BYR Organic Schemata

A Plastic Experiment in Arrangement and Transformation



BYR Organic Schemata (OS) is a series constructed from circular units. Each unit incorporates chromatic elements (Blue, Yellow, Red) and geometric structures within itself, maintaining its own formal integrity while being designed to connect with others.

Heejo Kim BYR Organic Schemata (R OS) — Formation of structure through the combination of individual units

These units are not presented in a fixed configuration. Instead, they are organized through processes of arrangement, combination, rotation, and separation. Even when the same units are used, the overall configuration continuously shifts depending on their position and relational context, never settling into a single, predetermined form.


Transformation of Form and Formation of Relations

A defining characteristic of the OS series lies in the way the overall structure changes fluidly according to how units are connected. When two or more units are combined, each retains its own form while simultaneously generating a new contour. The center and directional orientation of the structure shift depending on the mode of connection. Through rotation, identical configurations may produce entirely different visual impressions, while the removal or separation of certain units leads the structure toward a new state of balance.

These transformations do not move toward a single final form, but unfold as a continuous transition among multiple possible states.


Form as an Operative System

Rather than presenting a singular image or fixed composition, this work foregrounds the process through which form is produced and transformed. The units are combined according to a set of conditions, yet their outcomes do not converge into a single resolution. Depending on their arrangement, the structure may expand or contract; its center may shift or disperse; and the overall formal configuration continuously changes.  Viewers are able to physically manipulate and reconfigure the structure, directly experiencing how form transforms through their engagement. In this sense, the work operates not as a static object, but as a system that makes its own conditions of transformation perceptible.


Formation of Meaning

In the OS series, meaning is not fixed in a specific symbol or image. Instead, it emerges through the relationships formed among the units and through their continual transformation. Even when the same elements are used, different arrangements produce different perceptual conditions. A configuration may appear stable or dispersed, dense or expanded, depending on how the units are positioned and related. These shifts generate distinct visual experiences without relying on representational content. The work thus does not emphasize form as a fixed entity, but focuses on how form is produced, altered, and experienced through relational conditions.

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The BYR Organic Schemata (OS) series demonstrates a process in which identical units generate a wide range of structures through repeated acts of combination and separation. Rather than presenting a single resolved form, the series is centered on the conditions through which form changes and the multiple states that emerge as a result. The work is therefore not defined as a fixed image, but as a structure that remains open—continuously subject to transformation through arrangement and relation.

In this sense, OS can be understood as a key phase within the Schematic Medium, where the focus shifts from form itself to the conditions that produce and transform it.