Lucy Stevens studied a Masters in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University between 2006-2007, with a particular interest for recording her surrounding environment using binaural audio. Binaural audio can be recorded through the use of in-ear microphones. The microphones mimic the way in which we hear with our ears. Therefore when the recordings are listened to through stereo headphones, an intense and startling 360- degree experience is presented to the listener, as if they had been transported to the location where it was recorded.

In 2007 She was selected as one of the most promising artists on the MA Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University by Deborah Dean, Visual Arts and Exhibitions Manager (Nottingham City Museums and Galleries) for Axis, an online resource for contemporary art.

Lucy Stevens' practice investigates the nature of our relationship with fear and the unknown, via a range of media including photography, film, installation and binaural recordings. Stevens exploits our collective fear of what we don't know or understand and our seemingly relentless appetite for giving ourselves a fright, as demonstrated by the popularity of horror movies and white-knuckle theme park rides. As she says, it is 'human instinct to look at that which shocks and intrigues us'; we want to believe that there's 'something out there' even whilst the very possibility terrifies us.

This has led her to explore sleeping disorders and that twilight world of a mind caught between sleep and wakefulness; to record her own reactions to horror films; to ask people to recount their paranormal experiences and attempt to contact the spirit world and to draw on childhood memories of fear of the dark and of the bogyman lurking under the bed.