At Appleton Farms in Ipswich, migratory bobolinks return each May to use the grasslands for breeding. Artist Jean Shin has installed a pastoral art installation called 'Perch' highlighting the critical roles the birds play in this ecosystem.
One of the many tree sculptures installed throughout the Appleton Farms property. Made of old wooden rails, chestnut tree branches and recycled copper, they await for the arrival of the bobolinks to perch on. in Ipswich. The declining, migratory bobolinks settle in there to mate and hide their nests in the historic property’s grassy fields. But when they arrive this year, the bobolinks will become the stars of a pastoral art installation called “.
“Their populations are really dependent on farmers and their hay fields, their pastures — and grasslands are declining all over the world,” Shin said. “So, it just seemed like the most beautiful story for us to understand more deeply and really appreciate their contribution to the landscape.” Hong, senior modern and contemporary art curator at the Toledo Museum of Art, said of Shin's art: “All of her works are so deeply connected to the land. There’s this deep sensitivity to the histories and communities embedded within the landscape.”
When the bobolinks arrive from the southern hemisphere in May, Brambila said they’ll zip around their temporary home — perching, mating and hunting for insects to feed their young. The birds'— a nonprofit that oversees Appleton Farms and more than 100 properties across Massachusetts — launched a volunteer monitoring program to count and collect data on the migrant bobolinks.
To make the perches, Shin adorned rotted, wooden fence rails that used to enclose farm animals. “When I saw them, I was just struck by their beauty,” she said. “All the lichen and moss had grown over them, so I decided to bring them to my studio.”
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