Desert Breath

Desert Breath was created by the artist collective D.A.ST. Arteam, which consisted of three artists: Danae Stratou, Alexandra Stratou, and Stella Konstantinidis. The massive earthwork was completed in March 1997 after roughly two years of construction.

The massive geoglyph covers an area of approximately 100,000 square meters in the Eastern Sahara desert. At its center is a 30-meter diameter conical hole filled with water, surrounded by a spiraling pattern of sand cones.

The spiral design was intended as an exploration of the relationship between art and the desert landscape. The artists viewed the desert as a state of mind and created the work to function as a point of transition between the physical and the infinite.

Yes, despite being completed in 1997, the installation remains visible on satellite imagery platforms like Google Earth. Because the Sahara desert is so dry, the physical structure has eroded very slowly, though the central water pool eventually dried up.