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You probably know Samyan for the food. The market stalls, the noodle shops that stay open late, the students drifting out of Chula with iced coffees in hand. But have you ever stopped to clock what colour the place actually is?
That's the question behind Slowcombo's next outing. On September 19, they run The Neighbour's Palette: Seeing the Neighbourhood Through Colour, a small-group amble around Samyan built around a single prompt, colour.
The concept probably rings a bell from social media, where someone photographs an entire city through one shade, every red door and blue awning, then puts the shots side by side. Grouped together, they say something about a place that an ordinary snap never quite manages. They can even tell you as much about the person holding the camera as the streets in front of them.
For Samyan, the palette might be the burnt orange of old brick, the washed-out blue of a shophouse sign or the particular yellow the light turns in the late afternoon. Shades you pass a hundred times a week and stop noticing, basically. Give it a few hours of proper attention, and the character of the area starts to show itself.
You won't get a rulebook. Pick one colour and hunt for it the whole way round, or shoot the lot, from shop doors and window frames to floor tiles, parked motorbikes and the odd flower cart out the front. Anything that catches your eye counts. The point is to slow down, take some pictures and give your head a rest, with someone who knows the streets walking alongside you.
The Neighbour's Palette: Seeing the Neighbourhood Through Colour takes place on September 19 at Slowcombo, from 10am to 3pm.
Tickets are B590 per person and registration is through the Google Form. Follow Slowcombo for the finer details.