Bells in Berlin and Mytilene on Lesvos will ring in synchronisation at Tuesday noon, as part of a Greek-German collaborative art project aiming to raise awareness about the refugee crisis.

The bell at Agios Athanassios Cathedral in Mytilene and the Freedom Bell in the Tower of Schöneberg Town Hall will ring at the same time, forming a “notional connection” in a call for sensitisation and action.

This action aims to unite two landmark locations in the refugee crisis: the island of Lesvos, whose coasts symbolise the passage into Europe, and the city of Berlin as the destination of the refugees’ odyssey.

Behind the symbolic action are Greek artist and activist Varvara Papadopoulou and the German artistic platform “Neue Berliner Raume”, working with the Mytilene church and the Schöneberg Town Hall.