الجونة, Italy
Desert Breath, located beside Highway 11 in the Egyptian desert directly West of El Gouna near Hurghada on the Red Sea coast, is a double-spiral work of land art. It was created by the D.A.ST. Arteam, a group made up of three Greek artists - Danae Stratou, sculptor, Alexandra Stratou, industrial des
igner, and Stella Konstantinidis, architect. The work, completed on 7 March 1997, covers an area of about 10 hectares (25 acres). 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 8,000 cubic meters (10,000 yd3) of sand. At the center of the art piece used to be a body of water 30 meters (98 feet) 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. It is viewable by satellite pictures via Google Earth.
Listen to the audio guide for Desert Breath Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off