Cynosure: guide & cheat sheet
Cynosure is created by Steffani Jemison and performed by / created with JaLeel Porcha and Andros Zins-Browne.
The performance is followed by a reading and lecture by Line Ajan.
Cynosure is presented as a partnership of Lafayette Anticipations and Centre Pompidou.
This guide contains:
a partial, non-exhaustive list of words that might appear in Cynosure.
Over
Under
On top of
Below
Hovered
Carried
No way out but through
Hidden
Tucked away
Exposure
Implosion
Famine
Feast
Parents
Andros
JaLeel
Steffani
Youth
Age
Ancestors
Death
Reincarnation
Icarus
Daedelus
Hickory dickory dock
Tick tock
Colored People’s Time
Too late
Never enough
Side by side
Conjoined
Disjointed
Fractured
On guard
Supported
On your own
Partnership
Down
Up
Prepare
House music
Classical music
Hip hop
Vanilla Ice
Eminem
Tupac
Biggie Smalls
Tiny Tim
Mary J. Blige
North star
Trailblazer
Fallen star
Worldmakers
Collapsed star
Shooting star
Dead star
Hans Solo
Lost in space
Drifting apart
Codependent
Interdependent
Trustworthy
Unbelievable
Forgivable
Forgettable
Lovable
Hateable
Trustable
Untrustworthy
Fuckable
Fugly
Los Angeles
Down South
Miami, Florida
The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Will Smith
Clarence Thomas
The big one
Infinitesimal
Decimal point
Failure
Success
At a loss
Teamwork
Solo
As above, so below
Six feet under
Heaven is a place on earth
God’s eye view
Inside out
Lost at sea
Swept away
Cast away
Migration
Naturalization
Eugenics
Mutual understanding
Ebonics
Pig Latin
I don’t know it
I always knew it
I never got it
Top - the highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.
Intrinsic / absolute top - the absolute highest possible point, part or surface of something.
Environmental top - the highest point of something relative to a certain context.
Above - In a higher place or position than something
Bottom - the lowest point of something.
Intrinsic / absolute bottom - The absolute lowest point, part or surface of something
Environmental bottom - the lowest point of something relative to a certain context.
Below - In a lower place or position than something
Front - the most forward part of something.
In front of - In a position ahead of something else.
Facing - Positioned with the face or front toward.
Back - The rear surface of something
Behind - Positioned in the back of something. Following.
Left side - The side of the body opposite the right, or the corresponding side of an object.
Left / to the left of - Next to something in the direction of the left.
Right side - The side of the body opposite the left , or the corresponding side of an object
Right / to the right of - Next to something in the direction of the right.
Beside - At the side of, next to.
Adjacent - Next to or adjoining something.
Canonical position - A fixed and permanent position [of an object] that is not affected by how things around it move.
Provisional / temporary / contingent position - A location that is not fixed, or that is in relation to other objects.
Touch - To be in physical contact with something.
Cover - To put something on top of– especially in order to protect or conceal.
Anterior - in front of something.
Posterior - to the back of something
Dorsal - the back or upper side of something. Upper is defined as in opposition to lower.
Ventral - the front or lower side of something. Lower is defined as the direction in which an object moves in relation to the earth when allowed to fall freely.
Proximal - Nearest to the self.
Distal - Further away from the self.
Circumferential - Something that surrounds.
Tangential - Deviating off from something else, not to return.
Parallel - Moving in line along side of, but never touching something else.
Orthogonal - Intersect something else at a right angle.
Cranial (toward head) - Describes how close something is to an organism’s head.
Caudal (toward feet) - Describes how close something is to the trailing end of an organism.
Superior - Above or closer to the head.
Inferior - Below or closer to the feet.
Medial - To the center of. Closer to the middle, towards the medial plane.
Lateral - To the sides of.