Video Art Commission: Baal Ga by Pierra Van Sparkes

Throughout the year, Fed Square presents a program of video art on the Big Screen by emerging and established artists, in partnership with galleries, festivals and cultural organisations.

This work by Pierra Van Sparkes was commissioned in collaboration with the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT), and will be screened each afternoon until 12 July 2026.

Artist Statement
baal ga (2026)
balga is the grass tree to my Noongar family.
balga was unearthed from boodja to the east.
baal is she and he and it all at once; the sound that calls for me.
A gift from mooditj moort; roots singing for release.
balga will burn before they will grow.
baal ga’s light touches all that I know.
Commissioned by KHT and Fed Square.

ARTIST BIO
Pierra Van Sparkes (they/them/baal) is a Kulin Country based, queer Pibbulman Noongar artist. Swaying between whispered invitations into their internal world ( shhhh , that dog in em is resting) and full-throated Blak humour for mob in the back row, their work is inspired by cultural and material bricolage we engage to assemble individual and collective worlds.
Creating with photography, video and digital media, their work unspools bigger yarns shared with friends and family about place, belonging, surviving the settler colony and dreaming of worlds beyond.

Artwork information
baal ga
Pierra Van Sparkes
2026
4K video, created for Fed Square’s Big Screen
Duration: 5.00