So if something is performative, it doesn't have to necessarily be performed in, it just has to gesture at it or suggest that it could be performed but it also exists as its own thing. But its not necessarily without an audience and someone can still witness its performative qualities. even if its not being performed.
So does a performance have to have an audience? 'An act of presenting' - can you present something without an audience and it still be a performance? I think yes because if you perform a task or a function you don't have to do it in front of something. everyday tasks have to be performed but they don't have to be a performance unless you want it to be.
CONTEXT. Does the context allow us to see if something is performative or a performance? A costume hanging on rail is performative, but does seeing it on a body on a theatre stage makes it a performance? But is that the costume becoming the performance or is that just the body performing I wonder. The context of a place changes the meaning of the performance and the context can change whether or not a piece is performative or not. If one of my pieces was on the floor in a pile in a gallery it wouldn't look performative because there would not be a suggestion that it was wearable. However if it was hanging on a hook or on a rail it might be more suggestive that it could be worn which would make it performative.
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