Astrid Butt: Yorkshire Graduate Award – film screenings

Screening of a short film by BA Fine Art alumna and MA Fine Art student Astrid Butt at the conclusion of her Yorkshire Graduate Award residency.

BA Fine Art alumna Astrid Butt is the recipient of the 2023 Yorkshire Graduate Award, a unique residency opportunity for a recent graduate from a Yorkshire-based university.

Residencies have always been at the heart of Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), offering opportunities for early career and emerging artists to reflect and move forward with their practice.

Astrid began her residency at YSP in October 2023, returning to the park in January and April 2024 while completing her MA in Fine Art at the University of Leeds.

Butt spent her residency developing her practice and shooting a surreal horror-mystery film which reimagines YSP as a cursed land that turns the women who visit it into animals. The piece is an exploration of womanhood in relation to the human form, and the terror of not being in control of your own body.

The film will be screened in the Boathouse from 24-26 August, where Astrid will be on hand to introduce her work and talk about her residency experience.

Full details can be found on the Yorkshire Sculpture Park website.

Venue

The Boathouse
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
West Bretton
Wakefield WF4 4LG
United Kingdom

Feature image

Photo © Astrid Butt, courtesy YSP.