< conceptual background

This is an exchange between two cities, Perth and Melbourne. But this is an exchange in which a Melbourne audience roams a virtual environment witnessing Perth taggers as they claim Melbourne territory, unable to intervene.
In the realworld, tagging embodies a nomadic form of claiming territory - indicative of broader cultural shifts. 'WATAG~editor' intends to open up a portal between the 'worlds most isolated city' and Melbourne, to posit questions through interactivity, about territory vs

geography; transformations in the semiotics of territory; and how these are being transcribed onto virtual environments and events. Can territory exist within the virtual when the establishment of 'place' within the virtual is still so contentious?
Can the claiming of territory be as much about the act?
What remains of territory when it is carried over into the digital?