Finishing Funds is a grants program of the Experimental Television Center, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. Awards for 2000 were made to: Zoe Beloff "Shadow Land or Light from the Other Side" - a stereoscopic film investigation into the relationship between imagination and cinema technology, depicting the experience of a medium, Elizabeth d'Eperance, as a kind of mental projector, conjuring up specters for her clients Richard Bloes "Night Space" - a laserdisc installation using domestic materials to present a cosmology which explores how technology effects domestic space Lawrence Brose "Crossing" - experimental film exploring the erotic politics of sailor hazing rituals Anita Cheng "Daily Dance" - a year long dance constructed of daily works, presented interactively on the Web David Crawford "International Velvet" - a Web exploration of the ancient language of flags and the root and future of these visual forms of communication Brian Frye "Wormwood's Dog and Monkey Show" - a 16mm film composed of the discarded fragments of films, scraps of leader and laboratory remnants and remains of half started and abandoned projects by unknown filmmakers Neil Goldberg "Random Walk" - experimental documentary exploring the cultural, economic and philosophical implications of futures trading Shalom Gorewitz "IVRI" - a polemic against police brutality an abstract journey through digital terrain Barbara Hammer "Culture Doctor" - an experimental film documentary concerning the pre Stonewall representation of lesbians in popular culture, medicine, science, law and entertainment Janene Higgins and Zeena Parkins "Arch" - a video/music performance examining the body and its penetration into architecture and the urban landscape Amy Jenkins "Shelter for Daydreaming" - a video installation focusing on in betweeness, memory and the psychological and emotional perception of intimate spaces Jodi Kaplan "Onto" - 16mm dance film, shot beneath a trampoline and exploring the concept of repetition Jody Lafond "Sigh..." - a coming to terms with my past sexual history, for laughs Jeanne Liotta "Placid unto Vermont" - a film collaboration between the filmmaker and nature, where natural processes like decay work on the film substance Michelle Lippitt "Ausencia" - a multimedia performance integrating video and dance, which looks at cultural displacement and nostalgia Rik Little "Home Invasions" - a documentary about three homesteaders who lost their homes of 10 years, despite legal protections Dena Mermelstein "Lucy 1974"- a non traditional narrative and installation, the form and content of which explore excavation of a single female body and the cultural body Ken Montgomery "One Less Sense" - sound installation created for an experimental theater performance for an audience deprived of sight Diane Nerwen "Blindspot" - an experimental video work about Jewish prejudice towards Germans, exploring the intersection of media, politics and everyday life. Megan Roberts and Raymond Ghirardo "Cone Field" - layers of sound and multiple video projections on sculptural objects in a site specific digital installation Jason Rosette "Book Wars" - an insider's documentary look at the richest and most vibrant culture of the American public forum the world of the NYC street booksellers Caspar Stracke "Threads" - a video essay in collaboration with Mike Hoolboom, concerning experimental filmmaker Tom Chomont, and the concepts of re contextualization and appropriation in avant garde cinema Maria Venuto "She Sleeps with the Fishes" - an experimental work concerned with issues of control and vulnerability Jennifer Whitburn "Esperanza" - an installation based on the belief that sound and images can create atmospheres that encourage a strengthening of community and open dialog between peoples of diverse backgrounds Panelists: Mara Alper and Robert Attanasio