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Spill Sessions: On Culture, Crisis and Creation - DR. EDNA BONHOMME

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A series of lectures by international guests and discussions over a meal at the MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum.

With: Dr. Edna Bonhomme

This series is about relentlessly honest conversations: about the crisis-ridden state of the world, what this means for art and science, resistant contemporary practices and visions of the future. Spill comes from "to spill (the tea)" - an expression from black queer culture that stands for the sharing of truths. In cooperation with MARKK, theory meets gossip: every week in the summer courtyard, a guest gives an insight into their own practice. And because world-weariness makes you hungry, the speakers' favorite dishes will be on offer during the event.

Edna Bonhomme is a historian of science, author and artist who focuses on gender, race and health. As an artist, she has worked on projects at HAU and HKW. The basis for the MARKK evening is her book "A History of the World in Six Plagues" (March 2025, Simon & Schuster), in which she analyzes global diseases: from the outbreak of cholera on a plantation in the 1830s to the role of tuberculosis in New York prisons and the recent consequences of the Covid pandemic.
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With: Dr. Edna Bonhomme

A series of lectures by international guests and conversations over shared meals at the MARKK Museum at Rothenbaum

This event series invites guests to engage in honest conversations - about the world's current state of crisis, its implications for art and science, and what forms of resilient practices and future visions might emerge in response. In cooperation with the MARKK Museum, the series brings together theoretical reflection and informal exchange. Each Thursday, accompanied by snacks and drinks, a guest from the fields of art or science offers personal insight into their own practice.

Dr. Edna Bonhomme is a historian of science, writer, artist, and journalist based in Berlin. Her research explores the intersections of gender, race, and health, with a particular focus on epidemics, medical care, reproductive rights, and critical readings of illness narratives. As an artist, she has contributed to various projects at HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, including the Bwa Kayiman Festival, which commemorates the Haitian Revolution. In May 2025, her book "A History of the World in Six Plagues" (Simon & Schuster) was published. In it, she examines global histories of disease-from a cholera outbreak on a plantation in the 1830s and the spread of malaria during the Vietnam War, to the role of tuberculosis in New York City prisons and the ongoing consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. This work forms the basis of her conversation at the MARKK.

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Location

Museum am Rothenbaum Rothenbaumchaussee 64 20148 Hamburg

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