CV

EDUCATION

2020-2023	PhD Geography (Practice-Related), UCL Department of Geography and Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
2018-2020	MRes (Master of Research) RCA: Communication Design Pathway, School of Communication, Royal College of Art
2012-2016	BA Liberal Arts with French, Spanish and Philosophy (First-Class), MLAC and The Department of Philosophy, Durham University
2015	ERASMUS Grao en Belas Artes, Facultade de Belas Artes, Campus de Pontevedra, Universidade de Vigo

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

2019-2020	Creative Associate (Digital), Modern Art Oxford. Project Lead for Breathworks.
2020	Visiting Lecturer, MA Graphic Design, Arts University Bournemouth
2020	Creative Web Design Technician, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham
2019	Guest Lecturer, MA Sustainable Design, University of Brighton
2019	Staff Trainer, Digital Methods, University for the Creative Arts, Epsom
2017-2018	Visiting Lecturer, BA Graphic Design, University for the Creative Arts, Epsom
2018	Graduate Trainer in UX Design (Voluntary), Founders and Coders, London
2016-2018	Freelance UX Researcher, Google Campus, London
2016	Freelance Yoga Instructor, E-RYT 500-HRs

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021	wildSpiralS, In Search of Chemozoa, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2020-2021	Breathworks/Breathing Worlds/Conspiracy, Responsive Space, Modern Art Oxford
2020-2021	Breathworks, digital participatory arts and online exhibition, Modern Art Oxford
2019	Making Public, MRes Final Exhibition, Darwin Building, RCA Kensington
2019	Radical Landscapes, The Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington
2019	Archives of Curiosity, Hockney Gallery, RCA Kensington
2019	Work in Progress (WiP) Show, School of Communication, RCA White City

SELECTED TALKS

2021	Suspension and the Sneeze Cloud, Contagion: Spread the Word, Queen Mary University of London
2021	In the Air, Alternative Epistemologies Festival, Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
2020	Breathing Worlds, Humanities Cultural Programme, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, Oxford University
2020	Interview: “Filth”, Art of Now, BBC Radio 4
2019	Breathable for Whom? Air Quality in the Geopolitical Arena, Interdisciplinary Collisions, Royal College of Art

SELECTED WORKSHOPS

2021	LICHEN ART LABS, WHAT ON EARTH?, The Koppel Project Exchange
2020	Breathworks, Focus Groups, Modern Art Oxford
2019	Lungs and Lichen, Mental Health Awareness Week, Royal College of Art
2019	Lungs and Landscapes, Know Your Home, Royal College of Art
2019	Creative Mapping, MA Sustainable Design, University of Brighton

RESIDENCIES & TECH SPRINTS

2021	UN/CERTAIN CALIBRATIONS, mLAB Residency, University of Bern (forth., 2022)
2019	Startup Programme, InnovationRCA, Royal College of Art
2019	Art-Science Residency, British Lichen Society, Cober Hill
2017	Full-Stack Bootcamp, Founders and Coders, London
2015	Introduction to Web Development, Code First: Girls, Durham

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2020-2023	Studentship, London Arts and Humanities Partnership
2021-2022	Developing Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England
2021	PhD Student Conference Fund, UCL Department of Geography
2021	Research Support Fund, London Arts and Humanities Partnership
2021	Language Support Fund, London Arts and Humanities Partnership
2020	Humanities Cultural Programme, TORCH, Oxford University
2020	Respond and Reimagine, Art Fund
2019	RKE Conference Fund, Royal College of Art
2013	Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Durham University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Sabin, L. (forthcoming). “Chemo creatures in a digital ocean! The making of a speculative ecosystem”, In: Bergmann, L., Crampsie, A., Dixon, D., Hartman, S., Legg, R., Ludlow, F., Travis, C., Routledge Handbook of Digital Environmental Humanities. Routledge Handbooks Online.

Sabin, L. (2021). “Interview with boredomresearch”, videoclub [online], Summer.

McCormack, D. and Sabin, L. (2021). “Breathing Worlds”, Venti, 2(1).

Sabin, L. (2021). “Following Breathing”. The Polyphony [online], January 8.

Sabin, L. (2019). “Breathing and Nothingness”. The Polyphony [online], September 12.

Sabin, L. (2019). “Deciphering the Lyrics of the Lichen: On Biomonitoring, Worlding and Airy Symbiosis”. In: Sabin, L. and Dalle, M. (eds.), Archives of Curiosity. Limited Edition. London: Royal College of Art.

Sabin, L. (2019). Atmospheric Cartography: Articulating Ecological Connectivity in Air. Master’s thesis, MRes Communication Design, Royal College of Art.

[Undergraduate] Sabin, L. (2017). “All or Nothing: Representing Masculinity in Jamón Jamón (Bigas Luna, 1992) and Mar adentro (Amenábar, 2004)”. Film Matters, 8(3): 16-20.