performative
Speech parts
1. performative - Noun
2. performative - Adjective
Meaning
(philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said.
Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage.
Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.
Examples (linguistics)
performative (plural performatives)
A performative utterance.
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I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.
To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.
According to Newton, the mural is not about performative activism, it’s about supporting Black art.
A Humber College graduate, Scarlett has a degree in Public Relations, but always wanted to do something more artistic and performative.
As you walk throughout the exhibition space, the performative aspect is apparent in videos that show De Nieves performing with his art-rock band, Hairbone, and in collaborative pieces performed with various artists and musicians.
Nevertheless, although he was working primarily in photography, he remained committed to the idea of the 'performative', continuing to 'provoke' audiences through numerous performances, workshops and lecture-performances.