Program Details
This intimate installation offers the opportunity to participate in a quiet visitation with The Vessel, a decomposable effigy, before it embarks on its journey into the soil. Leave an offering, share a story, or simply ponder The Vessel's form.
Location
Park Hall Foyer
307 Polk Street
Sauk City, WI 53583
- Installation
- Inside
Contributors
Natural Path Sanctuary + Lexi Ames
Natural Path Sanctuary, lexiames.com
Instagram: @lexidermy
Dustin Duve is the Director of Natural Path Sanctuary, a green burial ground located within the Farley Center for Peace, Justice, and Sustainability in Verona, Wisconsin. He has been with the organization since 2021. He frequently leads walking tours and educational workshops, such as the "Mock Burial Workshop", to teach the public about eco-friendly end-of-life options. He has also been featured in local media discussing how his work as a cemeterian in a natural burial cemetery helps families navigate grief through more direct, manual involvement in the process. Dustin is a devoted father of two daughters, ages 18 and 9, whom he loves to spend time with. He also enjoys running trails and playing guitar. For this experience, he is joined by Maggie Balistreri and Brenda Emerson.
Lexi Ames is a deathcare worker and science illustrator. Her artwork pursues the biology of death and decomposition, death care traditions, and green cemetery practices.