When we think about geometry as an inspiration, our minds often conjure up three-dimensional shapes and figures, but some artists teach us that even flat geometries can be inspiring.
In his "Incisi" series from 1968-78, Italian artist Mario Surbone tried to dissect the rhythms of geometries rather than three-dimensional geometrical shapes. He did so by cutting a pre-established drawing on a cardboard monochrome support. In this way he verified the spatial behavior and displacements on the plane of his experimental geometries, while studying the tension created by the material itself in the structure of the work, pondering at the same time about the light and shadow dichotomy.
His interventions derive not so much from the vitalistic gesture of the cut of Lucio Fontana, but rather from Enrico Castellani's modular surfaces and Antonio Calderara's research on the Golden Ratio. Surbone's geometries aren't indeed static, but they are the result of a mobile process, perennially unstable and constantly in motion. The "Incisi" series has an experimental character that may lead to intriguing experiments in fashion as well (you can easily imagine some of his motifs replicated on accessories maybe rather than clothes). Anybody up for the challenge? 