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Introduction

Temple of Safety is the latest work of artist Wilma Woolf. It is based on 16 newly drafted articles that define a person's rights within a relationship.

The articles are based on the artist's extensive research of the drafting of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Over a period of two years, these newly drafted articles have then been ratified by experts in the fields of Domestic Abuse; police detectives specialising in abuse, victims of abuse and charities that specialise in this area.

This work is born out of the artist's experience of creating the installation Domestic - an installation that documented all the women killed by male violence in the UK over the period of 8 years. As such, Temple of Safety seeks to provide awareness of rights that exist because you are human and to remove any confusion as to what rights should be automatically yours.

You do not have to do anything to achieve, keep or deserve these rights within a relationship. They are yours simply from the result of being human and entering in to a relationship with another person. The articles are drafted to form a Temple of Safety, within which all can walk in to and safety reside.

© 2025 Wilma Woolf
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