A project by: Drap-Art, Yotuba Underwater Experience, Espai d’Inclusió i Formació Casc Antic Eica, and artist Tono Carbajo. Supported by: Art for Change from “Fundació la Caixa.”

“Mar de Fuga, Mar de cura” proposes a working process with young people aged 14 to 19 who have started a migratory process without an adult reference. It brings them back to the Mediterranean Sea through a creative and free space where they can express and channel emotions, feelings, and dreams, exchange and share ideas, cultural values, enhance self-awareness, and learn about others. A space for reflection on themselves through their own creations. Through artistic and participatory sports activities that promote awareness and individual and collective action in recycling and the sustainability of the Mediterranean, the project aims to provoke a change in attitude towards their own issues due to the migratory process they are undergoing.

Starting points:
Spain has become one of the 4 European countries with the highest immigrant population, notably with a large number of African minors who have started a migratory process without adults. This is an extremely vulnerable group, and the reality they face creates great frustration due to the strong rupture of expectations. The Mediterranean, the largest inland sea in the world with approximately 2.5 million square kilometers, also has the highest pollution rates, particularly hydrocarbons discharged by chemical industries located along its shores. 80% of the waste in the sea is plastic.

Photo: Tono Carbajo