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.