Photos: This year’s Bay Area Burning Man Decompression event comes to Oakland

OAKLAND Burning Man Decompression is a celebration of the arts bringing elements of Black Rock City to the local Bay Area area Burning Man art installations mutant vehicles and performances will grace the streets of Oakland in an event that is meant to help participants transition back to daily life and share the spirit of self-expression and society identified at the Burn The celebration will start at p m with family-friendly programs and continue into the evening with more performances maker and instrument demos speakers workshops a mini film-festival food and drinks and much more The festival goes till midnight with bonus indoor festivities till a m A person walks past NewClear Neural an art project by artist Gazelle Dasti featured as one of the installations for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and area members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and society installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Artists unload a segment of a steel and stained glass sculpture Orbs as one of the installation projects for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and neighborhood members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and district installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group NewClear Neural an art project by artist Gazelle Dasti featured as one of the installations for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and locality members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and district installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group A person walks past Un Nuevo Camino an art project by Mark Rivera featured as one of the installations for Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and society members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and region installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Artist David Oliver of Ventura works on his steel and stained glass sculpture Orbs as one of the installation projects for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and society members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and group installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Missing Link a collaboration of local artists is set up in the installation for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and population members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and district installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Sculptures by artist Gaele Warner are displayed for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and society members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and society installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Whispers of Waste sculpture by artist Zulu Heru is displayed for the Burning Man s Decompression event at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland Calif on Friday Oct Thousands of artists performers and group members are expected to attend the event on Saturday which has moved from San Francisco to Oakland for the first time since the late s Interactive art live performances music stages and neighborhood installations will be on display during this one-day civic celebration Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group