KEYNOTE BY OLIVER LARIC: HOW IT STARTED HOW IT'S GOING

22 MAY 2026

The keynote lecture for Vienna Digital Cultures 2026 was provided by acclaimed Austrian artist Oliver Laric. In this lecture, he traced the gap between how creative work is described and how it actually moves through the world.

Oliver Laric is an artist and cofounder of the art blog vvork.com (2006 - 2012) and founder of the database for copyright free 3D models threedscans.com (2012–ongoing).

In this fascinating lecture, Laric traced the systems behind contemporary cultural production. He explored questions of authorship, distribution, copyright intensity, brand collaborations under budget pressure, access points, audience awareness, and production credits.

Many thanks to the Museum of Military History in Vienna for the opportunity to host the keynote in such a breathtaking space.