German author and critic Diedrich Diederichsen has written extensively on Cosima von Bonin and will presented a lecture on her diverse practice as well as the prominence and role of maritime motifs in her work.

Diederichsen is Professor for Theory, Practice, and Communication of Contemporary Art at the Institute for Art History & Cultural Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Recent books include The Whole Earth: California and The Disappearance of the Outside by Sternberg Press (co-edited with Anselm Franke) and Utopia of Sound (co-edited with Constanze Ruhm) published by the Akademie der Bildenden Künste.