Confront/(A)Void
Confront/(A)Void (2007-08), began as an attempt to visually reference geological formations using satellite images and layers of hand-cut paper. After cutting layer upon layer of paper, Shaeffer began to see the process as an exercise in understanding the psychology of the Void. The same Voids that appeared in …Manifest as Tension are re-visited, this time characterized as sub-conscious spaces where traumatic events are concealed, ultimately emerging as psychological tension.
The same events that create this tension are also responsible for the many layered Voids formed deep within the psyche. Confront (A)Void explores these Voids in a manner that emulate their formation--the slow deposition of layer upon layer, Void create- Void fill. Although this may at first seem like a redundant exercise, closer investigation reveals an elegant solution to the conflicting nature of the problem: the creation of a physical Void to fill a psychological Void.


Cut Paper Voids
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Void Sketch 014
2008
hand cut paper



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Void Sketch 015
2008
hand cut paper, oak, aluminum, acrylic



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Void Sketch 003 (Siberia)
Void Sketch 002 (Mars)
Void Sketch 001 (Kansas)
Void Sketch 006 (Bali)
2006
hand cut paper, satellite image




Void Sketch 013
2008
hand cut paper



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Void Sketch 011
Void Sketch 008
2008
hand cut paper



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Void Sketch 009
Void Sketch 010
Void Sketch 012
2008
hand cut paper



Installation
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Void 19-718
50,0000 cable ties



Void Paintings
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(A)Void)1-07
(A)Void1-08
(A)Void 2-07
acrylic on panel




(A)Void 3-07
acrylic on panel