An Amazing art project was found and rediscovered in the Sahara
Desert in Egypt. Viewed from above the art project looks to perfect to
be real. The art project was created in
1997 and is called Desert Breath, a Land Art project created by D.A.ST.
Arteam. The team was founded in 1995 by: Danae Stratou (installation
artist), Alexandra Stratou (industrial designer & architect), Stella
Constantinides (architect), for the purpose of creating this project.
The project is rooted in our common desire to work in the desert. In
our mind’s eye the desert was a place where one experiences infinity. We
were addressing the desert as a state of mind, a landscape of the mind.
The point of departure was the conical form, the natural formation of
the sand as a material.
Desert Breath expands in an area of 100.000 m2, in the
eastern Sahara desert bordering the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt. It is a
site-specific work that generated out of our perception of the site
itself. And you can still see it today, in person, or via Google Maps.
