PAST EVENT: This was part of the Refractions X Civic Programme in 2025.

As part of year-round programme Refractions: New Conceptions of Film + Photography, EAF Civic and Rhubaba hosted a critical writing workshop series with writer Anahit Behrooz. The series considered how personal experiences inform our art criticism, and encouraged attendees to cxplore how to wield memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art as tools for a more imaginative and non-commercial critical practice.

Across three monthly sessions, the group created a zine of collective art criticism, which was then published by Rhubaba.

This event was part of Refractions: New Conceptions of Film + Photography (15 Jan—18 Mar). Co-created by the EAF Civic Programme and Rhubaba, this free event series aimed to connect marginalised people with creativity through film, ceramics, writing, and more. Find out more here.

About the facilitator
Anahit Behrooz is a writer, editor and critic based in Edinburgh. She is the author of BFFs: The Radical Potential of Female Friendship and works as Books Editor and Events Editor at The Skinny. Her writing has appeared in i-D, AnOther Magazine, Little White Lies, and gal-dem among others.