"Desert Breath" The Massive Project of Sahara Desert
In the eastern part of the Sahara Desert meets the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt, is overgrow by "Desert Breath"
— A stunning land art project consisting of well-formed cones and
Brilliant mirror of water. A Field crop circle? the outre cones and
holes look like a antique and unique formation of wind in the Egyptian
desert, while when you see the aerial view. Nestled between the hills
in the Egyptian desert. The community consists of the artist Danane Stratu
(Greek Artist), industrial designer and architect Alexandra Stratu and
Stell Konstaitindis (The DUST art team). This artifact was done with
collaborative endeavors in 1995-to 1997. This massive and impressive
project covers an area of about 100,000 m². Its construction consists of
the displacement of 8,000 m³, with large central water pool. The two
curves are dotted with twisted spiral cones, which symbolize the
creation of both positive and negative forms. The cones rotated at some
point up towards the sky whil outhe extend below the ground surface. all
are located on the washed, spreading form the center facilities, where
there was a pool filled with water. The project of Desert Breath was
completed in March 1997, and still stand in the middle of the desert.
Conical hills like those cones, which are formed when a person turns the
hourglass. This are object illustrates the inexorable passage of time
over which nothing overbearing even the desert.
Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists
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