70 jaar TV

by
VRT

Year: 2023

Commissioned By: VRT

70 jaar TV was VRT's event marking seventy years of television and its place in the media landscape. At the heart of the day was a series of panel discussions and keynotes bringing together leading voices from the sector, including Tom Lenaerts, Kwebbelkop and Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis. I documented the talks and the figures shaping the conversation.

The tv70 logo is projected on a wall above wood panelling, with people blurred in the foreground.
Guests mingle and talk beneath the tv70 logo projected on the wall.
A man sits sideways across auditorium seats, looking at his phone.
Two string musicians play, captured with motion blur, a screen glowing behind them.
A musician plays cello and sings into a microphone, the act TSAR B shown on the screen behind.
Black cube shelving with a plant and jars, lit blue, beside three glowing Edison-bulb floor lamps.
Tom Lenaerts speaks at a wooden lectern, a keynote title slide on the screen behind him.
A row of seated audience members smile while watching the stage.
The silhouette of a spectator in glasses watches a stage lit by a colourful sunburst screen.
A woman in a red velvet suit smiles and holds a microphone during a panel talk.
A bald man with a grey beard sits with one leg crossed, speaking into a microphone.
Three people sit on stage for a panel talk, a large screen with the programme behind them.
Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis smiles while reading the VRT programme booklet during a panel talk at the 70 jaar TV event.
Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis and a panellist in conversation on stage during a panel talk at the 70 jaar TV event, audience silhouettes in the foreground.
Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis, Tom Goris and Manu Vanderjeugd on stage for panel 1.3 at the VRT 70 jaar TV event, with the panel title projected and a full audience in attendance.
Tom Goris speaks into a microphone during a panel talk at the 70 jaar TV event, blue stage lighting behind him.
Kwebbelkop (JVDB Studios) stands alone on stage during his keynote at the 70 jaar TV event, his social media stats projected on the large screen above the audience-filled concert hall.
Kwebbelkop presents his animated AI character Bloo and its reach statistics during his keynote at the VRT 70 jaar TV event.
Kwebbelkop addresses a full audience during his AI-focused keynote at the 70 jaar TV event, JVDB Studios branding on the screen behind him.
Three panellists on stage for Panel 2 on technology and television at the VRT 70 jaar TV event, the 70 jaar TV logo projected alongside them.
A panel conversation in progress on the 70 jaar TV event stage, seen from the side with the audience in the background and a production countdown timer in the foreground.
A panellist in a cream knit sweater listens closely during a panel talk at the VRT 70 jaar TV event.
A panellist wearing an earpiece microphone listens attentively during a panel talk at the VRT 70 jaar TV event, programme booklet in hand.