July is a quiet month at the School of Visual Arts as summer begins in earnest, which leaves plenty of time to enjoy two exhibitions of work, one online and one “IRL” at the SVA Flatiron Project Space.

Viewable from the windows of 133/141 West 21st Street or inside the gallery by appointment, “a throw of the dice will never abolish chance” is on view now through Wednesday, July 7. This exhibition features multidisciplinary works by 10 artists based in Austria, Mexico, the U.S. and Uruguay, all of whom participated in SVA Continuing Education’s Artist Residency Project, the College’s first online residency program.

Taking its name from the enigmatic poem by 19th-century French symbolist Stéphane Mallarmé, these works reflect on the dynamic of chance encounters and the interrelationships that emerge when artists convene from around the world during a time of global turmoil and unprecedented online connection.

The group has been meeting weekly for discussion, critique and mutual support. However, by coming together in the gallery space, the locational gaps are momentarily bridged, and the participants exist, for a time, in a shared physical context via their work. Curated by visual artist and Summer Residency faculty member Andrea Champlin, the exhibition features work by Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, Andrew Ackerman, Edie Beaucage, Marisa Bernotti, Nina Gospodin, Allison Hunter, Renee Rey, Aditi Ruiz, Ellen Hallie Schiff and Diane Tenerelli.

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