The Desert Breath, located in the Egyptian desert near Hurghada on the Red Sea coast, is a double-spiral extra-large piece of art. It was created by the D.A.ST. Arteam, a group made up of three artists - Danae Stratou, sculptor, Alexandra Stratou, industrial designer, and Stella Constantinides, architect. The work, completed on March 7, 1997, covers an area of about 100,000 square meters. It consists of 89 protruding cones of gradually increasing size set in a spiral and another 89 depressed (incised) cones set in spirals. The sand dug out from the depressed cones was used to create the protruding cones, resulting in the displacement of 85.000 square meters of sand. At the center of the art piece used to be a body of water 30 meters in diameter which has since evaporated. The artwork is subject to natural erosion and in due course the area will revert to original desert plain
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:06:19 +0000
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