Research no. 3: 100 02/18/10

When Hank Willis Thomas talked about making a list of 100 ideas he would like to do I thought it was a great idea. I tried to make one of my own, but got really stuck around 70. Paul suggested I make a list of 100 things the string can represent, in order to try and figure out what it is supposed to be, comment on.

1. Space

2. Time

3. Light, trace shapes of light

4. Shadow " "

5. Dimension

6. Walls

7. Bars

8. Gateways

9. Vortexes

10. Black Holes

11. Cages

12. Hallways

13. Prisms

14. Geometry

15. Pyramids

16. Staircases

17. Hallucinations

18. Trees

19. Legs

20. Cords

21. Wind movement

22. Structures

23. Door ways

24. Windows

25.  Blue prints

26. Road ways

27. Reflections

28. Vibrations

29. Sound

30. Speech bubbles

31. Wind socks

32. Growths

33. Voids

34. Holes

35. Directions

36. Frames

37. Containers

38. Blankets

39. Snakes

40. Villains

41. Cutting lines

42. Webs

43. Nets

44. String

45. Divisions

46. Barriers

47. Receding

48. Perspective

49. Armatures

50. Refractions

51. Graphs

52. Horizon lines

53. Terrain

54. Surface

55. Power Lines

56. Plants

57. Furniture

58.  Smoke

59. Grids

60. Windows

61. Illuminated space

62. Boundaries

63. Planes (not the flying kind)

64. View points

65. scaffolding

66. ladders

67. spot lights

68. roots

69. waterfalls

70. spokes

71. trajectories

72. echos

73. arches

74. plane paths

75.  latitude

76. maps

77. borders

78. road systems

79. veins

80. organ systems

81. viruses

82.  depth, appear as if under water, flooded

83.  eaves, holding up existing structures

84.  outlines

85. contour lines

86. texture, wood grain, wallpaper

87. room dividers...

88. silhouettes

89.compass, directions

90.  rivers

91. tunnels ala road runner coyote

92. communication

93. star trails

94. string theory

95. connections

96. timeline

97. storyline

98. progression

99. balance

100. tension 

Some of these end up as what the string can literally be a representation of, what it can take the form of, create the illusion of and some are ideas of what the string means.. what it represents, what it can be a symbol for.