From a critical reformulation of the ?machine? concept developed byphilosophers Gilles Deleuze and F?lix Guattari in the wake of May ?68in France, the research and exhibition machinations brings togethersome fifty artists to shed light on different forms of resistance,coalition and creativity tied largely to the Mediterranean and Africa. Using a broad array of languages and expressive mediums ? drawings,paintings, performance, installation, videos ? it sets forth variousthemes ranging from the need to place the defence of the commons atthe heart of political-artistic reflection and practice to denouncingthe devastating effects, both environmental and social, of certaineconomic and institutional practices. This book documents thecurators? proposal via an essay and visual recording of the workscomprising the exhibition, some of which were conceived specificallyfor the occasion. Moreover, it is accompanied by a compilation oftexts from a scientific committee and by some of the contributors whoworked on prior research, through which the selected works arearticulated around three interconnected s