WHERE THE SOUL LIVES - Emily Hulme

Festival Exhibition

Location: TBC

Open: 3rd October - 31st October 2025.

For over a decade, a conscious community has gathered on sacred land in Glyndyfrdwy, Corwen – Land where music, ritual, kinship and love take root. Around fires and within water, through song, story and celebration, they return again and again, binding themselves to the land and to each other. The community comprises of all walks of life - from North Walians to hitchhiking Canadians, 9-to-5’ers to cave dwellers, this land is home to all.

This project begins to explore their journey, focusing not only on what is seen, but to what is felt. Where the soul lives is an invitation to witness the presence of spirit and consciousness in community within the Welsh landscape – a gentle reminder that the soul dwells most deeply where we gather, find belonging and return to.

Over time, the project will follow members of the community into their typical lifestyles, exploring their relationship to consciousness outside of the land in Glyndyfrdwy, seeking answers as to what they take with them upon leaving the land – what lessons have been learnt? what healing has taken place? What new connections have been made?

Where does your soul live?

Emily Hulme was born in and is based in North Wales, Emily has been a keen photographer since inheriting her late grandfathers’ analogue cameras – an act that changed the course of her life.

Having left college to pursue a career within the mental health service, she had no qualifications or experience in photography or curation, and took a leap of faith when a vacancy at Oriel Colwyn was advertised on her local notice board.

Working with Oriel Colwyn has given Emily the opportunity to meet and work alongside internationally renowned photographers, and has continuously expanded her ideas on photography – taking inspiration from the work of past exhibitor of the Northern Eye festival, Amanda Jackson, and a previous TalkPhoto speaker Sian Davey, along with many others – Emily’s work has began to blossom into a combination of documentary, portraiture, and spiritually driven photography.

Still an avid analogue based photographer, she prioritises slowing down, connecting with the subject / land, and capturing the depth and meaning behind a moment, inviting the viewer to look deeper within themselves and their shared experiences with others.

All festival exhibitions are FREE to visit.