video above is not mine. I think I got the hat tip for posting the classic meme in Paddy’s facebook comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

Although, this one might have been a better choice for all us blog art nerds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiloZd1H4ow&feature=related

Anyhoo…

The New Museum is fine but it does seem to have growing pains. My guess is that it will take a few more years to get use to its new size and scope. In the meantime, raise them like you want to keep them.

And for Mr. Flood – the man is smart and knows art. So, let all of us Prairie Dogs dance and enjoy the LOLz but let us also remember to invite him and smart folks like him down into the interconnected warren for a look around. He just might be into what he sees. Who knows? He just might start digging networked tunnel of his own.

m.river March 29, 2010 at 7:48 pm

And thanks to you AFC.

Just to be clear, the youtube video above is not mine. I think I got the hat tip for posting the classic meme in Paddy’s facebook comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

Although, this one might have been a better choice for all us blog art nerds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiloZd1H4ow&feature=related

Anyhoo…

The New Museum is fine but it does seem to have growing pains. My guess is that it will take a few more years to get use to its new size and scope. In the meantime, raise them like you want to keep them.

And for Mr. Flood – the man is smart and knows art. So, let all of us Prairie Dogs dance and enjoy the LOLz but let us also remember to invite him and smart folks like him down into the interconnected warren for a look around. He just might be into what he sees. Who knows? He just might start digging networked tunnel of his own.

J DesForges March 29, 2010 at 11:59 pm

Truly, truly strange!! lol

J DesForges March 29, 2010 at 7:59 pm

Truly, truly strange!! lol

Mead McLean March 30, 2010 at 12:04 am

This is hilarious. It’s the perfect backlash from the blog discussion of Skin Fruit. It’s like the fruit was there on the table, and then he just gave us the chocolate fountain to dip it into. My day is so much better knowing that ignorance continues to provide the utmost hilarity.

Mead McLean March 29, 2010 at 8:04 pm

This is hilarious. It’s the perfect backlash from the blog discussion of Skin Fruit. It’s like the fruit was there on the table, and then he just gave us the chocolate fountain to dip it into. My day is so much better knowing that ignorance continues to provide the utmost hilarity.

Mark March 30, 2010 at 12:06 am

I am not sure the Steven Hawkings voice helps…

Mark March 30, 2010 at 12:06 am

I am not sure the Steven Hawkings voice helps…

Mark March 29, 2010 at 8:06 pm

I am not sure the Steven Hawkings voice helps…

greg,org March 30, 2010 at 2:33 am

but I’m sure the chocolate fountain visual does.

as does the Ted Stevens reference. The internet truly is a series of tubes–filled with prairie dogs.

greg,org March 29, 2010 at 10:33 pm

but I’m sure the chocolate fountain visual does.

as does the Ted Stevens reference. The internet truly is a series of tubes–filled with prairie dogs.

Art Fag City March 30, 2010 at 2:51 am

Yeah, I provide the full quote in the youtube description, but I think it would have been better a little less Steven Hawking-y and with subtitles. I suppose I could redo it, but I’m no imovie expert so this took more time than I’d like to admit.

Art Fag City March 30, 2010 at 2:51 am

Yeah, I provide the full quote in the youtube description, but I think it would have been better a little less Steven Hawking-y and with subtitles. I suppose I could redo it, but I’m no imovie expert so this took more time than I’d like to admit.

Art Fag City March 29, 2010 at 10:51 pm

Yeah, I provide the full quote in the youtube description, but I think it would have been better a little less Steven Hawking-y and with subtitles. I suppose I could redo it, but I’m no imovie expert so this took more time than I’d like to admit.

Joey Veltkamp March 30, 2010 at 4:18 am

I just really cannot believe he just found out about blogs. That’s shocking.

Joey Veltkamp March 30, 2010 at 4:18 am

I just really cannot believe he just found out about blogs. That’s shocking.

Joey Veltkamp March 30, 2010 at 12:18 am

I just really cannot believe he just found out about blogs. That’s shocking.

Sarah Baker March 30, 2010 at 4:44 am

I would consider blog comments communicating more than in many other art realms so Whatever!

Sarah Baker March 30, 2010 at 4:44 am

I would consider blog comments communicating more than in many other art realms so Whatever!

Sarah Baker March 30, 2010 at 12:44 am

I would consider blog comments communicating more than in many other art realms so Whatever!

Mark Billy March 30, 2010 at 5:23 am

steven hawkings is a genius though you wouldn’t want that connection

Mark Billy March 30, 2010 at 5:23 am

steven hawkings is a genius though you wouldn’t want that connection

Mark Billy March 30, 2010 at 1:23 am

steven hawkings is a genius though you wouldn’t want that connection

martin March 30, 2010 at 5:31 am

like ALL blogs, or just artblogs? even the word ‘blog’?

martin March 30, 2010 at 5:31 am

like ALL blogs, or just artblogs? even the word ‘blog’?

martin March 30, 2010 at 1:31 am

like ALL blogs, or just artblogs? even the word ‘blog’?

CRR April 3, 2010 at 10:08 am

Richard is amazing, this just proves him more amazing.

CRR April 3, 2010 at 10:08 am

Richard is amazing, this just proves him more amazing.

CRR April 3, 2010 at 6:08 am

Richard is amazing, this just proves him more amazing.

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