Sudah / Soedah

On heritage, art, cooking, and family' evolved out of Jessica Voorwinde’s personal exploration of her Moluccan roots. As granddaughter to Johannes Patty and Maria Sipasulta she discovered how little was actually known about their migration story — even within the family itself. Together with her friend and business partner Judith Öfner, she decided it was high time to record this history. The result is an affectionate project about family, heritage, and identity. About cooking as memory, about silence as survival, and about what gets lost when stories are never passed on. 'SUDAH' is a book, a podcast, and a digital platform—but it is first and foremost an invitation to listen, to recognize, and to hold on to things of value. Meaning something like ‘never mind’ or ‘things are good the way they are’, in this project the concept of Sudah has become a loving counter movement: a plea to not ignore you heritage, but instead honour it—in scent, taste, image, and memory. With contributions by: Yara Jimmink, Yvette Kopijn, Gloria Lappya, Wim Manuhutu, Lara Nuberg, Judith Öfner, Jaya Pelupessy, Jessica Voorwinde.