Can Cardistry be a performance art? Yes it very well can be.
Then once again I have to ask who else is going to step up to the plate and do it? Everyone here talks a big game, but the proof is in the pudding.
And I've had this conversation before. The card specialists here at Theory 11 are all talk and no action. There's an easy way to prove me wrong, but none of them do it. Draven and visualartist are the only ones in this thread who have actually promised to get up and do something. I've had this conversation multiple times and this is the first time anyone has said they're actually going to go out and perform. That is so very sad. Everyone here is quick to claim that they're artists, but when actually asked to prove it, they call you names, accuse you of not understanding them, being a troll, or whatever and retreat back into the status quo of doing absolutely nothing. I can't be the only one who sees this as a problem.