TOW is a research, curatorial and interdisciplinary arts practice established in 2001 by Christine Eid in Melbourne, Australia. The practice undertakes both commissioned and self-initiated work across a varied range of projects including research for books, cultural events, the curating of exhibitions, as well as creating artwork for exhibitions and public art commissions.

Created to foster social engagement, Eid’s work proposes to tell stories, encourage understanding and question attitudes towards under-represented communities, industries and rituals.

Eid’s works has been shown in solo and group exhibitions and are held in private collections in Melbourne, Brisbane and London. Her research papers have been published in Australian and international cultural and social history journals and presented at conferences. Screenings of her film Transit (2006) have been included in exhibitions and at international film festivals from Brisbane to Beirut. Eid completed a research residency at the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut (2008) and is a recipient of the State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship (2009-2010). Recent projects have included a public art commission in Point Cook Circular (2010), co-curating an exhibition at City Gallery Paper City (2011) and research for a book published by Thames and Hudson Characters (2011).

Her work has received editorial in Vogue Living, Poster Magazine, Eyeline, The Age, Taxi Talk and Lebanon’s As-Safir and The Daily Star newspapers.

Eid is a founding member of the Australian Lebanese Historical Society of Victoria. Her other professional memberships include Australian Historical Association, National Association for the Visual Arts and the Oral History Association of Australia.