
The MEC
Alternative Art Gallery, or MAAG, is the southernmost art gallery in the world.
It is located in McMurdo Station, Antarctica at the Mechanical Equipment
Center, or the MEC. While the MEC is generally responsible for loaning
generators, trucks, and tracked vehicles to scientists and support staff, it
has become known as a Mecca for many established and aspiring local artists.
The MAAG began as an underground movement in 1997 to provide a venue for
cutting edge multimedia art work. The MEC Alternative Art Gallery offers an
opportunity for McMurdo's artists to express their talents in ways that
challenge the conventional, prosaic forms of art.