{"id":14041,"date":"2014-10-14T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T19:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/?p=14041"},"modified":"2018-10-25T12:23:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T20:23:33","slug":"decompression-san-francisco-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/decompression-san-francisco-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Decompression San Francisco 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decompression is a street festival celebrating the return of Burning Man participants.\u00a0 It’s a way for those who’ve returned from the Playa to get one last whiff of that Burning Man magic while giving tourists a chance to see some of the art, mutant vehicles and outfits still freshly covered in dust.<\/p>\n

I’ve attended Decompression for years now, but it was my first time going after my freshman year as a burner. I found myself seeking people who’ve been there, not because I wanted to be exclusionary. I’d arrived several hours before my friends, which meant approaching strangers. It was easier to approach burners because I knew they would be likely to practice the principle of radical inclusion<\/a>. I met some beautiful people in any case.<\/p>\n

Below are some of my favorites moments.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Mission Brass Band<\/h2>\n

I’ve seen these guys around San Francisco and they always get people dancing. When they began playing in the park, I followed them. It reminded me of a miniature version of the way burners will follow the best DJed art cars around the playa<\/a>, circling them and creating an impromptu dancefloor.<\/p>\n\n

\u00a0Beautiful Burners<\/h2>\n

Some of the many beautiful people showing off their radical self-expression at Decompression. You may think of these as costumes, but I prefer to think of them as outfits. One of the principles is radical self-expression<\/a>, so we are encouraged to wear clothes that stand out, rather than fit in. They only way to truly fit in at a burner event is to dress in a way that’s not quite like anyone else.<\/p>\n\n

\u00a0Black Rock Roller Disco<\/h2>\n

One of many things I wanted to try out at Burning Man (but didn’t find the time) is the Black Rock Roller Disco. I was so happy they were at Decompression. There were some amazing skaters there, doing coordinated dances. After I got on the skates myself and realized how uneven the asphalt is, I was doubly impressed.<\/p>\n\n

My Future Best Friends Will Be Good Dancers<\/h2>\n

I saw these dancers and they were so good that watching them made me want to dance too. So I told them and they welcomed me into their circle until my camp arrived. They were the members of Future Best Friends Camp. They gave me a necklace and made me promise to give it to my BFF. It was nice to see a camp still giving playa gifts (I brought fingerlights to give away). When I make it back to the playa, I will be sure to visit their camp. Who knows? Maybe a future best friend is there.<\/p>\n\n

Art and Other Ephemera at Decompression<\/h2>\n

At every Burning Man event, there will be art that lights up and museum-worthy mutant vehicles playing music.<\/p>\n\n

Hope to see you there next year!<\/p>\n

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Decompression is a street festival celebrating the return of Burning Man participants.\u00a0 It’s a way for those who’ve returned from the Playa to get one last whiff of that Burning Man magic while giving tourists a chance to see some of the art, mutant vehicles and outfits still freshly covered in dust. I’ve attended Decompression … Continue reading Decompression San Francisco 2014<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,17],"tags":[39,79,176,177,178,186,265,352,621,787,847],"series":[],"class_list":["post-14041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bay-is-better-blog","category-culture","category-san-francisco","tag-39","tag-art","tag-burners","tag-burning-man","tag-burning-man-2014","tag-caravansary","tag-decompression","tag-fashion","tag-mutant-vehicles","tag-san-francisco","tag-street-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14041"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17523,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041\/revisions\/17523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14041"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=14041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}