On May 15 of 1997, in New York, Sandro Dernini was awarded by the School of Education of New York University of the Ph.D. Degree in Art Education for his study on “ Plexus Black Box, a multicultural aesthetic inquiry on an international community art project.”  It was celebrated with an experimental web event at The Cooper Union managed by George Chaikin with the members of the Ph.D Committee and  with the NYC Plexus historical players. After it was held a celebration party at Ray Kelly's basement at the hsitorical building of A's, 330 Broome Street.

On August 30 of 1997, in Carloforte, Sardinia,   Sandro Dernini and Fabrizio Bertuccioli carried on board of the Elisabeth the artworks collected in 1996 at the Palazzo of the Esposizioni in support to the opening of the World Art Bank in Goree and presented in 1997, in Rome  at the Plexus event at Festa dei Noantri. Then, ther artworks were exposed at the Rosso di Mare shop and, in collaboration with Botti du Shcoggiu, performed at the Fraganà.

On July 23-25 of 1997, in Rome, at the Festa dei Noantri, it was staged Viaggio nel Pianeta Arte Part VI, an art event organized by the Metateatro, with performances and installations by Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Eugenio Colombo, Michele Innacone, Adriano Mordenti with his Hadash Klezmer Orchestra, Pippo di Marca, Silvana Mariniello, Khadidja Sow, Mory Thioune, Ndeye Boury Gadiaga, Baldo Diodato, Dario Petino, Giancarla Ceppi, Marina Laurenti, Marcello Brizzi, Fabrizio Bertuccioli, Micaela Serino, Giorgio Fiume, Eleonora del Brocco, Sandro Dernini, Valerio Immi, Anna Paola Bonanni, Paola Muzzi...