The transpose project was a five-year project (2001-2006) through which I responded to some of the ramifications of war, migration, and the dangers of complacency. The 397 suitcases in the variously located transpose installations, public events and exhibitions were a symbolic reminder of asylum seekers on board the boat nicknamed Siev X (suspected illegal entry vessel #10 in 2001) that sunk in while en route from Indonesia to Christmas Island, Australia. Forty-five people survived. Transpose occupied Perth’s Forrest Chase in the CBD for 3 days, continuously evolving with the assistance Emma Patterson. Transpose was exhibited in the form of a shipping container washed ashore as part of the inaugural Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe exhibition. The transpose project concluded with a permanent work commissioned by Curtin University for the university’s Art Collection and sculpture garden.