Appleton Farms

219 Country Rd., Ipswich, MA
thetrustees.org/Appleton

Ongoing: Jean Shin’s Perch explores temporality (ecological and agricultural time) and regeneration. Bobolinks—songbirds who make the migratory journey from the southern hemisphere and whose populations are in decline—are the primary birds that use Appleton’s grasslands and hayfields as their nesting site. Shin created sculptural platforms made from Appleton’s fallen and dead trees that visitors can engage with, as they become participants in this critical monitoring throughout the project’s run. Within the nesting area, Shin will create sculptural perches made from fallen trees and salvaged copper in which male bobolinks can perch to search for mates and mark their territory.