Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Jasmine Miikika Craciun is a Barkindji and Malyangapa multidisciplinary artist working across painting, installation, textiles and stained glass. Drawing from a rich family archive of photographs tracing her Nan, Mum and Aunties from Wilcannia in remote New South Wales to Sydney's suburbs, Craciun transcribes both image and narrative into stained glass to venerate stories of community and resilience. Traditionally used for biblical narratives, stained glass is entwined in Australia's tragic histories of paternalistic missions during the Stolen Generations. Recontextualised here, Craciun deploys the medium to displace the iconography of colonialism and create a shrine to her matriarchs, who maintained a sense of home and place despite dislocation from Country. As light filters through these images and bathes the space in vibrant colour, the Ideas Platform transforms into a sanctuary where joy and family are revered.