The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is pleased to announce the 26th iteration of Garage Exchange Vienna—Los Angeles, featuring Vienna-based artist Christoph Meier and Los Angeles-based artist Chadwick Rantanen at the Mackey Apartments Garage Top. There is no sound without space. In this exhibition, Christoph Meier and Chadwick Rantanen instrumentalize the exhibition site for its material resonance. The works frame and mirror the gallery, walking its perimeter and reflecting its activities. Here, the Garage Top Gallery can be better viewed as a resonant chamber reverberating around the inconspicuous works concealed inside it. Christoph Meier and Chadwick Rantanen both produce work using the gallery and exhibition as a site for intervention and negotiation. They incorporate the language of institutional critique while drawing in other subjects, like healthcare, hospitality, and commercial manufacturing. Independently, each has turned to sound in their practices as both subject and medium. "Garage Exchange: Christoph Meier and Chadwick Rantanen" oscillates between explosion and calm, passing material qualities back and forth. A polished plate crashes and the guttural jangling of wires soon falls silent. Energy is captured in tension, channeling the machines toward unknown directions. "Garage Exchange: Christoph Meier and Chadwick Rantanen" is curated by Seymour Polatin, Exhibitions and Programs Manager. This exhibition is made possible with support from the Federal Ministry European and International Affairs Republic of Austria, the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles, and Bildrecht. This opening reception will take place as part of the MAK Artists- and Architects-in-Residence 30th Anniversary Block Party at the Mackey Apartments.