Christine Eid. Artist. Melbourne. by Danielle LEVY on November 10th, 2009

Your Place. A series of 14 taxi domelights made of acrylic, rubber, and stainless steel.

Are we there yet?. Hand-woven beaded seatcover.

Defined by what we dangle? mirrors and trinkets.

I just visited the Museum of Contemporary art here in Sydney, Australia and was blown away by Christine Eid’s ‘Transit’. Inspired by her own family history, Eid’s multimedia work examines the experience of her father and uncles who migrated to Australia from Lebanon and drove taxi cabs. In a powerful video piece, she talks about the racism/descrimination her and her family experienced for being arab and for driving taxis.
I thought each piece in this exhibit stood strong on it’s own and together as a collection was highly inspiring and impressive!

Read more about Christine and her art project here: http://www.t-o-w.info/index.html

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