What's the most ununsual piece of environmental art that you've ever seen? In 2008, artist Henk Hofstra, “inspired by his breakfast”, created a series of enormous egg sculptures in the centre of Wilhelmina Square. Called “Art Eggsident,” (like “art accident”) many of the eggs were over 30 metres wide. The egg art was popular with kids, who enjoyed climbing up the 2.3 metre tall sculptures. The enormous eggs had bloggers talking too. One person said, “I love it, but it does need bacon. And toast. And coffee.” Another blogger said she hope Google Earth would pick up the eggs on satellite.
Hofstra hoped so too. The super-sized eggs were his second attempt at a sculpture big enough to show up from space on Google Earth satellites. Google Earth is Google’s online 3D (three-dimensional) map programme that lets you look at any destination on earth. Hofstra’s first try at reaching space with sculpture was with his piece “Water Is Life”. He used over 4,000 litres of bright blue paint to cover 1,000 metres of road in Dratchen, Holland. The road became a giant, painted river. The artist even added funny details like a car sinking into the “water.” Unfortunately, Hofstra’s river wasn’t big enough to be seen from space on Google Earth.