In pictures: Time Out’s Awakening Samyan light art festival starts today at Suanluang Square and Dragon Town

Let there be light! The dark alleys of Samyan are all lit up brightly for 10 days from today, as Time Out’s light art festival Awakening Samyan kicks off.

Talented artists have come together to give back the liveliness to Samyan with eight lighting installations under the ‘RE:KINDLE’ concept inspired by the dark times during the massive pandemic in the past two years.

Each showcase (which will be on until 23:00 daily until Dec 26) is set around the areas of Dragon Town and Suanluang Square near Soi Chula 5 and Bangkok’s popular street food hub Ban Tad Thong.

Below is the list of the installations and participating artists this year, and you can also check out the descriptions from this link:

• A Light to Speak by 27 JUNE Studio

• Stranger Playlist in Samyan by Sanischaya & Oktay

• 8-Bit Lanterns by KIMBAB:)

• Flow by KIMBAB:)

• Poinsetti-Verse by Theerawat Klangjaroenchai

• Into the Soul by Soul Studio

• เทวา • ชะตา • พยากรณ์ โดย สำรับใหญ่ Thai Experience Café X Parapluie Studio

And keep your eyes peeled (literally) for the upcoming editions of Awakening next year, starting with a bigger and grander event at Charoenkrung in January.

The map of all lighting installations of Awakening Samyan can be found here.

Awakening Bangkok 2021 is hosted by Time Out with support from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) and location sponsors Property Management of Chulalongkorn University (PMCU), Suanluang Square, and Dragon Town.