This paper aims to explore some key areas that contribute to an extended vocabulary for ceramics with regards to the employment of clay and in particular its juxtaposition with the performative ‘other’. The notion of the performative ‘other’ references the developing spectacle of ‘non-ceramic’ medium employed by artists working within the ceramics field and one that is often evidenced, although not exclusively, through video, photography, digital-media and performance. These mediums and methods will be discussed through examples and theories aligned to art practice within the ceramics discourse.