She points out blind spots in social and built structures and proposes alternatives to the human-centric perspective. Central to her practice are site-specificity and cross-pollination, and in these and other respects she is inspired by Donna Haraway’s theories about ‘tentacular thinking’, along with feminist, post-colonial, scientific and creative approaches to collaboration between humans and non-humans. Lie often collaborates with others from the creative field, also with scientific researchers, educational institutions, libraries and local communities.