Blendclub XL (2026)

by
VRT

Year: 2026

Commissioned By: VRT

Event photography of Blendclub XL (2026); an interactive panel discussion on the radio and television landscape: how inclusivity should be approached, where innovation lies, and what we as makers can do to walk the right path with social responsibility in mind, so that each of us is represented in a way that is accurate and resonant.

Wide view of the venue: a four-person panel on the lit stage, the Blend Club XL Studio 2050 screen, audience at round tables.Karen Donders in a striped top speaks into a microphone at a plinth; the welcome slide and Blend Club XL logo glow behind her.Grey-haired man with glasses gestures while speaking into a microphone, seated beside a man with braids amid palms and light tubes.Back view of a woman in a red hoodie with a braid speaking into a microphone to a woman in a blue headscarf, lit by a bright backlight.Over-the-shoulder view of a woman holding a kraft bowl of rice with edamame and salmon, beside a Chaudfontaine bottle on an orange table.Woman with curly hair in a denim jacket sits smiling on stage, framed between two foreground silhouettes amid palms and blue light.Man with cornrows and a beard in a grey denim jacket sits holding a microphone, plaid trousers, a palm behind in blue light.Four-person panel seated on stage among palms, the moderator in denim with a microphone, audience silhouettes in the foreground.Close-up of an open upturned hand gesturing in mid-air, a denim cuff at the wrist, a woman's face blurred behind by a warm light tube.Profile of a grey-haired man resting his chin on his hand while watching, in blue light with a white table and bottle beside him.Wide-angle round table: a man in a blue shirt, a woman in a blue headscarf, a man speaking into a microphone, and a woman in a blazer.
Woman with curly hair in light denim speaks into a microphone behind a white plinth on the blue-lit Blend Club XL stage at VRT.Woman in white with a blue headscarf speaks into a microphone, seated on the panel amid palms and blue stage lighting.Wide view of a three-person panel seated among palms in blue light on the Blend Club XL stage, with audience silhouettes in front.Man in a plaid shirt with a name sticker sits beside a curly-haired woman; the glowing VRT sign and an orange table are behind them.Group seated together; a man with glasses speaks into a microphone while a woman in a blue headscarf laughs, the VRT sign glowing behind.Woman in a red Adidas hoodie and glasses speaks into a microphone, gesturing while seated in a blue armchair amid palms.Woman in a red Adidas hoodie smiles holding a microphone, seated with vintage mics and a bottle on a glass table, palm behind.Audience at round tables with table lamps; a man in a patterned top speaks into a microphone, blue drapes and a camera behind.Man with braids in a grey denim jacket speaks into a microphone, hand raised, seated in a blue chair on an orange rug among palms.Wide-angle table with a woman in blue gesturing, a man in a striped shirt, and a man with patterned braids listening, blue cloth and lamp.Woman in a patterned shirt with a red headband laughs beside a grey-haired man in black, both standing by a blue-lit drape.
Large illuminated white VRT logo letters glow on the dark Blend Club XL stage, with small table lamps and blue lighting.Panel discussion; a grey-haired man with glasses speaks into a microphone beside a woman in a blue headscarf. Screen reads Radio 2050.Grey-haired bearded man with glasses smiles as another man gestures in the foreground, under purple light beside palms and a light tube.Guests in conversation at a round orange table with a lamp and flowers; the illuminated VRT logo glows on the dark stage behind.A hand holds a smartphone photographing the Blend Club XL panel on stage; the camera interface shows on screen, blue lights blurred behind.Three-woman panel seated among palms; one in a red hoodie speaks into a microphone between a woman in denim and one in a black hoodie.Wide view of the venue: a four-person panel on the lit stage, the Blend Club XL Studio 2050 screen, audience at round tables.Over-the-shoulder view of a person in a pink headscarf facing the screen reading Blend Club XL, Studio 2050, Smakelijk, lamp and flowers.Backlit silhouette of a man with glasses holding a microphone, his profile rimmed by a bright stage light in the dark.Four women in conversation at a round orange table with a lamp, banana peel and papers, the motion-blurred venue behind them.Young man eats a poke bowl on a blue sofa while a woman in a green tee eats beside him, blue lighting with motion blur around them.
Karen Donders speaks into a microphone at a white plinth; the screen reads Welkom, Karen Donders. Audience silhouettes in the foreground.Grey-haired bearded man with glasses holds a microphone, seated against palms in blue and purple stage lighting at the panel.Man with cornrows and a beard in a denim jacket rests a hand near his chin, smiling under blue and amber light beside a palm.Close-up of hands with gold rings writing in pink pen on a VRT taal notepad on an orange tablecloth under warm light.Woman with curly hair in a light denim jacket speaks into a microphone on stage, lit blue with palms behind her at Blend Club XL.Woman with locs in a black hoodie sits on the panel, water bottles on a glass table in the foreground, palms and blue light behind.Stage panel of two women seen past the audience, one in a red hoodie and one in black, with warm table lamps blurred in the foreground.Profile of a smiling woman with locs in a dark hoodie between two people in red and denim, lit by a warm vertical light tube.Over-the-shoulder view of a person writing in a spiral notebook headed Radio 2050, a phone on the table, in blue and amber light.Wide-angle of a woman in white with a blue headscarf standing with a microphone to address the room, blurred tables and lamps around.Wide-angle table with a woman in blue, a man in a striped shirt and a man in a patterned shirt speaking into a microphone, blue cloth and lamp.

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