Sudah_ 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.

Initiators, editors & compilation: Buro Bordo, Judith Öfner, Jessica Voorwinde 
Contributors: Yvette Kopijn, Gloria Lappya, Wim Manuhutu, Lara Nuberg, Judith Öfner, Jessica Voorwinde
Artists: Yara Jimmink, Gloria Lappya, Jaya Pelupessy
Final editing: Eleonoor Jap Sam
Design: Inedition (Eva van der Schans)
Translation: Marie Louise Schoondergang, Kate Eaton (Woordwaarde)
Number of pages: 224
Book size: 20 x 30 cm
Printer: Drukkerij Raddraaier SSP
Binder: Patist
Binding: softcover
Language: English / Dutch
Partner: Buro Bordo
Podcast: Anita van der Hulst
Publisher: Jap Sam Books

Made possible with the support of Collectieve Erkenning Indisch en Moluks Nederland, Fonds ZOZ (het Cultuurfonds), Hendrik Muller Fonds, KITLV, Mondriaan Fonds, Stichting Docu Shot, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Vfonds

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