Sammendrag
Today, widespread use of digital technologies transform cultural forms, among them leisure and art. This article analyzes nine creative, political enactments on the ground, communicated on the Internet. Five are rooted in the vitality and freedom of leisure, and four spring from the dedicated work of professional artists. The techniques applied in all of these actions are knitting/crocheting, allowing crowd production and crowd financing. Amateurs seem to experience less strain and more sociability in this type of activism than professionals do. Their efforts may be modest and imbued with individual gratification, but those who take part are nevertheless able to move among “peers,” announce a project, share in the construction of a political space, and likely to bring this positive experience to future civic/political involvements. The article’s proposition is that the digital turn has opened a participatory political potential growing directly out of pleasurable, everyday leisure.