STERNA has formed a group of four artists who have already spent time in Nisyros. All of them have studied, worked and used its materials. Together they have already traveled 2 rounds at the Dodecanese comlex. The project island hopping I has started spending two weeks in Nisyros in order to gather the materials needed for the trip with the two boats that connect it to the southern part of the area. Therefore, the have spend another three weeks at sea passing through Tilos, Symi, Rhodes, Kastelorizo. They carry with them local landmarks: pumice, sulfur, agramithas (a kind of oak), thermal water, which they became gifts from Nisyros, towards the islands they had visited. The journey has started from Nisyros with the mood of migration of people, materials, experiences and processes that take place on the island, the ferry and the speedboat of the area, the festivals and the respective cultural events that the participants will encounter during their journey. The squares and the beaches, until the final destination, Kastelorizo ​​and than their return to Athens where they live. The group pays attention on the materiality, the special geography of the barren line, the necessities, the interests and the itineraries in the middle of the summer season, between local people, the "tribes" of nomadic visitors, etc.
  A year later, on their second commun project, island hopping II "I know what you did last summer", they start from Piraeus, pass through Lipsi, Leros, Kalymnos and end up in Nisyros, following a reverse course of the previous year, both geographically and culturally. Coming to Nisyros, which for the group is considered as its artistic base, they bring materials, found objects, thoughts and ideas and there they create new images that they share with the residents and tourists of Nisyros island 
-How is the energy of the volcano may be transferred without an eruption?


    (As part of the island hopping I & II group projects, you may also visit the personal project Deck Log Book)

island hopping I, 2019

island hopping II "I know what you did last summer", 2020

The island hopping I project was organized by the STERNA organization in collaboration with the Municipality of Nisyros.

With the support of: NEON Culture and Development Organization,
Partner of Kastellorizo: Società delle Api,
Transportation Sponsors: Blue Star Ferries & Dodekanisos Seaways.
With the help of the Municipalities of Tilos & Symi.
Communication sponsor: Popaganda

​The island hopping II-I know what you did last summer project was organized by SERNA.

Special thanks to Giorgos Chloros, Mayor of Lipsi Fotis Mangos, Giorgos Laountos, Natasa Koutsoliakou, Giorgos Trampouli, Irini Sideris Frangou, Kalliopi Mavrou, Panagiotis Yamaios, Artemis Michailidou, Freddy Topi, Karedo Ka .

With the support of the NEON Culture and Development Organization, the Municipality of Nisyros & Blue Star Ferries.