The Bluewave Alliance, an alliance of purpose-driven companies, social entrepreneurs and the scientific community, driven by the ISDIN laboratory, today presented its flagship SeaSpore project to regenerate the seabed of the main Mediterranean capitals by combining technology and art. The Bluewave Alliance aims to protect, rejuvenate and restore the biodiversity of the Mediterranean, the most polluted sea in the world, through innovative and impactful projects.

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Barcelona could be the first city to host the SeaSpore project, an initiative in which different national and international artists will collaborate to expand the breakwaters with works of art that will become generators of marine life. The project was presented as part of the Mobile World Congress Barcelona at the Bluewave Alliance stand where a scale recreation of one of these works of art can be seen. "The Mediterranean is the sea that saw us born and that has inspired us with its beauty, richness of species and its privileged ecosystem, unique in the world. Today it is under threat. That is why at ISDIN, through the Bluewave Alliance and the SeaSpore project, we intend to create a movement to know, love and protect the sea and thus promote its regeneration so that future generations can enjoy a healthy and beautiful Mediterranean," explains Juan Naya, CEO of ISDIN, the company behind the Bluewave Alliance.

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The Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, has expressed his interest in the initiative to make Barcelona a pioneer in the regeneration of the Mediterranean through art with the SeaSpore project. "The Mediterranean is one of Barcelona's great treasures and we want it to be a driving force for the future, which is why we must preserve the biodiversity and marine life it harbors. We have already done this with the Port Olímpic refurbishment works, which has taken advantage of the reinforcement of the seawall to create a bioregeneration reef. The SeaSpore project is a great initiative that will bring together artists, scientists and the public-private initiative to create an experience of awareness, protection and regeneration of the sea that is unique in the world."

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Each work of art made with calcium carbonate will be a 3x3x3 meter sculpture that will be submerged in the seabed and through state-of-the-art technology it will be possible to monitor biological metrics and the evolution of biodiversity in real time. The aim of the project is to raise awareness among citizens to preserve the seas and oceans, therefore an exhibition of replicas of the sculptures will be installed on the surface and visitors will be able to see, scanning them with an app, how they generate life on the seabed. This will create a tourist attraction and an area of interest for both locals and visitors to come to the coast and the sea to appreciate the beauty of art and nature.

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