Precompression at NIMBY in Oakland, CA

The first comment we heard on Sunday morning after Precompression was:

That was the best party I have ever been to. It was gorgeous, there was lots of room and everybody was friendly and having a great time.

Art Cars: Air Pusher, Beezus Christ Super Car, BAAHS
Art Cars: Air Pusher, Beezus Christ Super Car, BAAHS

This year we did something a little different. This event was held at one of our community’s best-loved art making spaces, NIMBY, to support local arts and artists! It was a multi-environment, indoor-outdoor, grease-monkey-to-glam, big art, downhome throwdown of artistically epic proportions! Burning Man and Burners—from old school to new—congregated at NIMBY.

There were Mutant Vehicles and art being created for

precom night group resizedBurning Man 2014 like The Alien Siege Machine and The Kraken. There was live glassworking by NIMBY artists, Maria Del Camino, Opulent Temple, Sugar Cubes, Alex Nolan’s Throw Bot, Grahmahs House, and about a gazillion more Bay Area artist groups showcasing their work and joining forces in support of this memorable night. There were places to gather, various dance floors, multiple live performance stages, and a great diversity of attendees.

precom facepainting resizedIn addition to all of that art and music and community, there was even a place to have your face painted. Gotta love all of that.

You can see more of Michael Fox’s photos of Precompression HERE.

 

 

 

 

And then this happened!

photos: Michael Fox
Video: Tex Allen

About the author: Affinity

Affinity

Affinity, a Burner since 2000, was legally married on the Playa in 2001, was wedding coordinator and then training coordinator at Burning Man, before becoming the Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) Social Media Coordinator and an Advisory Board Member. An attorney, she served on the Board of Directors of the Western Pension and Benefits Conference. She interned with the Human Awareness Institute for 10 years. She writes about how art is envisioned, produced, created, installed and its afterlife.

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