Basel, Switzerland, January 19, 2010 – The creative team of VernissageTV art tv project was commissioned to produce short documentaries about the three prize winners of the Velux Stiftung Daylight-Award 2010. The Daylight-Award has been established by Velux Stiftung to encourage developers, planners and specialists to systematically use daylight in order to increase quality of life and energy efficiency in buildings. The prize was first awarded in 2007.

For this year's award ceremony, VernissageTV was commissioned to produce short documentaries about the three prize winners. For this purpose, VernissageTV shot atmospheric images of the architecture projects: Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals in Vals, the museum Kunst(Zeug)Haus in Rapperswil-Jona by Stürm Wolf Architects and James Turell's Skyspace Piz Uter in Zuoz represented by Häusler Contemporary Zürich. Interviews with the prize winners complement the portraits.

The videos were shown at the award ceremony at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum Basel in the museum's Swissbau City Lounge on the 14th February 2010 and are now on view on demand on the websites of Velux Stiftung at www.veluxstiftung.ch and VernissageTV at www.vernissage.tv. The presentation was realized in collaboration with the Department of Architecture of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (DARCH ETH), Zürich and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum.

About Velux Stiftung
The Velux Stiftung was established in 1980 and promotes projects investigating the effect and better utilization of daylight. The Velux Stiftung is interested in the effect of daylight on the well-being of humans and on the recovery process from both physical and psychological illness, but also its impact on nature, and in technologies for the utilization of daylight in buildings for energy efficiency and illumination. Part of the core activities of the Velux Stiftung are furthermore ophthalmology, geriatrics and gerontology as well as ecological research and forestry. The Velux Stiftung is active world-wide, and supports innovative projects which generate lasting progress for the benefit of mankind. The Velux Stiftung is member of SwissFoundations. Website: www.veluxstiftung.ch

About VernissageTV
VernissageTV is the Internet's unique TV art project, which covers exhibitions and events in the fields of contemporary art, design and architecture. The objective is to give an authentic insight into the world of art by the means of film and video. VernissageTV materializes as video podcast / Internet TV channel / video archive. VernissageTV videocasts two series: The “No Comment” section and the interviews with the protagonists of the art world. VernissageTV is widely distributed via its website and Internet TV networks. Founded in September 2005 VernissageTV is growing steadily. Until now VernissageTV produced, published and archived over 1000 episodes. Website: www.vernissage.tv

Press contact:
Karolina Zupan-Rupp, contact@vernissage.tv
VernissageTV, Totentanz 14, 4051 Basel / Switzerland
Phone: 41 61 283 24 55
Website: www.vernissage.tv
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